Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Festival Weekend!

 Although I'm a little sad that summer is over, I do love Fall and all of the wonderful festivals that it brings!  We went to the Perry County Council of the Arts Festival with Steve's parents on Saturday.  Jack got to paint a lovely picture, and he participated in a music activity.  He LOVED the activities with music!  He danced, played instruments, and had the biggest grin on his face!
 Their favorite activity though was the baby pools filled with corn!  Rhea was a little unsure about it, but she loved it once she started playing!




 Momma and Daddy's favorite part was the food though.  Mmmmm.....we had spring rolls, hemp pretzels, and homemade ice cream (even though it was freezing outside!)  We also visited the mill and covered bridge that the kids enjoyed.  Jack loves bridges because of his love of trains!





I love this picture :-)!




 Going to all of these festivals is exhausting!  The second festival was a Harvest Festival at Kings Gap.  We took a hay ride and made a leaf print.  Pretty fun stuff!

For your viewing pleasure, I thought I would include these funny pictures after the kids were on the trampoline and had a few issues with static electricity :-).




 What a sweet lil' momma.  She loves her little baby!

 We made Jack his own ice cream (dairy free).  It was good :-).
 Stephen couldn't wait to give Jack his birthday present.  I came out of my room and there was Jack riding his new bike....lol!  Needless to say, he loves it!  He and Stephen went outside and rode their bikes together. 

Yeah...it's a work in progress.  He's getting better already!  It's a balance bike to help him develop coordination and, you guessed it, balance!  I'll have to post a new video once he's better :-).

Monday, August 27, 2012

Yikes! Summer's over?!

Yes...summer is over!  Where did it go?  I had my Professional Development for work last week, and this week, I'm prepping for the start of school.  So, needless to say, I'm pretty busy!  I'm hoping I can get some pictures up soon from all of my projects. 
This weekend, we are going camping at our cabin up in Northern PA.  I'm pretty excited about it.  I plan on doing some crocheting.  Maybe I'll be able to get a few pairs of baby booties made?  Oh boy, I hope so!   I'll be sure to post pictures of our adventure. 
Well, I don't have much going on now, so I'll be back soon....with pictures!

Thursday, August 16, 2012

A continuation from yesterday!


So I said I would be back with further updates, so here I am :-)!
We went to Hershey Park at the end of July with Steve's entire family--talk about chaos :-).  Jack is enjoying the Chocolate World tour.
Chocolate World tour

We just woke up...

Awww....he's still a miniature.  Maybe you'll be a kiss next year, buddy.



Steve and Olivia were obviously having fun...I'm not so sure Jack was!


Jack and cousin Olivia




Jack was being a real pill on the train ride

Emmett loved his ice cream!

Rhea's first birthday party!




Our Special Surprise Guest!



Playing with Dylan

Cute little birdie cookies

Happy Birthday to you...

Happy Birthday dear Rhea....


Such a good cupcake!  That raspberry frosting was really good!


Rebecca, on the other hand, enjoyed the peach frosting.








The fights have just subsided over that phone!


We went for a hike on Sunday and found this little gem.

I made pillow covers for my couch pillows.  I'm quite pleased with how they turned out!

  So as you can see, we have been quite busy!  Steve has been building his mountain bike.  He went a little overboard, but he seems quite happy with it.  He's been going biking every Sunday with Mountain Bikers of Micheaux.  I have been busy with work at the farm, piano lessons, Summer School, chores around the house, and of course, my children.  I have this week off, and then back to school next week.  I'll try to get up a post with all of our home projects here soon.  Jack has been getting so much better communicating.  It's amazing how quickly they learn.  He can count up to 20, sing his alphabet, and can spell his name.  He is also quite the singer and xylophone player ;-).    Rhea is still perfecting her walk.  She took a few steps right before her birthday, but she still prefers "creeping" and crawling.  She is much more interested in playing and interacting with other people :-). 

Well, that's it for now...I've about a bazillion projects I'm working on that I need to finish. ttfn!