It was a perfect September, still feeling very much like summer but knowing that fall is just a week or two away. All you can do is take advantage of it all- the daylight, the warmth, the easy way of leaving the house without coat or hat. We spent September hanging out in the backyard, going to the park, and visiting with friends and family.
Jacintha found her voice this month. She jabbers and jabbers away. She squeals when Lily comes in the room and her arms and legs start swinging and kicking like crazy when her mom or dad come near.
Lily is loving being outside... running down the block, riding her bike, and playing hopscotch are some of her favorite activities. Two big things happened for her this month. She learned how to pump on the swing, making herself go higher and higher and she is now riding tandem on a bike with her mom or dad. She loves the tandem. It is what she wants to do every night after dinner.
Below are some highlights of the month...
Our neighborhood park: voted best sunsets in the Twin Cities
A visit to Spring Hill Community Farm, our Community Supported Agriculture Farm in western Wisconsin. Josh and Lily picked raspberries and Jacintha and I washed green peppers and rosemary before we helped packed up the veggies to bring back to Minneapolis. Lily got to help see if the hens had laid any eggs and she found one!
Future Farmer of America?
In mid-September we were lucky enough to have the girls' great-grandma Binning and great-aunt Judy come for a visit.
We also got together with some of the crew from Josh's college trip to India back in '96.
As you can see, there's been a bit of a baby boom. Thanks for hosting, Erika!
The end of September brings the annual Harvest Festival at the neighborhood catholic school. This is a real pleasure for a small town girl like me. Our friend Martha lives to houses away so we've started to me a tradition of it. There's a cake walk, book sale, fire truck rides, a beer tent and bingo to name a few of the activities. This year Lily was very excited about the rides. A big difference from two years ago when she cried the whole time she rode the helicopters with her dad. Here she is in Martha's garden before heading over to the fest.
On the carousel with her favorite horse
On the ferris wheel with daddy. Wayyy up there!
Listen to Jacintha talk!
As I update this page the flowers are blooming and the sound of lawnmowers buzz through the open windows. It is spring in Minneapolis. But I still have winter photos to share. The spring ones will come soon. Above is Lily & I at our 1st annual neighborhood Winter Warmer. It took place at Hiawatha Park, down the street. They had ice skating, face painting (notice Lil's cheek) and horse-drawn hayrides. It was the perfect thing to get us out of the house and break up the winter duldrums.
Jacintha has practiced sitting up so much that she's really got it down now.
We did a quick trip to the Winter Carnival in Saint Paul this year. It was a gorgeous day and by the time we got there most of the ice sculptures were half melted. But this throne was still standing string. Lily was pretending she was the queen of the carnival waving to her people.
Welcome to my Snow Palace! Daddy and I built this together and it has a tunnel I can go through. The best part are the ice jewels decorating the palace!
Jacintha gets ready for her first swim at Grandpa Lang's birthday party.
