Saturday, October 11, 2014

October 2014

It's quite the trip down memory lane when you're more than a year last posting.  


Our first Montpelier Races (thanks to the Ochs family) was freezing and WINDY, but still a great time for all.  Margaret snuggled up with the bartender all day.  







The songs of the Old Testament---they've both got it down!













One never knows what Katie is going to wear to school.

Tom and Mary kindly hosted young families at their house one chilly October afternoon.  What a glorious time of singing and playing it was:)






 


 










 Trains in Baltimore with Grandma!

















 





Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Other September News...





Mulch day!  After weeding the entire, overgrown play area, it was finally time to lay out the long-planned experiment....layers of cardboard boxes and newspaper to create a a biodegradable barrier for the weeds.  That would be 86 boxes.  



The boys were awesome and hauled all of the saved boxes from the garage to the yard. 
Little man was amazing!



Down went the boxes, and then 3 cu yards of playground mulch wheeled from the driveway DOWN the grassy hill to the playarea.  2.5 hours of wheeling and spreading and voila!  



Thanks to Mom, I have flowers that have survived the entire summer for the first time!

Have naked, but loving his tiara.



Copperheads have been more abundant this year than usual.  Ran into this one late one evening and decided to see exactly what it takes to kill the devil.  Apparently running it over twice with a Tahoe is eventually sufficient.  

I've never seen Andrew so excited to get mail, and it was his new, personalized Bible.
Matthew was mesmerized for a good half hour by the aerating next door.  
You never know what's going to do it.  



 If it's not one thing after my tomatoes, it's another.  
This thing was impressive!  My tomatoes no longer are.


Thanks to Emily's stash in Columbus, 
we have anew butterfly to march to the bus stop. 



Note to self:  Don't leave the groceries within reach.

There are no words.

School!

Back into legos again...but without any instructions this time.



Not gonna give up until he figures it out!