Monkey Time at the Park

Nick has some mad balance skills. Probably doesn't hurt that his feet are as wide, if not wider, than the beam.

Getting Better At This Soccer Thing

As the season carried on, Ben started to get better at soccer. He is definitely better at offense than defense! 

Doughnuts with Dad (and Grandpa)

While Grandma and Grandpa were visiting, Ben's school had Doughnuts with dads. In this case we sent Grandpa along too!

More Fun at Erie Orchard

More fun at Erie Orchard with the farm animals and tractors!

Mmmm, Apple Doughnuts

You can't go to Erie Orchard without having some mmmmm yummy apple and pumpkin doughnuts!

Pumpkin Picking In The Fog

The sunflower patch and pumpkin patch were across the lane from the apple trees. After finishing our 4-5 bussels of apples...the boys went on a hunt for pumpkins. It looked like a good job for Aunt Sarah to supervise. 

Picking Apples In The Fog

Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Sarah came in town for a long weekend in September. I kept Ben home from school on Friday so we could go to the apple orchard. He didn't miss too much since there was a 2 hour fog delay that day. We headed up to Erie Orchard early, and the fog was still very, very thick! We started out by picking Norther Spies. The apples were high up in trees, so the boys went one row over and picked golden delicious for themselves - perfect height for them to pick. Sarah climbed a few trees to get to the best apples. The fog made for an interesting experience. 

A Really Big Spider Web

There was a really big spider web on the bush next to the driveway one morning! I thought it was cool with the rain drops on it. 

Ben Art

Ben art. This cracked me up! It was hanging up in his classroom when Adam and I went for kindergarten parent night at school. 

We Tried To Go To A Rockets Game

We tried to go to UT Rockets game this year - we even got free tickets from someone I work with. But, the weather was not on our side. About 10 minutes into the game, the tornado sirens went off! It was actually a false alarm, but we didn't know that, and then it started to storm. The restarted the game around 11! Needless to say, we made it to the car just as the heavy rain was falling and went home to watch a movie and have ice cream.

A Festival or...The Library

After the parade, I thought the boys would want to walk around the festival a bit. It was crazy crowded - I saw that there were 10,000 people at the parade (but it was perfect weather...). But no, they wanted to go to the library and play. So, we headed over to the library to play for a bit before heading home.

Harrison Rally Day

Perrysburg's annual festival is called Harrison Rally Day. It's named after one of the guys from the War of 1812. They have a parade and pretty much every group in P'burg walks in it and tossed candy to the kids watching. St. Rose had a group in the parade this year and after himming and hawing, Ben decided he wanted to walk in the parade. Another girl from his class was there and his teacher, so he was pretty excited. Nick and I walked with him, a total of about 4 blocks, and tossed candy to the kids. It was fun. A little hectic trying to keep them both on pace while throwing candy. We stopped in front of St. Rose and watched the rest of the parade behind us. And of course, the fire trucks at the end.