The other white meat...

As Delaney becomes more outgoing, Emmie has become more interested in playing with her. One of her favorite things to do right now is give her hand to Delaney and let her munch on it.



"MMM... so this is what a knuckle sandwich tastes like!"

"Wait a minute - I didn't say you could have the whole arm..."

"Well, I suppose you can *try* to eat my arm..."

"Munch munch munch..."

"How about some rump roast?"

Pumpkin Patch Day

Earlier today we headed over to the local orchard for it's annual pumpkin festival. Here are some pictures:

Emmie was excited to go the pumpkin patch. Delaney was confused. The hat didn't help.

Daddy teaches Laney the finer points of choosing a pumpkin. Maybe he should start by selecting an orange one.

Emmie posing for the camera, enjoying the gentle 25+ mph gusts...

The pumpkin collecting team surveys their haul.


Emerson enjoying her apple. And making a goofy face.

That's more like it.

Delaney wanted an apple too.... She has the right technique, just not the right (or left) teeth.

Pumpkin sisters cuddling up :)

Heritage Festival

Last weekend was the annual Avon Heritage Festival, which is when everyone comes out to the park to celebrate Avon's rich cultural history. Or eat hot, fresh mini-donuts. Mostly I think it's about the donuts. Here are some pictures:

Apparently Avon was founded by a group of petting zoo operators, judging by the collection of farm yard animals. Emmie enjoyed petting the donkey.

The goat, on the other hand, seemed a bit scary. So we just watched it eat the grass...



Finally, we got to the mini donuts stand. Well worth the weight, if you know what I mean.

Delaney tried to figure out how exactly to convince us that she was ready for her own mini donut...

Finally, we let Emmie burn off some energy at the playground while the rest of us wondered why we ate so many donuts. Such fun :)

Pajama Party

I recently bought the girls matching PJs and they love wearing them at the same time. Whenever Emmie sees me put them on Laney she asks where hers are :)

This book again?

Outdoor fun

A couple of days ago the weather was nice, so the little ones got to play out front. Here's some pictures of the action:




Emmie was excited to play with her chalk. She just had to wait for the sprinkling to stop...




Delaney enjoyed the breeze from her stroller...

Emmie making a silly face.

Laney showing us her pretty blue-grey eyes...

Here's Emmie working on her poses...

First day of School

Today was Emmie's first day of school. We dropped her off at 9 this morning and she walked in and didn't even say goodbye. I pick her up in an hour, so hopefully she is still doing okay. Here are a couple pics from her first day.

Road Trip!

We went on a little road trip last weekend to Cincinnati, Ohio just for fun. Here are some pictures capturing the fun:

Heellooooo, Cincinnati!!

When we got to the hotel, we had to explain to Emmie that the big bed wasn't hers....

This was the view from our hotel... not bad, but not terribly exciting...

Luckily, there was a monster truck rally going on down in the parking lot!

That got the attention of the Starship Enterprise....

Later on in the day, a dinosaur took out the building across the street from us. Remind me not to book a hotel so close to the Creation Museum....

One of our first stops was the Aquarium, where Laney made friends with a smiley fish :)

Here's Emmie, hoping for a prince to appear (or maybe some candy)....

All that excitement made Delaney quite hungry - time to chow down!

"I spent the weekend in Ohio, and all I got was this lousy lollipop.... actually, it's pretty good!"