We made our annual trip to the Apple Orchard this past weekend. Little Maeve's first time @ the orchard {she stayed home last year} and she LOVED it! This little lady was in heaven with all the apples. She walked around saying "more" & "apple" for the entire hour. It was so cute.

   I'm actually quite surprised she didn't have a stomach ache after all the apples she ate. {Although if she did, she couldn't really tell us!} She kept dropping them on the ground & then we'd get her another, and another, and another!

 Marin was very particular about the apples she would eat. They had to be FLAWLESS... no imperfections or she wouldn't eat it and the stems had to be completely removed. This one was her first apple, after this one she would only eat apples that were all red.

 So much fun!

 And then there's Margaux. She just walked along with us as we tossed apples in the bag talking the entire time! She's so goofy all the time & makes our conversations so fun. She ate one apple & that was enough for her. She had just as much fun running around in the rows between the apple trees.

 We picked a lot of apples & now we need to get to work and start cooking/baking with them. I see an apple crisp in our future. Such a fun time, makes me very anxious for the pumpkin patch!

Love these long lashes....

First Day of School Round 2!!!

 Today was little Margaux's first day of 3 year old preschool. She's been asking me for weeks when it is her turn to go to school, last night I was finally able to say TOMORROW! The big smile on her face was just priceless. Cutest thing is she kept telling me "Mommy, I've never been to school before!" Well now she has & she loved it! Way above is a photo of her this morning eating her cinnamon rolls on the special plate. She told me it was a very special breakfast!

 I just love these shots of her before we left. So Margaux to be acting silly for the camera. She also never looks at the camera, her eyes always wander to the right or left. I was very lucky to get her looking for at least a few. And here she is with her sisters just before it was time to go. We waited & got Marin on the bus first & then drove Marg to school.

 Margaux in front of her school sign {Actually the church sign, but it's where she attends!}

I thought I was going to get all these cute shots of her by her hook, with her friend Karis, etc. but NONE of that happened. Once we got inside she would not pose/stand for any photos, so I decided to take a photo of her hook alone!

 No tears but her excitement quickly went away once we got into the school {hence no posing for photos}. I could tell she was all of the sudden a little scared, which was how I expected her to be. The good news is that she held it together, sat right down on the carpet next to her friend Karis & kissed me goodbye. Such a sweet little girl. She had a blast at school & has been talking about it ever since she got home. She's already asking when she gets to go back! xoxo

 

Marin's 1st Day of Kindergarten. I can't believe it...where in the world does the time go? Last night was the second night in a row that she was crying at bed time saying that she didn't want to go to kindergarten. I was up all night thinking of how our morning was going to pan out with her crying as she got on the bus & me feeling terrible, crying as well. BUT....she did great! She woke up excited & never said a thing about not wanting to go. {Thank God!} She had her favorite breakfast {cinnamon rolls} on the special plate, we took a bunch of photos & then it was time to walk to the corner to wait for the bus!

 It was so cute to see her with all of her friends waiting for the bus. It is always fun to see the excited {and a little scared} faces that first morning. It's especially exciting for Marin & Aubrey {She's just right of Marin in the pink polka dot shirt} because they're in the same class! So fun for them both. Margaux had no interest in being in a photo at all & stood behind Maeve's stroller like this the whole time...she was obviously still tired! Good thing she doesn't start 3K until next week!

 Ready to get on the bus with her bus card around her neck so she doesn't get lost or get on the wrong bus this afternoon!

 And here is the bus arriving... my heart was just pounding.

 And then I saw this cute little face look back at me with a smile! I can't wait for her to get off this same bus in 6 hours {who's counting??!!} so I can hear all about her day. I miss her already & can't help but wonder what she's doing while away. It's the first time ever that she's with someone else longer than she's with me each day. I know she'll be just fine, but it still makes this mama quite sad.

Happy 1st Day of School Marin! We love you! xoxo

It doesn't get any better than this...10 kiddos getting together for one last fun-packed day before school starts.

Our dear friends The Anguil's came up to visit us a week ago.It was their second annual summer trip to our house. I used to nanny for these boys before Marin was born... in my youth! To put it into perspective, John on the top left was only about a year old when I started watching him & his big brother Jeff {not pictured because he was attending his 1st day of High School!} Now their family consists of FIVE boys. Charlie {the youngest} is Marin's age. My friend Holly drove up with 4 of her 5 boys & her three nieces as well. We had such a fun day together, the kids were thrilled!

We can not wait to do it all again very soon.

That very afternoon, I gave Maeve a spoon & let her feed herself her yogurt.

She had yogurt on the entire spoon {handle included} and was an absolute mess!

She, of course, thought it was hilarious & so fun. I had a good time watching her. She went right into the bath after this one. About 2 min. after I put the camera away, it was in her hair & on the wall. Nice.

Time for dinner & bed time before SCHOOL STARTS TOMORROW!!! Photos to come! xoxo