Gettysburg

We had so much fun today. We met grandma and grandpa at Gettysburg, which is halfway between us. It was such a beautiful day and the leaves were so pretty up in the countryside. I hadn't been since after high school and I don't really remember it, so it was good to remember the history and the battles. Siena loved following her older cousins around and playing on the cannons and rocks. My little nephew told me today at one of the battle sites that he was sorry that my team had lost the war. Being from viginia, even northern virginia qualifies us as the south. I thought that was pretty smart. It was a perfect day and we had fun.

 

on the farm!

We had so much fun. We went about 45 minutes away to a farm where we took a hay ride out to a pumpkin patch where we could actually pick the pumpkin off the vine and then there were orchards where we could pick our own apples. Siena loved picking her own apples and eating them and then throwing them in the orchard. She ate a lot while we were there. We picked so many. We have apples forever! I have started making applesauce and other yummy food for Ben to eat. Luckily both Siena and Ben love apples and Dave makes a yummy apple crisp. There was also a petting zoo with goats that climbed up boards that were crazy high, it was fun. It was a perfect day and the leaves and countryside were beautiful.

entertainment

I thought this was the funniest thing. Siena likes playing guitar hero with daddy at night and has tried many different kinds of toys as being her guitar. Then she just decides that dancing is better. She was way into it.

trip to d.c.

Siena has been talking a lot about going in and visiting daddy for lunch so today we rode the train in and did it. Each time I forget how much she loves doing it.Ben of course was great. Such a good kid. They both liked the train and were really good. I also remember how lame d.c. is for not being great stroller friendly. I hate finding all the elevators that are in the way opposite corner and they are all dimly lit and scary. O well it's over now. So we went in with our friends Marcy and Jacob and met our daddys for lunch. Then we went over to the natural history musuem for the new ocean exhibit there. It was fun. I think Siena wanted to see more fishes swimming around but she was entertained. We also like the mammal exhibit where all the big animals are stuffed. It was fun and a long day. No nap so tonight will be a early night. Yeah!

Halloween Time!

Fall is my favorite time of year. We all are so excited to go to a pumpkin patch and apple orchard this weekend. Siena is getting excited about trick or treating eventhough I am not sure if she completely understands it. She so far like dressing up in her costume. So last night we made halloween cookies. Siena ate a lot of the dough before they were actually cookies but surprisingly isn't sick. She was very excited to decorate them and did a good job. Nice and sugary.


Ben later found 2 M&M's on the ground. first chocolate at 7 months. that's terrible!

time goes by

I am kind of sad that I haven't posted in a while and I don't have any pictures to post but we have been as busy as ever. Dave actually asked if I had posted anything recent so I know it's been a while. The days just go by so quickly. Ben is crawling so fast now, I wish the floor would get swept and vacuumed more because he picks up everything and eats it. It is so gross. He finds things everywhere. It seems like this last week Siena realized that Ben was her brother and now includes him in things. It's really cute. She will bring him toys and take her toys away from him. She will want to go and wake him up so he can come and play with her and when we are leaving she says we can't leave Ben. We haven't left him anywhere yet so I don't know where she gets the idea that we are going to leave him. It's fun and I hope it gets even better. Sometime I will try to get pictures of this but we go to a church organized music group every monday. It is so much fun. Siena tells daddy every night when he comes home that we went to music class that day. She loves it. We sing and do marching band and rythym and parachute. Her favorite are the shakers and the parachute. The 45 minutes go by way too fast. So life is great and crazy all at the same time. We are excited for the fall where we can get our warm new clothes out and go to all the cool pumpkin farms around here.