Happy October!

It has been a gorgeous October and we have taken full advantage of it. L is dressing up as Merida from Brave and Charlie and I are going as her mother and brother who turned into bears. She already had a change to wear it at a pre-school friends party, Fairport Halloween parade, Strong Museum Halloween party, Moms group Halloween party at Cobble Creek farms. Good thing to because we are expecting a big storm this week so not sure how successful it will be on Halloween day. We have a lot of pumpkins on our porch this year so hopefully they won't blow away. (we carved one and painted another) Leila and Charlie have Halloween parties at school/daycare on Wed so at least they will have that.

In other news, Leila got her hair cut and wore ribbons in her hair a few days in a row (this is a big deal for her). We had a nice visit with Uncle Michael and Aunt Briony which included making applesauce as a family.

Here are some pics to enjoy:

September Roundup!

It has been a busy month! Leila started Kindergarden. She is doing really well, likes her teacher and we have made the bus every morning so far.

We celebrated Leila's birthday with her friends at long acre farms and made a trip to Grow Moore farms  (leila picked out a pumpkin that was bigger than her!)

Leila joined the girl scouts, she has her first Daisy troop meeting on Thursday. 

We went to services at RIT Hillel for Rosh Hashanah and to a local temple for a kids service on Yom Kippur. Grandma Gail had us over for a holiday meal and Leila even tried scalion matzo balls.

Shevah's great aunt Fofo passed away this month in her 90s. She will be missed. 

Charlie is doing well. He is 20 months old already is still an easy going kid.

Here are some pictures of our adventures:

Modeling some of her birthday presents:

Summer Harvest:

We successfully grew (and ate) peas, green beans, cucumber, tomatos, carrots, radishes, and lettuce. Thank you Uncle Michael and Aunt Briony, though you would like to see how the garden turned out.





Cousins visit Rochester!

Say Cheese!

We had a fabulous trip to WI, but we really tired the kids out. Here is Charlie after we got back to the house:



We went to several parks near the lakes followed by lunch at Lazy Janes on Wili Street. We picked (and ate) currents from the yard to later turn into jam. They weighed in at 7lbs! We rounded out the day with a visit to the Fete de Marquette to hear some music and ride the Ferris Wheel.

The next day we went to the Madison Children's Museum which features a kid size hampster wheel, a wall you can pain on, and some baby chickens on the roof deck. It was nice to see the hustle and bustle near the capital building with Art on the Square in progress. We had a great lunch at the Great Dane.

The kids were great travelers and a good time was had by all. We are all recharged to go back to work/school tomorrow. Charlie moves up to the toddler room this week when he officially turns 18 months, so we need to get prepared for him to sleep on a cot and eat at a table! Stay tuned to see how it goes.