at the lake...

It was a beautiful day, the sky was blue and the leaves were beautiful. and as you can see elly m. has already started the I don't want to do that... and throws herself on the ground. isn't childhood beautiful. i too wish that i could stop and throw myself on the ground when things don't go my way.

a trip to the lake

First they fell asleep in the car. it is about a 40 minute trip to shelby forest. so both of them fell asleep. but what a beautiful day to be outside. fall is such a great time of year.

just ruthie

Here are a few of ruthie. she is growing way too fast for me. we got some or i should say lots of cute clothes from charity and isabelle. they are very nice clothes and i am very thankful for them. here is one of the cute outfits that ruthie is benefiting from.

more children's museum

we went here with a friend of ours charity and her daughter isabelle. they have year pass. it was a really fun place for kids to go. elly m. loved the kroger store and the disco room. i didn't get any pictures of ruthie because she was attached to me in the baby bjorn. oh well.. more luck next time. so here is elly m. and her little friend...

just lounging...

I guess that sums up what babies do most of the time. lounge. i shouldn't say that.. ruthie is a pretty active little baby. she is starting to try to sit up on her own. such a strong little thing. she will be three months old soon. i can't believe how fast time flies.

children's museum

Here is elly m. at the children's museum with her friend isabelle. It was absolutley hilarious when we went into the mock little kroger grocery store. you can totally tell that she watches me like crazy. she walked around that grocery store with her little head up high with pride as she looked for groceries. i wonder sometimes what exactly she is thinking while i am doing things like grocery shopping... she must think that i just randomly throw things into the cart...s oooooo cute.

candy hangover.

can you tell which child has a candy hangover??? or maybe it is a disappointing look because i burnt the blueberry muffins because after i put them in the oven, i got on the computer..i am not sure what the face is for??

trick or treat...

it doesn't take them very long to learn what exactly it means when you say trick or treat. elly m. had a good time being led on a leash. yes, i bought a kid leash. what would you do if you had a baby and a one year old???

she was so excited about the candy that she ate it right out of the wrapper as we were walking... and of course she had her click clackey shoes on... you shouldn't leave home without them.

The cousins.

Here are the four cousins on jonathan's side of the family. the two that aren't ours are bella's children. little aaron was born about 2 weeks before ruthie... and olivia is almost 2 1/2. it is not easy to get them to all look at the camera.. i mean... 4 little ones.. yeah right.

in the van

it's 70 degrees here and elly m is wearing her winter hat...silly girl