Apple Orchard

On Sunday in between bouts of rain we managed to go to the apple orchard. The girls had a great time picking apples.

Amelia picking and Natalie bagging

Natalie finding the "big ones"

Amelia feeding the goats

All in all it was a great trip minus the one accident posted above. Good thing the girls love apples...we have plenty!

All by myself!

Natalie was so proud of her accomplishment that I had to take a picture to remember the moment. Right before I took this she was running down the hall screaming, "Mama I did it! I did it! I put it on all by myself!"

Look at how proud she is!

Yes, ladies and gentlemen....she is wearing her shirt around her legs. I couldn't bear to tell her she was a bit wrong when attempting to dress herself.

Saturday Fun!

A favorite activity of the girls is to point out all the food items they recognize from the grocery ad. And believe it or not sometimes their enthusiasm for a particular item influences what their Dad buys. Yes...I am one of those extremely fortunate women who has a husband who both grocery shops and cooks! Now...if I could just get him to scrub the tub...............I'd gladly do the toilets if he would just take on the tub. A girl can only dream!

Natalie prefers to read sideways!

Lots of Love and Apple Pie

My brother starting making pies at a young age. And the following picture is proof of his skills. This past weekend my brother spent time teaching the girls about how to make an apple pie.

at age 3

Measuring apples at age 2 1/2

Stirring in the cinnamon and sugar

Amelia rolling out the dough

Natalie sprinkling on the cinnamon

pre-baked finished product

Thanks uncle for a wonderful baking experience! We're sorry that we were not better cinnamon "sprinklers"! Even though it wasn't the prettiest pie it tasted great.

The Grand Unveiling

Before...

Natalie and Amelia's room

Natalie's Side

Amelia's Side

and After...

New Big Girls Beds!

Natalie's Side


Amelia's Side


Book Rack and Fun Magnetic Chalkboard

Coming Soon...

to a girls' bedroom ...

New Big Girl Beds!

Right now they are sitting in the basement until we have time to take the cribs down (which will hopefully be tomorrow). As I type this post I am sitting squished between these beds and the computer desk you see in the background. Check back soon to see the room transformation!

Then and Now

Then..........

First day of daycare 2007

Now.........

First day of school/daycare 2008

my...................how much they have changed.