End of Summer

Happy Fall! We're enjoying the swirling leaves and gusty winds but before I post anything about our autumn adventures I'm going to do another late summer recap.

 Siena participated in some old-fashioned kids races at the Jefferson Days in August. She was the only child to hold on to her egg in the egg balancing race (above) yet somewhat surprisingly she also was the last to finish that race. We were so proud of her for completing the wheelbarrow race, which was long and very tiring.

 Mini golfing for the first time.

 We walked across the Rockland breakwater pier, which is a mile long and has a gorgeous lighthouse at the end.  Joey crashed in the backpack on the way: 

 Keeping Daddy company getting ready for work one morning:

 A busy surgical schedule:

 Strawberry faces-- note Joey's hair before his first haircut:

 ...and after! I tried cutting it first with scissors, but he looked like Little Lord Fauntleroy. Then I got out the buzzers and he wasn't a fan of them. Let's just say that it was an accomplishment to get this result:

 Siena all dressed up

 Siena's first day of preschool, wearing the necklace Mommy wore on HER first day of preschool:

Daddy dressed Joey in a huge 4T coat and too-big galoshes, which turned out to be the funniest outfit ever:

 Joey had a hard time walking in the galoshes.

 Siena getting ready for school.

 Here we went to a farm stand with Rebecca and Nathanael. Joey spotted a juice box in a drink cooler and would not move away from the glass. He was trying pounding on the glass and possibly trying to lick the glass, after which Siena and Nathanael decided they wanted to choose a juice box as their "treat." Needless to say, Joey received one as well. Nobody was going to pry that box from his little paws. He had it in a death grip all the way home, even after it was empty. Whoever first called juice "baby crack" was spot-on.

 Jo-Jo loves his Ruba.