Roth Family of Five: Fun Family Weekend

In the preparation that baby Ella can come anytime, we have been packing in as many fun family activities as possible with Gracie. We know once baby is here, things will be a little more difficult to do, and thought it would be fun to do some fun activities before that time arrives.

Grace and I went for pedicures on Friday and it was a blast! She was so excited and loved every minute of it. She actually got a pedicure and manicure with pretty pink nail polish and flowers painted on each of her thumbs and big toes. I got a wonderful pedicure for my very swollen feet so at least during labor my toes will look cute! It was great bonding for the two of us, she kept hugging my arm and telling me how much she loved me while we were getting them done. Totally worth the money!

Today was a family outing where we went on the Pumpkin Train in Coopersville. Grace loves trains and pumpkins so we thought this would be a good fit! Lets just say things did not go as planned and after many issues with the train, we were finally bussed back to the train station at 2:15pm when we should have been back at 12:25pm. Luckily, we are a very laid back family, and still had a great time! Grace loved every minute on the train and even made friends with a couple other children. I kept having people ask me if I was going to go into labor, it was hilarious! We even had two labor and delivery nurses sitting by us that kept checking in to see if they were needed. Put a really pregnant woman on a stopped train and it made a lot of people very nervous! Grace was also excited because she got to ride a school bus for the first time so even that bump in the road worked out well!

When we finally got home around 3:30pm, we decided to carve a pumpkin and enjoy the beautiful Fall weather. We were outside for about 2 hours playing and then headed in to do a movie night. Pat had rented How to Train Your Dragon and it was a huge hit with our whole family! Pat's parents had taken Grace to see it before but she did not remember so it was like we were all seeing it for the first time. I strongly recommend it to anyone with kids, such a great movie for kids and adults!