Sunday, September 30, 2012

Bolton Abbey

 
Two Sundays ago our Pastor's wife told us about a great place to visit called Bolton Abbey
It has lots of walking paths, an old priory, a handful of tea rooms, and olde bookshop, and is nearby
Funny we had never been there before!
 
Last Saturday the weather was promising and I was tired of being inside...
so away we went...
 
 

Isaac thought these leaves were soft
 
 
 chasing Daddy up the path...
 
we didn't see any birds and Aaron smacked his head pretty good on the low doorway...but Isaac LOVED this bird hide

 
it's crazy that this church is so much older than my native country...



 
and this was the view from our lunch table:


the ducks waddled up to say "hello"
 
and someone wanted to jump right in...

 
it was such a relaxing day out!





Friday, September 21, 2012

18 Months!

 
 
This 18 month old is one pretty fun dude
 (although I MAY be a bit biased!)
 
 
 
He loves:
books
(right now he has us read Goodnight Moon twice a night -
once from the hardback copy and once from the board book copy!)
building block towers
making "airplanes" out of legos
going on walks (he can walk all the way to the bus stop - almost 1/2 mile!)
animal sounds (my favs are his snake, monkey, and fish face)
cheerios in the morning
helping Daddy get ready for work
seeing his pal Owen
bouncing in his crib
"helping" Mommy in the kitchen
 
 
This is how we celebrated being such a big kid:
 
 breaking in his new wellies by splashing in every puddle between our house and the bus stop
 
riding the escalator up and down
and up and down
and up and down...

 
taking the bus to meet Daddy at a work picnic



enjoying yummy treats at said picnic
 
 
couldn't you just eat him up?!



Monday, September 17, 2012

Morning Snack



How do you eek out a little more time from a morning snack of cheerios???

Why, add a chopstick of course!


He's "fishing" for Cheerios


Caught one!

Now he's sliding individual pieces onto the chopstick

I did it!

And this gives me more time to get our actual breakfast ready and on the table!
(Or at least time to check my email!)

Monday, September 10, 2012

Those Last Few Days of Summer

 
munching on an apple...


i don't really know what this was but he was so happy...


shhhh...baby's sleeping...


someone knows how to open the oatmeal!


a sunny day + a playground = fun


how you doin?!