Savoring the Taste of Fall . . .Sort of

What does one do on a rainy Sunday the day after picking apples?

Too obvious-- right?

Here are some pictures of Josie Dong Dong helping me make an apple pie.

I think she did more taste testing of everything than anything else. LOL.

"Mommy, I wanna eat'em"

"I eat dis one, Mommy."

"OOooo. I woll it myself!"

"MMMMmmmm! Taste Goooood!"

"I help Mommy!

After our hard labor and Josie's full 2-hour nap (YEAH!!!), it was time to tast the fruit of our labor (pun intended).

"Hmmmm. What dat?"

"I no wike it Mommy!"

So there we have it-- the honest truth from the mouth of babes-- Josie Dong Dong doesn't "wike it" Apple pie. To be truthfull, it isn't my favorite kind of pie either, but what the heck else were we going to do with so many apples?

You may notice that Josie is wearing her jammies. Last night when I put them on her I realized they are size 2T-- way-- WAY too small for her. She still wanted to wear them to bed. I told her they were too small and this would be the last time she could wear them. This morning she said wanted to wear them all day today. It was a rainy day and we had no plans to go anywhere. We had even decided to play hooky from Church (what vixens we are!). So, Josie got to wear her fuzzy reigndeer jammies one last time for a full 24-hours! She's still in them as I type.

No more news about Clara Rose, so we are still waiting. I did manage to get 20 more quilt squares sewn togher and another 20 are pinned and ready for thread. I hope to have those all sewn next weekend. Weekends, during Josie's nap, are really the only time I have to work on it.

A Taste of Fall

Josie and I had a fun morning today picking yummy apples at a local apple orchard. Josie first response to the apple trees:

"Oooooooooooooo, wook! Apples! I eat'em!"

"Look Mommy! Apples on twee! I get'em!"

"MMmmmmm! I wike'em apples!"

On our way home from apple picking, we stopped at a nearby school yard so Josie could ride her bike for a little while. Ride it she did  . . .

All across the USA from coast to coast . . .

And across all of Africa, Asia and Russia

Before we new it, it was time to go home for lunch!

Happy Fall!

R--rrrrrrrrrrrr is for Let's Ride

Hi Everyone, I am trying some new functions with Blogger without putting much thought into it so who knows how this will turn out. 

Josie is finally able to really reach the peddals on her bike and it has fast become her new love! 

Just look at the big happy smile on her proud little face! It was all I could do to keep up with her as she pedled along yelling back at me to, "Come Get Me! Get Me! Get Me Mommy!"

And then she was off-- through the gate into the wild unknown-- well, actually, she was headed for the basketball court.

Nothing Much

Hi everyone,

Between a good friend suddenly getting a job in her home country of Canada and moving from nearby Massachusetts to Vancouver (somebody give me a tissue) in a matter of a few weeks notice and trying to organize Josie outgrown clothes that are still in good condition to store for Clara Rose-- I have not had a lot of time to work on the quilt. I do have 20-squares sewn together-- this is two rows and I have 40-squares trimmed and ready to be sewn, so a little progress has been made.

There has not been a whole lot of excitement in our home these days, pretty much the same old thing that we have fun with, but doesn't make for interesting blogging. I thought I would post a quick few pictures from our walk to a nearby playground.

Josie is always up for a run around a park. She loves to play at the "Ground," which is what she calls the playground.

Wim found a caterpillar. He showed it to Josie who was less than enthused, but managed to simply say, "Noooooo" without screaming and crying like she often does if shown something that is less than fuzzy and cute.

Josie also enjoys walking our dog, Phoebe on the leash. Phoebe is generally pretty good about not pulling when Josie has the leash, but today it was more like Phoebe was walking Josie. You can be sure that Josie yells at Phoebe when she doesn't behave nicely like a good doggie should.

Gathering some sticks to feed to Phoebe.

Josie playing some baby B-Ball with her Daddy. She may be short, but she gives it her all!

Almost nap-time and time for us to head home for lunch before she crashes!