Fun Times in August!

It’s been busy! So I apologize in advance for the abbreviated descriptions of our adventures.

A couple weekends ago we had a playdate with the Arnolds! My friend April invited us to come hang out with her, her sis-in-law, and her nieces, at Clark’s Elioak Farm. We tried our hardest to make all our kids besties… I think they are all too young to appreciate our efforts though. Haha. They did have a ton of fun though. Afterwords the girls kept talking about Sophie and Maddie. So I think we may have a future playdate in store. April took a ton of good photos (check out my facebook). Here is the one photo I took:

Fun with the Arnolds!
Frances, Maddie, Gracie, April, Sophie and Colleen

We decided to take the whole family out to the farm. It'd been a long while since Moses had been, so we thought he might enjoy it, and he did.

Moses giggled at the sheep and tried to rip the goat's hair out.

Francie, Gracie, MiMo and daddy

My in-laws stopped by last weekend! We were able to see baby Zekiah again (3 months old now). He’s definitely getting bigger and his personality is starting to show – smiling, giggling, cooing. AND I saw him roll over!

Aunt Eveck and baby Zekiah

This past weekend Aunt Amy came to visit! We hadn't seen her since maybe Moses was 3-months old or so? So we were definitely excited to see her again. I’m missing her already! Wish they still lived close by. We didn't get to do a whole lot outside the house on Saturday, I spent the morning doing Frances’ hair. But we trekked out to Wegman's and the mall with the kiddos. I got the girls some new earrings – too cute! Sunday she helped me convert the girls’ cribs to toddler beds (even Moses loved this change!). And afterword we went to the petting farm to show Aunt Amy around.

Amy, Frances and Grace feeding the sheep

We went late in the day, we usually go first thing in the morning. Grace went to hang out with her usual goat friend and I think the goat had a tough day and jabbed her in the leg with its horn. She was scared, but I calmed her down and she went right on petting the other goats. Moses had fun with a chicken – fitting since he’s always saying “bek bek bek.”

Mo and his chicken friend

The girls also liked playing with Aunt Amy’s hair!

Fixing Aunt Amy's hair

Aunt Amy and Mo

And it was fortuitous that Uncle Rawknee came to visit while Aunt Amy was here. They hadn't seen each other since being godparents at the girls' baptism! MiMo was all about Uncle Rawnee and couldn't stop crawling up onto his lap.

The girls had their 3-year checkup today (see previous post). The kids are changing a lot. Moses even more so. He’s been standing a lot on his own.

Pass me the ball, daddy!

And yesterday he stood up a bit more than a foot away from their wooden activity cube and he toddled 3 steps to get to it!!! I screamed and Amy thought somebody got hurt. Haha. Later he was by the couch holding a toy and toddled 2 steps towards me! I wasn't able to see the girls take their first steps, so it was fun to see Moses’! Hopefully, within the next month, he’ll be a full walker. And his teeth are SLOWLY coming in… he just got his 7th and 8th teeth this past week. He hasn't enjoyed them coming through, but he’s still better at teething than his sisters were – it’s just that they got their teeth (and a lot of them) much faster.

And we have a new "pet," that I've named Charlotte, because I think she's a barn spider - like in Charlotte's web (so cliche, I know). I'm just happy that, so far, she's an outdoor pet...

Charlotte and her guest/dinner

This week my brother and his family will be visiting. So even more adventures to post!