September started off with Blake's 6th birthday! He has looked forward to his birthday since his last birthday. The last few years he has been really involved in determining where his party was and what the theme is. He wanted a pool party last year but we weren't ready for that since we had recently moved into our house. So, I promise him that he could have a pool party next year. Then COVID came and school didn't start in-person so a pool party wasn't an option. A party with friends and family wasn't going to be an option either so I told him I would surprise him with a really fun day and then a family weekend trip to celebrate his birthday. He was a good sport and took it like a champ! I decided on a Minecraft theme and did lots of Pinterest searching. We ended up doing a fun food table with snacks that matched Minecraft. I created a Minecraft cake with half the help of Safeway and half the help of Pinterest. Apparently, bakeries are not allowed to make Minecraft cakes.
He spent the day in school doing his online learning and his class sang to him every class. (He has different teachers for every subject.) My mom and I decorated his desk area and decorated the kitchen to make him feel special. We also let him open a few presents throughout the day which he loved! During lunch we took him to the dollar store to play a game. He has been asking to play "I'll buy whatever you can carry". I thought it would be fun to let him play on his birthday but at the dollar store. :) He loved it and had fun. We had panda express for dinner since his favorite food is rice and chicken. He ended his birthday playing Minecraft with Jeremy!
Sadly my moms two weeks ended a few days after Blake's birthday. We decided to do one last fun event to thank her. The Phoenix Zoo has been closed for awhile but they have a "Cruise the Zoo" option so we decided to give it a try. It was actually a lot of fun. Both kids had moments where they were really grouchy and moments that they were loving it but overall it was better than I expected. We were lucky and were able to see most of the animals on the path. We decided to purchase the picture to have a memory. After, we went to Kneaders for breakfast before dropping Grandma off at the airport.
For Labor Day, we decided to go camping for a night. We drove up to Williams and on the way he found a little farm/pumpkin patch. The little store was packed and we were the only ones wearing masks but after we bought tickets we went to the main area and you were able to easily social distance. There were tons of activities for the kids! They had ziplines, bikes, train rides, trampoline, and picking strawberries and other fruits. We pretty much did every activity but at the end we planned to pick strawberries and buy some to bring home. It ended up getting pretty hot and we decided to just pick a few to eat and then head out.
We drove through the mountains and ended up finding a spot to camp right at a lookout point! It was so pretty! We set up our tent which was so easy and then headed to Williams for dinner. We walked around main street and found a fun place called Route 66. We had burgers and bbq. It was pretty good! After we walked around a little more and then ended with ice cream from McDonalds. We hurried back to our camping spot to watch the sunset.
After it was dark we started to get the tent set up for the night. I was in the tent getting everything organized and all of the sudden my right arm was hurting so bad. I looked down and saw a bee and knew I was stung. We had previously tried to get bugs and bees out of the tent but we apparently did not get all of them to leave. :) Initially it hurt really bad and was really swollen but I tried to ignore it so we could still have fun. We played a game of memory before bed which was really fun. Everyone went to sleep really quickly.
The next morning we had to get up early and pack up to head to Snowbowl. We had tickets for the scenic chair lift. We got there and there was a long line so it took about 45 minutes to get on the lift. The kids were antsy but they enjoyed the chairlift ride. After we stopped at the shop and Jeremy found himself goggles and before we knew it we were buying goggles for all 4 of us, hats, and gloves. It was an expensive "quick" stop but the goggles will be nice for when we are at the cabin. Before we headed home we went to Flagstaff and walked to the train station to see the train pass and then grabbed lunch.
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