One rainy day in September, Averhy sat down at the living room table and just began writing and drawing this… The translation: 3 Ducks 4 Chickens. I want to see a duck. There I seen a roosters. 5 Roosters. I see goats. 6 Goats. Pretty impressive for the first month of kindergarten, I think…
Yearly Archives: 2009
applesauce
A few weeks ago we visited Aunt Linda on a beautiful Sunday afternoon to make applesauce. The girls had a great time picking apples (and LOTS of red raspberries), helping peel and slice them with the apple-peeler-corer-slicer machine, and sampling the finished product. I think we’ll have to make this a fall tradition. Afterward, we […]
Averhy’s first day of kindergarten!
Of course, Averhy was up early and dressed before I even rolled out of bed… so she had plenty of time to watch a little PBS kids before we left for school! …and the girls dutifully cheesed it up for the camera, after which Eden decided to do a little running-dance-thing around Averhy to show […]
a fun visit to Grandi’s summer home in Canada… part 2
Next to Grandi’s house is a large hay field, and Eden liked picking flowers each time that we walked past it on our way to the beach. Toward the end of our week at Grandi’s house, we drove up to a quiet lake (through many giant potholes on the way) and also went to Bobo’s […]
a fun visit to Grandi’s summer home in Canada… part 1
We had a great time visiting Grandi (Sky’s grandma) a few weeks ago in Jaquet River, New Bruswick. Although the start of the week was chilly and rainy, we were able to relax and enjoy playing around her house and on the rocky beach (in between the raindrops!) The girls had a great time playing […]
our Outer Banks vacation… part 2
Some more shots (finally) from our fun vacation in the Outer Banks of North Carolina! The girls loved going to the beach… We had fun hanging out with everyone in the awesome house – and dinnertime was always a blast! This was our night to cook – so we made homemade pizzas and let everyone […]