never a dull moment around here

Apple Picking

Last weekend we went apple picking at Tougas farm.  It was great!  We rode the wagon to the apple trees that were ready and then got to work.

We skipped though the orchards...

encountered a giant sunflower

Road the farm wagon

and a stationary tractor

and, most importantly, finished the afternoon with an apple cider doughnut.

Farm day

We went to the open barn day at Chestnut Farms, where we get our meat CSA.

CHICKS!!!

The kids got to play on some of the farm equipment

We walked into the woods to find the pigs... 

These were the happiest farm pigs I have ever seen.  Just chillin in the shade of the woods, rooting in the dirt, snoozing under trees, no smell, no flies.  Pigs in the woods are a great idea.

Noah and Eva got to meet a baby calf and help feed him lunch

But Eva's favorite part by far was the baby chicks.  There were tons of them milling about under some warming lights, and the kids loved picking them up.

Especially Eva

Who repeated this about a thousand times 

Yay farms!

Tooth!!!

Or more importantly, lack thereof

Noah lost his first tooth today at dinner, eating a carrot.  He was pretty psyched.

He carefully placed the tooth into the pocket of the tooth pillow Nana made him and placed it at the edge of his bed.  At bedtime he told me he doesn't really believe in the tooth fairy, but he will believe if the tooth fairy brings him money.  We'll see what we can do :)

Story!

Today Noah wrote a story all by himself!  I am a little bit beside myself I am so proud of him. :)

Transcript:
A boy was walking in the woods with his family.  He saw a house.  The boy did not know what a haunted house looks like.  So he went in!  The end.

(for those of you reading along, the actual story starts to the right of the crossed out letters and continues below and to the right of those crossed out letters.  The space to the left of the crossed out letters is for the "so he went in, the end") 

Vegetable Psychology

Grammy and the kids have a garden this year that continues to provide us with treats.

Eva carefully arranged today's haul

A splash of red tomatoes and green cucumbers and peppers riding the wave of head-to-tail carrots...

Noah then re-arranged according to his own sensibility

It is so interesting to me to see them react to the same situation in totally different ways. As mom says, it takes all types in this world. :)

Cool Rider

She has her own style, this one.