Wednesday, September 19, 2012









Our annual trip to Lynd's Fruit Farm with some of our neighbors.  Jolie was hilarious to watch try to walk through the apple trees.  I was afraid that she was going to break an ankle.  She probably took a bite of at least ten different apples.  I gave her one to start, but she fell and dropped it.  She stood up with a different one.  Then she would take a few steps and trip again.  You get the picture.  It was an absolutely perfect day as far as the weather was concerned.  No one had other obligations, so we took our time in the orchard then headed over to the train and concession area.  The kids all ran around wild, and the adults stood back and visited and watched them.  Poor Jolie ended up in her stroller, but she had her first taste of kettle corn to distract her.  We all went home dirty and sticky.  Successful day.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

 Our little soccer players




Goooooo Volcano Crew Bears! (everyone got a say in what the team name was)

 Lena after scoring her first goal ever...for the wrong team.
 She realized pretty quickly she kicked into the wrong goal.

Between Lena shedding tears a few different times throughout the game about not winning (not scoring a goal is what I think she meant) and Maddie running over multiple times checking to see if I had brought her a snack, waving at her friends Maya and Zoe on the next field over, and being silly by running circles around the coach on the field there was hardly any time left to actually play soccer! Overall, they had a great time- I think.  They tell me they are excited to play again this weekend.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

 First day of preschool!
 Happened to arrive at the same time as Zoe.  Must have been fate :)