Frabel at the Phipps

wonderful and warm Sunday afternoon outing!

6 Months Already

It's All Fun and Games...

Until someone gets stitches.Monkeying around on the bus, of course. Although, it seems that he happened to be innocent of the Monkeying, this time. It is still a game that the boys play regularly on the bus home, poking each other. He was caught off guard and knocked off balance and the bus came to a stop, all at the same time. He fell and hit his head and ended up on the floor. 3 stitches. OUCH.

Love the MedExpress on 19 at Boyce Road!! In and out in about 50 minutes.

And a stocking for the Lil'onE. I have been working on Christmas gifts and fretting already that I am not going to get much done. Man, these kids put a crimp in my knitting time! That and those darn jewel games on facebook. hee-hee.

Photo-op

What can I say, boys at llbean...

Matchy Match

I finished my Lady Tulip to match the beautiful Tulip that Laurie made for Lil'OnE.
And I worry that she is going to be a peas-on-the-wall girl.
Ok, that doesn't sound good. But look at the arm going and the splatter on the face! We are getting a little better with the whole 'solid food' thing... but I have several damp towels close by at all times.

And I finally had a professional portrait taken of Lil'OnE... only took 5 months.

I must say, she is peaches. :)

The boys are busy with school. The Mister took them for the Cub Scout Fall Campout last weekend. in.the.rain. How's that for dedication?

Eldest has taken up Trombone for the school band. That is interesting. But only for about 20 minutes a day. heh.

I am hoping that the weather improves for the weekend. The Hickory Apple Festival is this weekend and I want to go.

How's that for a nutshell?

A Walk on History

The covered bridge featival is this weekend in Washngton and Greene counties. Excellent excuse to be out with the family.

Last of Summer

We went to the Heinz History Center to see the Lincoln exhibit. We stumbled upon these... as I stood there, mocking the long line of ooglers taking pictures of trophies that have absolutely nothing to do with their lives (it's called reflected glory,) I noticed that the Mister had that same look. I can deny him nothing. So, even I took a picture of him and his kids and the silly trophies. INBA is mad because he wanted to be by the most recent one on the other end. Sorry kid, must learn to express oneself in more coherent ways than a grunt and a stomp. I really wanted to get out of town at least once this summer. So we headed to Sandusky, Ohio where we found the aforementioned Cream Puff (which btw, the boys split and still only ate about half between the two of them. It was HUGE!) We also went to Cedar Point. I am really glad we went this year instead of waiting until next summer like I had promised the boys. Lil'OnE did awesome in the stroller and it would have been a nightmare if she was trying to walk around.
Here she is, chillin' in the stroller but still cozy on the Great Lake in her sweater from Julia.

INBA with his 'train face.' All I can do is giggle. He is so serious about trains and his future as an engineer. I hope it comes true for him. You know, Mr. Obama has no bigger supporter for high speed rail than our INBA.

In the stocks... check out INBA on the end!

The Mister and the boys stood in line for 45 minutes for an 18 second ride on this thing. Straight up at 120 miles per hour. No thank you. I will wait with the baby. (I had a sock to work on :)
I am a purist. I love the old wooden roller coasters. The Blue Streak was awesome.

And then, Back to School. 2nd grade and 4th grade. Big kids.

Little kid. Sweater by Laurie, blanket by all my Friday night knitterly friends.

We are spoiled.

And warm.

It was 48 degrees when we went down to the bus on August 31! It has been cool every day, since, too. Weird year.

I am renewing my resolve to post at least twice a week... I am on facebook, now, and it is a little distracting. lol.