Sisters
First bath photos
I haven’t been taking many pictures with all the craziness around here lately but I couldn’t forget the camera when Jillian had her first real bath on Thursday. She didn’t mind it. She had such fuzzy hair afterward.
LOTS of Halloween Pictures!
Jillian’s first Halloween, she is exactly one week old!
Jamie got to show off her sister at her “tiny tots” class!
Ben had trick or treating at preschool.
Jamie turned into a princess to go see Ethan’s Halloween parade.
Then we visited Ethan’s class for their party.
We went to some spooky houses with friends Bryan and Tyler.
She won’t be “the baby” for long but she’ll always be my baby!
Last week Jamie and I went apple picking while the boys were in school. It was our last outing for quite some time that was just the two of us. Looking at the pictures I had taken that day (for the first time just a few minutes ago since I’m currently all disorganized) I can’t believe how grown up she has gotten. She will only be my baby for 3 more days and its a bit sad. I know she will seem like such a big kid when I have her little sister on Friday and thats one thing I am not ready for. I just hope she takes it well and doesn’t make too many faces like this one (although a little attitude is cute)!
Wordless Wednesday: 7am Hockey Practice
Wordless Wednesday: Game Face
Mystery Caterpillar!
We have the neatest caterpillar on a lilac leaf in our front yard. We noticed it about 2 weeks ago, the top picture is from Sept 4th and the other ones are from the 17th. Its crazy how its grown and it seems to be using the leaf like a chrysalis (there is a little white web like stuff) and doesn’t leave the leaf at all. The kids like to check on it when Ethan gets off the school bus everyday. It had 2 long antenna things sticking out the day I took the second pictures but they were gone when I came back with the camera. I am assuming the “eyes” are fake but I don’t know anything about this cute little guy.
*Okay I did a little looking on the web and think it might be a Tiger Swallowtail caterpillar (or some other Swallowtail). If it is then it will turn into the butterfly below! I think one year we’ll have to order a caterpillar kit to raise and release some butterflies at home (Ethan’s class has monarchs now and he is excited about them).
**Check out What’s That Bug?, its a really neat site! We linked to it last summer when we had our friend Sally Spider living with us and I used it to look up the caterpillar quick just now. This caterpiller is no Sally but its special too and I love the picture I took below of it!
***The DEC is another great resource for animal identification. I found a couple of PDFs for caterpillars and butterflies on our area. Page 1 Page 2
Slimy Friends
The boys have been finding little snails around the pool and apparently slime doesn’t bother them in the least! I think the snails are cute myself but I don’t really want to let them slide all over me!
We see lots of neat bugs too, here is a tiny grasshoper that seemed to enjoy climbing all over them as well.
Ben Swinging
Robins Round 2
We have been very lucky that our robins came back and our 2nd batch of chicks were born on Father’s Day. I haven’t even blogged about it until today and only took pictures once! We enjoy them every time we are in the dining room though and they are unfortunately starting to look close to being ready to leave the nest. I really hope we get them next year too.
