More Exploring...

Playgroup walk in the Cornell Bird Sanctuary...Nina is finding some great little friends to play with.

Just sitting at home.

Getting ready to walk to Preschool

Riding the bus to go and visit dad at school

Playing on the first day of Preschool

First day of Preschool

My goofy grown up girl!

This was our first experiment with quiet time. Nina had a few nights in a row where she would not go to sleep...and this has NEVER been a problem. So we decided to try quiet time instead of a nap. When I went in to get her out of quiet time...just about every toy was dumped on her floor, and she was all dressed up with nowhere to go...except dream land.

I love that she is wearing her fancy shoes. And notice the thumb in the mouth...this is another blog post all together. We are working on it, but the thumb is still a BIG part of our life. After a few "quiet times" like this, I decided Nina just still needs a little nap, but I only let her sleep for an hour to an hour and a half. It has been great...and I love still having a napper!

Playgroup at Cornell Orchards...this cute lady was telling the kids all about the apple trees.

Hay Maze...it took so long to get Nina out of here...she loved it!

Picking Apples

Eating Apples

Nina lines up her stuffed animals all over the house. This day they were all holding hands. Ha!

Hike to Taughannock Falls with some of our great new friends here in New York.

Beautiful!

Getting the kids packed and ready for the hike.

Over the past month there has been lots of rain here in upstate NY. One day all of the roads were closed in the morning and school was cancelled. Later that day, we decided to drive and see the damage. Here is the river that runs through the big gorge here. Usually the water just spills over the very center of this dam, but this day it went over the whole thing. Amazing. (sorry about the poor picture...we were driving.

Cornell Plantation...it was gorgeous!!

Swimming with more new friends.

Nina's new desk...remember we found this for free on the side of the road. After a little cleanup and paint...it is awesome. Seriously...I can hide all of Nina's coloring projects inside, and she just loves to sit there and work on things. Bill thought for sure he would regret putting that thing in our trunk...but we have proved him wrong!!

The before shot

My two goofballs! This was a day when we were unpacking boxes...and Bill found the Nurf gun. This is why kids need dads!!

That is all for now.