Apple Orchard

We made our yearly trip to Kuiper's Apple Orchard.  The girls and I were joined by my mom (as usual).  Last year Molly made the trip in the Baby Bjorn.  This year Molly was excited to be on her own.  It was a beautiful fall day.  Maggie had her bag filled in no time and Molly didn't waste anytime biting into her own apple.  After our walk through the orchard we headed into the store to the some freshly made apple cider donuts.  It was nice enough we were able to enjoy these outside.  Now we need to find some time to make apple pie and homemade applesauce.

Molly 18 Months

Molly had her eighteen month appointment on Columbus Day.  Everything checked out great!  She didn't need any shots except for her flu shot.  She was a little apprehensive this visit and was definitely aware of what was going on.  At eighteen months Molly is repeating just about anything and everything we say.  She loves watching Maggie and tries to do what Maggie does.  Molly is obsessed with bubbles, playing with bubbles and having bubble baths is her thing at the moment.  She keeps us busy and is constantly on the go! (I don't have a pic...right now anyway...Molly won't stay still long enough to get a smile out of her!)
Molly's 18 month stats:

Apple Picking

Yesterday my mom headed out to Plano early to join Maggie, Molly and I in our yearly visit to Kuiper's Apple Farm.  It was definitely cold, but well worth the trip, the sun was out shining and the girls had a blast.  We took the tractor ride into the orchard.  My mom wanted apples for baking and I wanted apples for eating.  Molly was on her feet walking in between the trees chomping on an apple the entire time and just happy as a clam.  Maggie did all of the picking for our apples, one bag to bake something and the other for a healthy treat.  After we filled our bags as full as the could possibly be filled we headed into the store for the Apple Cider doughnuts.  They are to die for...actually when we first go there Maggie got out of the car and said...I think I smell the doughnuts...when do we get to get one??  It was warm enough to enjoy a doughnut outside and play on the tractors.  Then we headed home!  There is a lot more pictures from the trip, but keeping tract of the two kids was enough for me so most of the pictures were taken by my mom and she hasn't sent them to me just yet!!

BEARS FANS!!

Grace's Baptism

Whoops...this is a lesson in don't get so far behind in your blogging...Grace's baptism actually happened in August.  I am lucky enough to be her Godmother.  Maggie and I headed to the church since the actual baptism happened to be at Molly's exact naptime.  After the baptism and some pictures we headed to Joliet to a pizza place (forget the name) to celebrate with family and friends.  There we were joined by Andy and Molly.  We enjoyed some pizza, cake and then headed home.  P.S. Maggie took all the pictures from the baptism!!

Preschool Begins Again

Maggie was so excited to go back to school.  She talked about school all summer.  This year Maggie is going to school four days a week in the morning.  Her teacher is Ms. Tracy and the assistant in the room is Ms. Sherry (Nana'a neighbor).  Chrissy and I took a half day so that we were able to take Maggie and Lucas to school for the first day.  They jumped out of the car and Maggie didn't even look back.  She clearly had done this before and is just getting so big.  Chrissy and I headed to the Panera to get so much needed work done, might as well be productive since we had to take a half day anyway.  It wasn't long before time was up and we had the pleasure of picking Maggie and Lucas up.  Both working, we are so lucky to have the help of family to get these kiddos to an from school.  Andy's mom takes the kids and Chrissy's mom picks them up.  We took Maggie and Lucas out for a quick bite to eat, dropped them off at Rosa's and then headed to work for the rest of the day!!

Cookies and Milk Take Two

This year's Cookies and Milk I knew more of what to expect.  Chrissy and I took part of a school day to take Maggie and Lucas to their meet and greet.  This gives them a chance to meet their new teacher for the school year and have a little time to explore their new classroom.  Maggie found her little cubby right away.  This year the new challenge is making sure she goes to the right one, in her class there is another Maggie, a Maddie, Lucas and two Lukes.  What a world of difference from last year (in a great way).  Afterwards Maggie was able to enjoy a cookie and some milk before heading back to Rosa's and then I was on my way to a typical day.