Last Week of Summer

The kids just finished their last week of summer.  They were able to meet their teachers and are looking forward to the new school year.

Harper spent a day with Nanna last week cooking all day!  They made a wonderful dinner for us!

    

Ghost cake!

    

    

    

    

Homemade pizza!

    

    

Little Lu loves pizza boxes and pizza crust.

    

       

    

We went to Vincent's birthday party.  The kids had a blast!

    

    

    

    

    

    

We met Kate and Sean at Windy Hill Apple Orchard for apple cider and donuts.  This is a month earlier than we normally go, but we were feeling the fall vibes after the nice weather last week.

     

    

    

    

    

    

They usually have pumpkins for sale here, but we were too early.  The kids pretended to be pumpkins instead.

     

    

We ate dinner at Kate and Sean's house.

Kids in Cary

The kids went to Cary last Thursday for a weekend with the grandparents.  They had a blast!  There was hiking at Eno River State Park, a yummy donut run, afternoons at Great Grandma's pool, special playgrounds, cookie making and lots of playing.  They have not stopped talking about all the fun they had since they have been home!

      

Eno River State Park

   

   

    

    

      

    

        

Krispy Kreme!

    

     

Downtown Cary Park

    

   

   

     

I spy a little face!

     

   

   

   

Ethan forgot his Puppy Pup at home, but Lu kept him company. 

August Vibes

The past two weeks since arriving home from the beach have not been very busy.  It has been a nice change from our July schedule.  Our first week back, the kids had a cooking camp in Fort Mill.  It was a long drive for Alex, but the kids really enjoyed the camp.  They learned cooking and baking techniques, table manners and the importance of trying new foods.  The second week back was a pottery camp.  Both kids made multiple pieces of pottery that they are very proud of.  They did a great job!

      

Lulu had her hysterectomy the first week we were back from the beach.  She did very well with it and was back to her normal self within twenty-four hours!!

         

She did not like her cone.

    

    

     

The kids had a camp out in Harper's room one night.

    

Irwin has a new principle.  The school had a welcome party for him at a local brewery.

    

    

Harper used her new baking skills to make us apple sauce muffins!

    

The kids occasionally watch a show called The Floor Is Lava.  Alex and I made a surprise obstacle course for the kids after their bath last Sunday.

    

Lulu tried her best to mess up the course.

    

   

   

The kids loved it!

    

     

They had to get to the couch from their bathroom.

    

    

    

        

        

Harper's pottery

    

Ethan's pottery

     

I took the kids to Camp North End this weekend for ice cream.

    

     

Ethan and I went back to Camp North End Saturday night for movie night.  They were showing Princess Diaries, a favorite from my childhood.  We had take out in our chairs and watched the show.

    

    

    

    

Ethan made a friend!

    

Meanwhile, Harper and Alex went to a father-daughter camp out for soccer.  The camp out was at the coach's house.  They had a blast!