River Walk

The Sandusky River was so low while we were in town that Noah and I were actually able to go down and 'walk' in the river. While he was a little nervous about it at first (and I had to hike up and down the hill with him on my back) he ended up really enjoying himself, especially when we saw a train only feet away with an engineer that waved at us.

Walking down to the river

Hi Grandma!

Scaring all the birds away

We got 'this close'

Piggyback up the hill

Kayla came too, she rode back like a princess and we tried to get a picture of it

But she wasn't as happy by the time we got the camera out ;-)

Applesauce!

I thought I had some pictures, but can't find any of actually going apple picking... Anyway, we went to pick apples which Noah absolutely loved! He had a great time helping Mom and I pull the apples off the tree and was really good about picking the best apples and then gently putting them in the bag. And he liked that he got to sample them, too :) After picking apples we had an applesauce making marathon (trust me, the whole undercarriage of my Rav came back full of applesauce....)

Kayla 'helped' make the applesauce

Mikayla loves applesauce

She also enjoyed getting to hang out

LJ got in on the action

Though the house was officially divided this day (Michigan played BG) I showed off my pride while making applesauce

Mikayla's favorite part - eating the apples

And being cute

Lots and lots of apples

Enticing Mikayla to crawl - here fishy fishy fishy

And she's off!

Kisses and Ice Cream

My Mom flew into town to make the drive up to Ohio with us (thank goodness!) and of course we had to make a stop at Bruester's for some delicious ice cream. Mikayla got to try her very first ice cream cone ever that was all her own! The results follow ;-)

Finished her cone and eyeballing Mommy's ice cream...

Mmmmm, ice cream...

She ended up finishing before Noah did, believe it or not

Even ate the whole cone like a big girl!

Still not sure if she got more on her or in her belly

Noah's cone had sprinkles :)

Not sure if Thing 1 or Thing 2 had more fun with the ice cream

Big bite!

What a big kid!

Kayla and Daddy out to dinner

How cute are they?

Kisses!

Worst Blogger EVER

Yes, I am aware that I am totally out of touch on this blog. Whoops! I'm sorry to all of you that have been asking for pictures, missing seeing and hearing about the kiddos, etc. Following are some pictures of our trip to Ohio. I'm going to really make a concerted effort to try to keep up with this now - I am even considering moving the blog to a new address. Will anyone follow still?

Anyway, onward with Ohio pictures!

My favorite M&M's

Mikayla is finally big enough to wear her M&M shirt and I couldn't help myself but to dress them both in them yesterday :)

It was all fun and games until she started pulling his hair....

Sprinkler Fun

For his birthday Noah got a really cool sprinkler (thanks Grammy and Papa Tom!) but we hadn't had a chance to try it out yet. So after we got back from early Church and had breakfast, Grant and Noah headed outside for the morning to play in the sprinkler. They had a great time!

At that same time, I was inside trying my hand at making baby food for Mikayla. I made bananas, peaches, mangoes, plums, blue berries avocados, sweet potatoes and green beans. So far she's really enjoying everything! Since apparently that wasn't enough Suzie Homemaker for me, I then made a peach coffee cake, blackberry muffins and two loaves of zucchini bread. I've been a busy girl today!

On another note, yesterday Grant took Noah to his first grown-up movie in an actual movie theater. They went and saw "How To Train Your Dragon" Apparently they had a great time, Noah was very well behaved and they can't wait to go and see another movie. We are thrilled to find out that there is a $1 movie theater here in Palm Bay that we can take the kiddo to.

Daddy and Noah running through the sprinkler

Noah playing

He did really well actually running through the sprinkler

They switched over to the pool eventually :)

Fun Saturday

We walked to Dunkin' Donuts and then to the park to play this morning

Noah and his donuts

Kayla was bummed she didn't get any donuts

Mommy and Noah climbing

Up the ladder

Cheesin' on the bridge

More climbing

Run Noah Run!

Our cool new bird feeder (Thanks Mom & Dad for the anniversary gift!)

I made Kayla baby food - she helped by eating one of the cookies I made the other day :) At the same time, Grant took Noah to his first movie in a theater. Noah had a blast!