The Hutchinson Family: Busy weekend with Uncle Scott!

Fun and busy weekend!

Uncle Scott arrived on Friday afternoon for a whirlwind visit. He brought them a bunch of books (mostly Elmo) for their birthday and immediately won them over. They sat in his lap reading books throughout the weekend. They loved playing with him and enjoyed having him around.

Could it really be more Elmo books?!?!?

Oh Yeah!!!

Perfect Day!

Thank You Uncle Scott for our new books

Story time with Daddy & Uncle Scott

Riding on Uncle Scott's shoulders

Male Bonding

We had quite a busy weekend…2 yr photos Saturday morning followed by the Fall Festival at school Saturday afternoon. They did great for the photo session – can’t wait to see how they turned out. I was TOTALLY exhausted after shooting…it’s a lot of work! The Fall Festival was a success! I helped out with the silent auction and we brought in about $8,500 for the school, so all of the prep work paid off! The kiddos had a blast at the festival…jumping in the bouncy houses, petting zoo with a baby cow, lamb, chickens, rabbits, they rode on a pony like big kids, played in the ball pit, saw a firetruck and police car, and ate 7 hot dogs between them and their friend Avery. Unbelievable and I can’t believe they didn’t throw up at the end of the night! They went to bed without a peep!

Riding the pony like a big boy

Riley was so proud to be riding her pony

Today after church we went to brunch with Uncle Scott before he had to head to the airport. We were all sad to see him go, but look forward to his visit again in less than 2 months! We headed to the Botanical Gardens today for the scarecrow exhibit, but when we got there it was a total zoo – the lot was full and there were no parking spaces to be found…so we went to plan B and headed to Yonah Park. It was such a beautiful day and the kids had just as much fun there as they would have at the Gardens. The Fenzls, Coles (and Nonny) and Mee Maw joined us at the park, so it was a lot of fun to play with all of our friends. We did have a scare as Ryan was going down one of the slides, his foot caught the side and he was headed over the edge – about 5-6 feet in the air. We all panicked as we watched him heading straight for the ground head first – it was in slow motion for sure. This man we did not know reached over the slide and grabbed Ryan by the ankle. He was dangling by his ankle head first totally freaked out. By the time I got there (which was probably about 2 seconds, but seemed like 2 hours) I think the entire park had stopped what they were doing and were watching us. Luckily he was totally fine, just a little scared - as we all were. As soon as he stopped crying the first thing he said was “slide”! What a trooper! We are so thankful for the “angel” that was watching over him in that man that saved Ryan. It could have been disastrous. While we were there Ms. Shuronda and Ms. Jada showed up to the same park. They are the teachers from their Infant Class at Open Arms and the 2 that babysit for them. What are the odds? What a treat to see them today! After dinner at the Fenzls and a little movie time – they headed straight to bed – again, without a peep!