I think it's safe to say

Fall has arrived. Rain, wind, more rain, and more wind today! It was Juneau's Get Out and Play day and we braved the weather to go check out the free Toddler Open Gym (haha) once we got there, it was obvious everybody else was trying to get out of the weather, too. There had to have been hundreds of kids! Gavin had fun despite the crowds and Rora, who hasn't been feeling very good, slept through the whole thing. (Thank goodness for ear tubes. I am convinced we would have another ear infection by now if it weren't for them!)

Then in the afternoon, we really did brave the weather to go to the trucks n stuff, where the kids could climb on and in a bunch of different large equipment vehicles. A city bus, dump truck, excavator, tractor. You get the idea. My camera battery died so I didn't get any pictures. I know. Bad Mommy...

Tree gnome

Letters

Gavin is really into letters and numbers right now. What is it about the ABC song that makes it so much more adorable when it's sung like this?

A B C D E F G

H R K L M OOOOO P

Q R S T U B

W X and Y and Z

Yogurt face

I think it's probably safe to say, it's her favorite food. Although she also loves anything tomato, and all kinds of yummy fruit. Yogurt has to be her favorite fall back. She would eat it every day, for every meal if I let her...I'm not sure if it's the flavor, the texture, or the mess factor, but she sure loves it.

Field Trip!

I ♥ preschool! The class went to the Glacier today. We saw a beaver dam & lodge, some dead fish (that one was a huge hit with the three year olds!) a porcupine, some iceburgs, swallow nests, and even some sun. But it was cold. Even wearing Rora (which is kinda like putting a 98* heater in your coat) it was chilly, but the kids were troopers. Preschool is so much fun. :D

Yet another

Sunny day at Castle Park. Rora rocked the toddler slide, all by herself. *sniffle*
She went down it quite a few times, walking over the bridge and up the stairs on her own. Toddlerville! Exciting, but bittersweet...

Sweetness

Marshmallow Roast

Too bad Gavin didn't really like them! It was kind of funny, he was so psyched about it and kept asking for the marshmallows. Then when we finally got to them, he tried one and then wouldn't finish it. But we had fun anyway. There's just nothing else like a fire, hot dogs, and marshmallows at the beach. So much fun! I can't wait to go camping with them next summer.

Aurora was more than happy to help Gavin out!

App-pull

Do you suppose "Uh-Oh" counts as a two syllable word? Its adorable and sweet but not technically a word, right? It's two. App-pull, on the other hand. Adorable AND two syllable! Oh, and delicious, 'specially when hand picked by your brother :)

Just Because

She's so darn cute!

Gavin's Garden

We hung out in the sunshine today, digging in the dirt. Gavin decided we were building him a garden and got Aurora to help too. What better way to spend a sunny September day?

Self Portrait

By Gavin ♥

I am so

In LOVE!

Ice Cream Pizza

Gavin filled his sticker chart

Which took a lot of hard work!

So we celebrated with some Ummizoomi style Ice Cream Pizza

The final product

Looks sooo yummy!

Ahhhhhh

Nothing like weeks of anticipation to sweeten the prize! :)

Cupcakes

For my cutecakes
Is this how you do it?
I can help too!
Whatca lookin' at?
Are they done yet?!?

I spy

With my little eyes

Termination Dust...

But another sunny Saturday? We'll take it!

*sigh*

It doesn't get much better than this...

Uncle Glenn, Auntie Janna and Katie Dog

A few pictures from our Anchorage trip last month. We miss you!

First Day, Revised

We are rewriting this chapter in our lives, and it's going to be a good one! After a rocky start at the wrong place, I am happy to announce that Gavin is officially a preschooler! He is in a wonderful co-op preschool where he is going to grow and thrive. He absolutely loves it there and today was his first day on his own. He could have cared less when I left, he was busy racing a horse.
Ciao Mama!

Psych!!!

No really. I'm certain that summer really is over, this time for real. It's September, after all. Labor Day for pete's sake. Beautiful, sunny, and....HOT! :o

We enjoyed the sun at Kowee Creek where Gavin and Daddy went fishing.

Well Daddy went fishing and Gavin reeled up a hookless lure. Shhhhh.

Aurora supervised from a safe distance.

Until she decided to slide down the river bank on her belly...

So we packed up and had a picnic at Sunshine Cove instead.

Sunshine indeed :)

Gavin and Daddy built a sand castle,

After many trips to the water to moisten the sand.

But the best part was smashing it with a big rock before we left ;)

We had a great time in the sun and after naps went to an RDI BBQ downtown and played in the park for hours while enjoying salmon, halibut, brats, and good company! A perfect holiday and a smashing end to summer.

Not sure

Where the weekend went!!!

We did do the Home Depot kid's workshop, have an impromptu play date with Aiden, walked to the playground, did our weekly shopping, had a movie night, went swimming, and cleaned out the pantry.

This may have been the best workshop yet! Although by the time I got around to taking pictures, he was more interested in the cookie than the helicopter, and especially not interested in posing for the camera.

Snacks at the playground


Gavin was very proud of figuring out how to climb the jungle gym

And enjoyed the swings!