Apples!!!

Last year, we went apple picking with the Smiths, and we decided that we needed to make it a tradition. We love to go to Sky Top Orchard up in NC, and they are getting busier and busier each year. Yesterday, we got there in the morning around 10, and we spent a good hour or so gathering apples, drinking yummy juice, and eating amazing apple cider donuts. Here are some highlights:

Pretty Fuji apples




"We're ready for some apples...we think!"




"Hmmm...wonder if these are any good?"




Will seems to be enjoying his apple




John's not so sure....he wound up liking it, though!




Eating apples is serious business




"Mom, we didn't know Auntie Em was a monkey! Where's your helmet, Auntie Em??"




Yummy - apple cider donuts!




Will was a sleepy boy - picking apples is hard work!



John's sound asleep too




The boys did very well eating apples on their own - they even seemed to like them, too! We really love our fall traditions. More pix of recent events to come...

ear infections and Clemson football

We spent the day inside today, due to rain, glorious rain. This caused all kinds of occasions for mischief, as evidenced by Will's somewhere in the range of 10-15 timeouts. John still doesn't feel well from his ear infection, and chose to spend most of his playtime either sitting in mommy and daddy's laps or chilling on the couch watching Clemson beat BC (see below).



Sorry for the grainy image. It was taken on a camera-phone.

Silly Saturday

Yesterday the boys spent most of the day in PJs. Hurray for PJ day!! Here are a few pix of our fun day:



Now THAT'S the look of a hungry, sleepy boy. No wonder - he took a 3-hour nap! Nice hair, Will!




John's ready for some serious fun!




John's channeling his inner Stevie Wonder. Ryan and I can't stop laughing at this one!

Happy Birthday, Mom!

We're still here.

It's been a busy summer, thus the recent absence from the blogging world. Ryan is taking 4 classes this summer, along with working at the 'bux. The boys are in daycare 3 days a week, which is a decision we made to help ease their transition to full-time daycare in August when Becky goes back to school. Becky is taking an online technology class along with a week-long seminar through Converse. We can't believe the summer is almost gone!

Here are some pix of our latest adventures:

The boys have decided they really like spaghetti...or is it the mess that they like???

Will's spaghetti face - if you look closely, you can see his handprint in the middle of his face!


John was going for the Two-Face look. But he's no villain!


We went garage saling yesterday, and we got some amazing finds! The church down the street had a TON of kids stuff, and we got a Lego table with Legos, two wooden kid chairs, a wooden kid rocker, and an old school toy - the cube that you drop the different-shaped blocks into. Grand total? $6.50!!!! We almost felt guilty for spending such a small amount of money.

The boys and the Lego table:


Will is REALLY excited!


John's pretty pumped too...it's just hard to get him to sit still long enough for a picture!

More firsts

Last night the boys had spaghetti for the (kinda) first time. John liked it better than Will, but that's not saying much:


John's all smiles...for now.


Will is NOT happy with trying new things.


Today, we tried coloring with crayons! Mommy helped us, but we were more interested in eating them. Thankfully, Crayola crayons are non-toxic!





John's perfecting his "look."



Will - a blooming Michelangelo? Don't let the picture deceive you...most of the markings are from Mommy!

First swim!

The weather was nice this past weekend at the lake, so we decided to put the boys in the water. They didn't like the lake too much:

Will



John




But they liked the nice, safe kiddie pool on Masie and Grampy's porch instead!

Will



John

at long last! and only 3 months late!

pictures from the boys' birthday!

Dinner time and ravioli head

Here are a couple of pictures from tonight's dinner time. The boys know how to say "oh no!" and they put both of their hands on their head. Hence, at dinner time, ravioli head! And Will's sad because we went to get more food and there wasn't anything on his tray.

Swinging!

Here's a couple of pictures of the boys in their swing from Kev and Em and John for the first time!

SNOW DAY!

Yesterday we got to play in the snow for the first time. We didn't like it too much, but we LOVED spending the day with Mommy and Daddy!

Walking!

Both boys are walking! John more so, but Will's trying to catch up! They've been doing so for a while now. We just haven't had a chance to post a video. So here's one of John walking from daddy to mommy (with Will getting in on the action at the end, or at least trying to).

Happy Birthday!

We're one year old! Yay! Here's a few pictures of our fun day with mommy and daddy. We got to have a fun morning bath, breakfast, Chick-Fil-A with mom and dad, a trip to Lowe's, playtime at Furman, playtime at home with our baseball (and daddy's hat!), and watching cars drive past the house! Man... we're pooped! Growing up's hard work! (P.S. You can see what we looked like this time last year here.)