Eliot turns two!

Eliot boy turned two yesterday. We fed him cupcakes and let him open presents :)

number 2

happy boy with a cupcake

t-shirt with a giraffe!

legos!!

a new bed and a new rug set up a few days ago! A big boy bed!!

so comfy, for monkey too!

Apple Picking

Apple picking adventure! We've been looking forward to the fall ritual of apple picking and hay rides and the hay maze since the last blueberry picking ;) As usual, mama took quite a few pictures...

hay ride

honeycrisps!

really big apples!

helping!

tasty!

Bruce snaps a picture of mama and her giant apple

cortlands!

group shot of fall cuties!

hay ride when we're done

Eliot picks apples last year and today

Last year we went apple picking for Eliot's birthday. This year we weren't organized enough to bring friends but we took our autumnal pilgrimage to Parlee farms and I took the opportunity to snap a shot of Eliot, almost 2 to contrast with Eliot almost 1 ;)

cutie little man

sweetness

almost 2 sittin in the same spot!

getting so big!

Great Great Great....ok Grammie Barbie's House

So this past weekend we visited family in NH. This is mama's Great Uncle Wendell (that part is easy), and Great Aunt Barbie, and also Great, Great Aunt Barbie whom Mama always called Grammie. Either way, we did what we always do there, eat, run around, shoot some hoops and generally get loved on...

trike

what is this about exactly?

rocking it out 

making up fun 

Lunch time!

this picnic table is family tradition. 

goofing off with Great Uncle Wendell

wind chimes

hoops for beginners

he wanted her to make a basket, I worried for his head, it all worked out!

sittin'

Family!

bbq!

Had an awesomely fun time with friends Labor day weekend. Pictures! Food (pulled pork and the fixin's, salads of fresh tomatoes and herbs, and um, Doritos)

The lovely S reading to the kiddos while they wait for BBQ

little sweetie

new friends

the doritos are in here dude

babay cheeks!

eating!

menfolk

Emily

picnic 

sorry L... ;)

Lovely time had by all! So many kids to play with! So much food! Great weather!

School Pictures!

It's the First full week of school and here they are ready to learn (mostly ;)

About 48.6 pounds and 3 ft 11 inches tall

funny kiddo ;)

Such a big girl now! She learned to read so she's a bit ahead of where Bruce was at this time, and is doing older kids work. my my

Dr. Office- 42 Lbs, 3 feet 7 inches tall

He insists on doing school too. He particularly loves his new workbook and this "extra school stuff" white board we got!

About 36.4 pounds and 3 feet 2 inches tall

chief jester in charge of funny and crazy ;) Who insisted for his picture he be NAAAKKKKEEDDD ;) 

About 27.2 pounds and 2 feet 9 inches (including the oatmeal stuck to his body ;) )

Let the games begin. It's the first full week of school!