Sunday, September 21, 2008

Big Saturday for Our Clan

We had quite the eventful Saturday! It started with P.'s soccer game. They have been focusing on defense in practice and it is apparently paying off. P. and his team shut out the other team the whole first half. P.'s team also scored a goal that half. The final score ended up being 4-3 in our favor and P. was excited! We explained that all of the awesome defense paid off, as that enabled them to win the game. He thought that was pretty cool! It is really cool to see these kids get better each week.
Sat. afternoon found us at a local town fair. There were free activities for the kids and we went not expecting much, but being pleasantly surprised. There were pony rides and K. was so excited. She has been asking to ride a pony for about 4 months now (granted she wanted to ride a pink one). She got all decked out in her pink cowboy boots and everything. She LOVED it! Of course, she jumped right on...she even took the bigger of the two ponies. Later as we browsed the booths at the fair, she and P. got some masks from the movie theatre promoting, Space Chimps. I about wet my pants laughing so hard. Reminds me of the monkey mask John used to have!







M.has finally got her first tooth! It is on the bottom left and it has been causing some trouble these past few weeks. I feel like she has been living on Tylenol. But, it finally broke through yesterday! She also has learned to shake her head "no" (mimicking her sister). Kevin and I were saying that she is really starting to show us her personality. She is definitely becoming her own person and we love it!

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Apple Picking






We went apple picking this afternoon. P. loves apple picking. He says it is very fun and he also likes that there's red, ripe, juicy apples everywhere. We got to take a hay ride out to the picking area and we picked about 9 pounds of apples. K. thought it was so cool to be able to pick the apples right out of the tree. M. loved to suck the juice out (after we bit a chunk out of it). We all had some "samples" of the apples as we picked and I can think of few things better on a fall day. We got to sample some grapes grown there and some cider, too. A quart of the cider and some honey made their way home with us, as well as the apples.

We made some apple crisp and some homemade vanilla ice cream tonight and we will be making some applesauce this week. Nothing better than fresh apples to make applesauce with!

Friday, September 12, 2008

Saltines...Yum!


M. has discovered that her skills at grasping are transferable and that she has the ability to grab food, not just toys. Look out! She discovered that she LOVES saltine crackers (mom doesn't love the mess they make, but oh, well) and she really likes the animal crackers that come in the red circus boxes. She is a great eater and already has some distinct preferences. Do not even try to give this girl peas, oatmeal, or peaches. You will end up wearing them and she will refuse to open her mouth again after the first bite.

"She Puked Up"

K. was having a blast the other day making M. laugh. Every time she shook her hair, M. would laugh this deep belly laugh that we rarely get to hear. (It is reserved for the most hilarious of moments.)

We caught the moment on film....right up until the part where M. "pukes up".
Enjoy!