A Trip to the Mountains - part 7

Here are some pictures that Nathan took while on our trip.

A Trip to the Mountains - part 6

Here are more pictures from our walk on Monday.

A Trip to the Mountains - part 5

Before we left on Monday, we took a walk around the place where we stayed (Uncle Jason and fam had already left). Several portions of our walk involved the geese. We stopped to watch them for a minute and they thought we had something to feed them. The close ones swam over and the ones across the lake flew over.



We didn't actually have anything, but the geese were brave enough to get pretty close.


Later, we found some bread on the ground that someone had left behind. Now this kids actually had something to give the geese (and a couple ducks).

A Trip to the Mountains - part 4

Here are some pictures of the girls just hanging out. While we were there, we had a mini birthday celebration for Kaitlin. The third picture is from when she opened presents.

A Trip to the Mountains - part 3

While the guys watched the UGA game (and the girls part of the time), the ladies made cinnamon rolls from scratch. They were good, but they were GIGANTIC. We'll know what to modify next time!

Nathan wanted to help. He was allowed to do a few things, but mostly we stuck with this being a ladies' project.


Grandma thought that it would be fun to melt a mountain of butter!


Aunt Jenn got the fun job of mixing the dough. :)


Here is the end process...I was cutting the roll into individual cinnamon rolls, Grandma was putting them onto the cookie sheets, and Aunt Jenn was buttering the tops.


And here is one pan of the final product!

A Trip to the Mountains - part 2

After putting the girls down for a nap, a few of us took a walk over to the dam for the lake. It was nice out, so it was a good time for a walk.

A Trip to the Mountains - part 1

The two weekends ago (Oct 24th - 27th), we went to the mountains with Grandma and Granddad. Uncle Jason, Aunt Jenn, and Kaitlin also got to come. Saturday morning, we went into downtown Helen and walked around. Nobody bought much, but we had a good time. After lunch, we tried to get a picture of all three kids. Have you ever tried to get three kids under 5 to look and smile at the same time??? Impossible!

a fun outing

On October 22nd, Nathan and I met up with some other moms and kids at the Lane Packing Plant. It's a peach packing plant, but this time of year they have other activities. Most importantly, they have a corn maze. Nathan and I had a great time in the corn maze and also got to take a hay ride. Afterwards, he got some ice cream. It was a nice trip - nice for just Nathan and Mommy to have some time together. Here is a picture of us on the hayride:


On the way home, I spotted this old truck parked under the side of an old barn. I thought it looked neat so we turned around to get a few pictures. I was just disappointed that I didn't have my "good" camera with me.

playing outside

We try to get outside to play on occasion - but not nearly as much as we should. A couple weeks ago I decided to try to get some pictures of the kids for once. Here are a few (or a lot) of them.

a moment in time

Nathan reads to Caroline - what a good big brother!

Soccer Game #7

Nathan's last soccer game this season.

Ga Nat'l Fair - part 3 (Friday)

On Friday, we went back to the fair and took Daddy this time. Later, Grandma and Granddad met us. Somehow, we managed not to get too many pictures. I am including a couple, though, and two videos as well. After Tuesday, Nathan had two things on his to-do list: ride the sky lift and the paddle boats. So, I took him on the sky lift and Daddy took him on the paddle boats. After eating supper, we watched a cow getting milked and walked around and saw some pigs and baby chickens. Then, we watched the end of a marionette show and most of a VERY boring rattlesnake show. While walking around, a lady stopped us and gave us a few ride tickets, so the kids got to ride a couple rides. Before we left, we watched the fireworks. I think everyone had a good time, but we were all tired by the time we got home!

quick kiddo update

Caroline - she's been going potty more and more lately. Last week, I started letting her wear "underwear". (training pants with plastic underwear over them) I didn't really intend for her to start wearing them quite yet, but she's very interested. I'm hoping that in the next week or two we can make a really strong effort to take her to the potty regularly and see what happens. Until then, we'll just keep taking her when she's interested so she can figure out what "needing to go" feels like.

Nathan - he's been writing lots of books lately. He writes a story and pictures to go with it on his copy paper and then we staple them together. His spelling has actually been pretty decent lately as well. He is reading up a storm. It truly wows me at what he can read and that he is actually comprehending as well. He reads to Caroline, reads his library books, reads during his downtime...he really does read a lot.

PS: I'll get back to catching up on what we've been doing as soon as possible - though it may be late next week before that happens.