Big boy!

First laugh two days ago and sitting (sort of) in the Bumbo seat

Empty

This bin and this box, which at this time yesterday were filled with apples, are now empty. Our apple trees, however, are not. I spent a few hours yesterday processing apples into applesauce. My mother-in-law's food mill has been a great help (and a throw-back for Jack who remembers many hours spent cranking that thing), but we're still not done. Yes, I am now officially weary of apples. Not eating them. Just processing them.

A visit with the Groves family

Jack and I spent a wonderful summer in Burlington, VT with Lauren and Alasdair in 2005. Since then we've done a pretty good job of getting together, but the most recent gap has been the longest at 3 years. Since then, they've had a baby and we've had two! It was time to catch up. We spent a short, but lovely time together last weekend.

Dads with their girls. Emily is a few months younger than Lauren.


As soon as Emily saw Aidan she asked if she could hold him. After holding him, she continued to ask if she could hold him. She was very interested in the baby. That's a good thing, because she's going to be a sister in just a few weeks!



Lauren and Alasdair have decided that 5-year olds are the best babysitters. As soon as Emily got her baby fix, Annie whisked the two little girls away and we hardly saw them again!



The soon-to-be family of four

It's soccer time!

This is the first soccer player from our house to wear pink!

On the first day of soccer last week, there were understandably a few kindergarteners who were a bit timid to take the field. Not Annie. After watching her brothers play for the last five years, she couldn't wait to start. And she was disappointed when practice ended too soon.

Aidan's quilt from Aunt Lisa

My sister-in-law is so talented! She has made a quilt for my last three babies. They are so beautiful. Aidan's quilt arrived this week. He loves it!





I included this picture to show how mobile he is. He started in the middle of the quilt facing the other way. He inch-worms is way around, pulling his legs up to his butt and then pushing. Three months old and already squirming around.

Art and edamame on the farm

Our CSA farm is a wonderful place to be. We have been making an event out of picking up our share every week, spending two hours some weeks. Today's visit to the farm was on a home school outing. The kids were working on painting farm scenes. After working on that for a while, I sent them to pick some edamame.









Enthusiastically picking edamame....

Sweet Aidan

Aidan fell asleep at the farm today. I had been holding him for a while and was getting tired. I set him down in the grass thinking he would probably wake up any second. Surprisingly, he slept for a few minutes and I had my camera. I love love love these pictures of my sweet boy.