Adventures in September

We had a lot of fun in September.  We went up North for Labor Day weekend with our friends, we went and spent the night in Midland and went to the Children’s Garden at Dow Gardens, and Brooklyn turned 2 1/2 and Brosnan turned 9 months!  Lots of fun! :)

Let’s start with Labor Day.  We returned for our biannual visit to Hubbard Lake to our friends’ cabin.  We love spending the long weekends here and the kids love playing together.  Six adults and 5, soon to be 6, kids = contained chaos. :)  The weather was a little rainy and windy, but we still had a great time.  We went to a huge arts and crafts festival and then traveled over a few miles to see the waters of Lake Huron.  Great friends, great food, great times!

  

The kids played hide and seek.  Needless to say, they are still trying to master the concept.

Our favorite part…the kettle corn!!!!

          

We had a little time to rest…

and then the next day we had breakfast at Big Boy and then we went downtown to Royal Oak for their new festival, Arts, Beats, & Eats.  Brooklyn loves Ferris wheels – don’t panic – I was holding on tight! :)

Maybe she will be a doctor…

…and maybe he will be a window-washer! :)

Everyone likes Dora!

All together now…eeewwww!  Why do they even makes such things for babies??!!???

Brookie and her 2 1/2 year bear pictures!  She is so big, and so silly!

Brosnan is really enjoying his toys more these days, even if they are hand-me-downs from his sister.

The next weekend, we went up to Darren’s dad’s place in Midland.  It was good family time!

   

The last little bit of September consisted of a little bit of this and that.  Brosnan turned 9 months old, Nana came to visit for a day, and Brooklyn showed her daddy how to vacuum.

Thumbs up on the rice krispie treats!

 

Brooklyn got her first really big bruise.  She tripped and fell outside of Olive Garden and managed to fall just far enough to bump her chin on the sidewalk.  Ouch!

Brosnan’s bear pictures are impossible!  After several attempts, I managed to get one decent shot!

Now, believe or not, we are in the current month!!  Let’s see if I can get the events of October in before the end of October!! :)  Woohoo!

August 2010

Well, not too much happened in August.  We hung out with family and friends a little, but all and all it was fairly uneventful month.  I did manage to still take a million pictures, though, and got quite a few cute ones – at least I think so! :)

Darren snuggles with the kids every chance he gets, even if that means he has to cram himself into a toddler size bed. :)

   Maybe he’s not the only one… :)

We had quite a bit of nice weather in August and tried to enjoy it every chance we got.  Brooklyn loves being outside!

I think Brooklyn has finally decided that she might like her little brother after 7-8 months – at least a little bit.  I got more pictures of them together this month than I ever have!

Brosnan is so busy these days.  He’s pulling up on furniture and crawling all over the place.  He also turned 8 months at the end of month.  He is a lot of fun right now!  

   

Brooklyn is getting to be such a big girl.  I think she looks older every day – I wish I could slow that down!

You are almost caught up!  They are growing faster than I can keep up with – but they are so much fun!  We are so blessed! :)