This Week In Pictures

Grace decided that she wanted to pretend to be a dog.  So she needed slippers for her four "paws."  Fortunately we had four Pooh Bear slippers that she could use.  Silly Girl!

 This past weekend Grace discovered the wonders of the same Light Bright that I used when I was young.  I still remember playing with this exact Light Bright when I was 10 and had chicken pox.

While Grace was playing with the Light Bright, Glen was enjoying the wonders of a nap on the other Glen in the family.

Here Glen is trying to "help" with the laundry.  At least he is happy.

 He is quite possessive of his pacifier.

We have a set of these cute little books that have maybe 6 pages and one word on each page.  He will sit and look at, hold and look through these books for the longest time.  One night while getting ready for bed he needed to escape me in order to look through his book.  Silly Boy!

Pumpkin Donuts

One day while searching the internet I discovered a recipe for pumpkin donuts.  I waited with this information till the right time came (which happened to be last week).  One morning we were not rushed, we were not busy, we were in a good mood, so we baked.  We make the batter of the donuts.  Then Grace (and I helped a bit) piped them out onto the pans.  We made letters, either she made them or told me how to make them.

 We filled two pans of yummy donuts that soon afterward headed to the oven to cook while we made the icing.

Once the icing was made I put it in a squirt bottle and Grace got to decorate the donuts with the icing by going all "Jackson Pollock" on them.  She loved the activity.  I enjoyed the time and creativity with her, and Glen loved the donuts.  It was a good event all around :)

Apple Orchard

In October we decided to meet up with a few friends of ours that we knew from Roanoke who had moved to Northern VA.  We decided that a fun activity would be to go to an apple orchard/pumpkin patch that is located in Winchester (that is a halfway mark between both of us).

  

Grace loved playing checkers on the very large mat.

She also loved the playground that was located at the farm.  It was hard to get her away from the boat, swings, slides, and other fun play things in order to get some apples.

But all was good because she had her new great friend with her Vitaly.  They had a grand time together.

He had her reach for the apples up top.

They chased each other through the rows of trees.

I did get her to stop for just long enough to take some family pictures.  Here is one of the girls.

The whole family.

And the boys.

While Grace was have a fun time with Vitaly, Glen was stalking and attacking apples that were laying on the ground and completely unaware of the danger that was ahead for them.

Heading down the rows of trees with a bag of apples that continued to get heavier and heavier as we kept finding wonderful apples that could not be left behind.

Soon, Grace gave up the shopping bag and got a ride back to the barn to pay and get our car.

 

But not before one for photo shoot.  

Happy Fall Everyone!