End of Summer Pictures

First and foremost, the biggest event ever, MAX Greenline Day!!!
When we bought our house 4 years ago, we heard that MAX train route was going to be put out here. It finally is here!
I think that Patrick and Moon are just relieved I am done talking about it so much. Seriously. We got to the MAX stop like 20 minutes early. Nerd; again.

Anhow, here are Moon and Papa, having a good time riding the very full train downtown.

The bliss rate was high, as the weather and moods were wonderful.
The kids were loving the train, people watching, eating snacks all the while.

Here's Mooner, running toward home as we got off the MAX.

Onto other business
Here is Moon, doing her "work". She writes all over Patrick's old training papers and has a cell phone next to her at all times.

Here's a fun Lanny and the big kids moment. Aren't they so darn cute???

Moon, doing a science experiment cooking beans. She has had a recent fascination with measurements of all sorts and wanted to "do the thermometer in my cooking". So we wrote down times and temperatures and she made a science journal (thanks Sid the Science Kid!) and drew pictures of beans. Very cool to see her brain work like that.

Oh you know, here's another Lan and food picture. A few more coming up after this one.
For the record, this was pumpkin.

Ah yes, a nectarine!

And a wee troublesome little fella...
Can you make a guess what just happened here?

Yep, climbed right up that chair onto the counter to get the iPod. Here he is, trying to detach it from the charger so he can escape the crime scene.
And this is after we put all of our dining room chairs in the garage. tsk tsk.

And here is another shot of Lan, with his girlfriend. Lots of time being spent with this particular girlfriend. And lots of heartache and rejection around her as well. It's an unhealthy relationship.

More Lan and food. That's what you wanted right?!?
Corn on the cob from Papa Mike's garden. So tasty!

This is just a funny little picture of Lan enjoying Moon's first day of preschool. When we came home after leaving her there, he immediately started getting into her things and brought me the hoodie of hers to put on him. Funny guy!

A new way to carry things had to devised, as Lan is refusing to walk. We call this the leg-trailer.

Oh but the climbing! Moon took over 100 shots of Lan, and most were like this.

A wild potato disaster in my kitchen. Really though, it bought me a good 30 minutes of peace.

That's it for now, folks!

Moon's first day at Footprint Farm Preschool!

All ready to go!

After making her own sandwich to bring.

Moon is so happy with her new school and so are we. Totally dreamy place.

I just can't decide...

If y'all will hate me more for NOT posting in ages, but instead sitting on this loot pile of pictures
OR
If the anger would be greater for posting this entry full of SIDEWAYS pictures!!! I assumed there must be a way to rotate in blogger by now, but it appears there actually is NOT...
So I am lazy and not willing to edit and re-upload.
And you might hate me for it ;)

Anyhow!
On with the fun.
What have we been up to this summer?
Here's round one.
(I did that on purpose. Seriously. Nerd.)

Here is a picture of Manly eating some cookies that he is now banished from because of the OAT content. Yes, another food has been eliminated. Tsk Tsk.

From Moon's photo shoot, Lan pouring water. A multiple times a day disaster making activity.

A prized "cutting activity" moment. She is really into cutting vegetables.
Really, really into it. It's strange.

Oh yes, an action shot from basketball camp. I have no idea what was going on here, but she was wearing a penny, and that was super cute!

Here's what Manly and I did while Sissy was in basketball camp. This was a really excellent time for Lan and I think he started considering not being a baby forever while he played at the park without Moon.

This isn't a sweet guy wanting his mama. It's a wild beast, wanting to push all of the buttons on the camera.

Here's another from the kitchen with Moon.
She must have been making a curried dahl of some sort.

This is the big sissy that Lan enjoys the most. The one that blows bubbles for him.

Lan's first self-photo.

How many more years do you think I have to keep these cars around??? I am really ready to put them on the side of the road. Or donate them to someone with a lot of pavement.

A very fancy pirate treasure pile. Made by miss lady pink pink herself.

Big guy in his big guy chair. Moon took this photo as well!

Big guy CHEEKS.

Bye! See you soon for Round 2!

How about a pile of old pictures (from May?) from the Tulip Festival?
FUN FUN FUN times with some little pals, Max and Shoghi.

So many wonderful pictures and I have no idea who took what! We will totally be doing this again. The tulips were breathtaking, the farm was spacious and fun, plus they had this carnival type section that was just on the edge of "un-carnival" enough.

Pretty Mooner in the fields.

And so cute as a little dutch girl

Here we play on an old rusty tractor

You know that there were 100's of photos like this. Moon is perfect for places like this.

Irrigation equipment is totally underrated!

Holy Mac! I could not believe how into jumping Mooner was. They actually lifted her on this crane lift thing so that she was probably 20 feet off the ground. So fun!

And the bouncy-slide-house thing.

And the tulip shoe ride, pulled behind a tractor. Lan and I were riding in a shoe a few ahead of Moon, so we were able to snap a quick picture as the driver was taking us on some wild crazy-8's.

A fun water pumping station to race rubber ducks. Pumping the water was more fun than caring about the ducks, but isn't that always the case?

More little Dutchy.

Like the shoes?! We tried to get Lan in. He wasn't impressed.

But this is something else! I really don't think it can get any cuter. Look at his face!

The strollers were ditched not long into the journey, but they are just such a sweet little boy team that I am thankful we got one picture of it.

The End

Welcome, Welcome Sweet One!

The much anticipated arrival of Evie is here.
Sarah and Evie had a beautiful journey together and I was so lucky to get to spend a few days with them after she was born.

Here she is with Big Sister Emma

The kids got to spend lots of time with Uncle Jared and had a great trip. One day soon I will get back on track blogging and picture taking.
XO

A (wee bit challenging) trip to Kruger's Farm for berry "picking"
haven't been there in awhile...

These kids look so big. And who is that baby in the wagon???
They are pretty cute when they aren't ignoring their mama's. Or running wildly through the farmstand. Or participating in other embarrassing things that we are trying to not talk about.

Lan is going to need to walk soon if he wants to keep in the big kid game!

That's it! If you have any dowsing/clairvoyant etc abilities, please let me know.
I MUST find the battery charger to my GOOD camera. xo.

Y'all are happy with just pictures, right?!?

A little picnic. Mostly grapes were consumed.

Moon rocking out in the garage. She's getting GOOD!
I think she was doing some songs from Mary Poppins here. Or Boom Boom Pow ;)

Funny little chopstick obsession has been going on lately. Here she is pretending to knit a shirt with them. While watching a show. With her glasses off . Tsk Tsk.

Eating a piece of styrofoam. Notice her finger? Wrapped with tape because she was out drumming with Papa and HAS to tape her fingers like him.

Lanny Boy, naked, yelling, fighting with Moon over the iPod.

Help me, Mama!!!

Dressing up like big Sissy, playing kitchen. He's so cute with all of her stuff!
He brings me accessories to put on him, then Oooooh's at himself. Adorable.