Weekend in Review

Our Saturday and Sunday mornings have settled in to a usual routine. Ballet is at 1130 on Saturday and Church is at 11am on Sunday, so its usually quiet time at home, lots of crafting and games and playing with the dog. Then it’s a mad dash the last 30 minutes before we have to go to get ready!

 

Cloey got a coat! It was raining and so Becky put Cloey’s coat on her and they went for a walk in the rain. Its very nice, because it covers her whole body with room to grow, so now she wont get wet or cold on walks.  I took a forbidden picture of ballet class. Ally is on the left – her hair up in a bun. After ballet Ally and I went to see Dolphin Tale 2 – it was fantastic. The theater was neat too – the seats were all full recliners.

When we got home Ally was thrilled to see that a new issue of Nat’l Geo. Kids came and Penguins are the feature this month! Thanks Grandma Barbie.

For dinner Ally and I showed Becky how to make potato chip chicken. Becky was not as thrilled with it as Ally and I are, but oh well. 2 out of 3 isn’t bad. After dinner Ally and Becky played Moos in the House, and talked to Grandma Debbie on the phone. Of course Cloey was not far away.

Sunday we went to church and then picked up cousin Jesse and went apple picking. Ally, Becky and Jesse conquered the giant hedge maze, and picked out pumpkins while I waited in line for donuts. I waited for 90 minutes. Unbelievable. But true. They were yummy donuts.

Then it was on to apple picking. It was a beautiful day and so most of the low fruit was picked. But there was great picking up high from the ladders.

Jesse kept saying he was a monkey and would climb up and thru them down.

Ally was more into handing them down gently.

At the last set of trees, the Macoun apples (super yummy) you had to climb very high up. Jesse did it, while Becky and I held the ladder. Then at our last tree, Becky was brave and she climbed up. She had to reach so high that she’d bump some free and they would come crashing down on me holding the ladder. “look out below” she would call out. But what was I supposed to do? Let go of the ladder and risk her falling down or let the apple hit me so I could hold on. Lucky for her I held on. Ally thought the whole thing was hilarious. She guarded our apple bag and laughed. Jesse caught the ones she tossed down. It was a team effort.

Once back at their apartment we took a couple of group photos.

We are all excited to visit them in Hawaii in just 4 months.