Last Friday the kids had the day off, and so we went with some friends and went apple picking. The kids had fun looking for all of the red apples and being with their friends. Carter and Boston each found an apple and ate the whole thing. It was a nice day with a little bit of a chill. It got us ready for fall time. With all the apples, we have dried some, made apple muffins, and apple pie.
Oh, how I have loved those curls. Boston has been my only kid who has had curls, and it was so fun to see the ringlets. For church I would wet his hair and then put style stuff in it and he looked so adorable. His curls were so Boston. Well all that came to an end today. The curls were getting to long and so Will took him up to the bathroom and started cutting. These are a couple of BEFORE pictures.
That is a lot of hair for a little boy.
Well it's another year and Addy is now in 1st grade and Carter is in pre-school again. They both have great teachers. I can't believe that Addy is in first grade. That seems so old. Addy seems so grown up. Just today she lost her 4th tooth. She is so excited that she gets to learn Spanish and she get to bring home 2 books each week. Carter never wants to leave school, and is always so upset when I come to get him. Carter loves to play with all his friends and is so excited to be there with his same teachers as last year.
We went to the fair last week while Will had some time off, and when we went it was 90 degrees
. We were HOT, but we had a lot of fun. Carter and Boston got to ride a donkey and a horse and Boston thought that was pretty cool.
Grandpa Cobell came in on Saturday morning and we are so excited to have him here with us. This was Boston Sunday morning trying to fit into grandpa's shoes. The kids loved playing guitar hero with grandpa.
Tuesday we left on the ferry to cross over into New York and drove to the old Forge Campground. We all got so dirty and the kids were worse. The first night we were there we were all sitting by the camp fire and it was starting to get dark, and about 10 feet away from us I saw a black bear. I hurried and stood up and quickly told everyone to get into the car. The kids started to freak out and Will and his dad went out there with lights and were yelling around. They didn't see anything so we went back out and when Will was taking the garbage down he saw one of the workers and asked him how often they saw bears, he told Will about every 10 minutes. That night Will and I were on high alert all night. You could hear snorts and things around the camp. Then we heard trucks running the bears out. The next morning we found out it was a mommy bear and her two cubs. From then on I was ok with the kids being as loud as they wanted to keep the bears away.
We went camping at Old Forge campground in New York, in the Adirondacks mountains. We were hoping for warm weather, but ended up with wet and cold. We still had a great time fishing, hiking using the canoes and just being together. When we were in the canoes Boston was so tired that he fell asleep, it was very peace full out there. When it was raining we would sit under the awning and play old maid. Will and Carter found some crayfish under some rocks and when Carter picked up one it pinched his finger. It was really beautiful there.
