In the book above Nate remembers the page where Corduroy goes sledding down a hill and Nate says "Whheeee!!".
Nate has even graduated to some non-board book books. Biscuit is his favorite.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Reading
There are few things I love more than to watch Nate read to himself. It is the cutest thing ever. He pulls a book out of his basket, plops down, and starts flipping pages, pointing to and naming pictures and sometimes he laughs aloud.
In the book above Nate remembers the page where Corduroy goes sledding down a hill and Nate says "Whheeee!!".
Nate has even graduated to some non-board book books. Biscuit is his favorite.
In the book above Nate remembers the page where Corduroy goes sledding down a hill and Nate says "Whheeee!!".
Nate has even graduated to some non-board book books. Biscuit is his favorite.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Pillows
Last week I sewed two new pillows for our couch and I am immensely pleased with them. I really disliked (borderline hated) the old pillows that came with the couches and I really don't know why I waited years to make new ones. Ten bucks and an hour of sewing and I feel like the entire family room has gotten a face lift thanks to the pillows. Also, this was the *first time I pulled out my very dusty sewing machine since Nate was born and it felt good to work on a little project again. Next project--Halloween costume!
great fabric, right?
*correction--this is not the first time I have used my machine since Nate was born. I forgot about his Halloween costume last year.
great fabric, right?
*correction--this is not the first time I have used my machine since Nate was born. I forgot about his Halloween costume last year.
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
The Big E
On Saturday we went to The Big E, the Eastern States Exposition, in Springfield, Massachusetts. It's one of the largest agricultural fairs in the country and has more animals, exhibits, rides, and delicious food you could imagine. Over a million people attend in the two weeks it's open. The weather was absolutely gorgeous and despite the crowds (it became a mob-scene mid-afternoon) we had an excellent time.
As far as food, there was anything you could want (unless of course you wanted something healthy)--corn dogs, friend dough, funnel cakes, caramel apples, kettle corn, cotton candy, chili, huge stuffed potatoes, french fries, crab claws, the Big E cream puffs and eclairs, pizza, burgers, etc.
Butter sculpture. The sculptor had been working on it for two weeks and we saw the final product.
600 pounds of butter!
row upon row upon row of animals
Naked sheep shivering in the corner
aww!
excited about funnel cake
no perspective in this picture but these were enormous
hatching chicks
such a neat freak. he stopped at every spot on the road and tried to wipe it away
Avenue of States--scaled down replicas of state houses of 6 northeast states
Edward wouldn't let us ride the elephant but we got a close-up look at him.
Nate's favorite part of the day (besides the funnel cake) was watching all the amusement park rides.
It was so crowded by the time we left that it was no longer fun. I could hardly maneuver the stroller around the hoards of people. We had had enough anyway so we headed home. Unfortunately Piper couldn't handle us being gone that many hours and had diarrhea all over the carpet. Thanks, Piper!
Sorry Dad, but we had to check out the Budweiser Clydesdales.
As far as food, there was anything you could want (unless of course you wanted something healthy)--corn dogs, friend dough, funnel cakes, caramel apples, kettle corn, cotton candy, chili, huge stuffed potatoes, french fries, crab claws, the Big E cream puffs and eclairs, pizza, burgers, etc.
Butter sculpture. The sculptor had been working on it for two weeks and we saw the final product.
600 pounds of butter!
row upon row upon row of animals
Naked sheep shivering in the corner
aww!
excited about funnel cake
no perspective in this picture but these were enormous
hatching chicks
such a neat freak. he stopped at every spot on the road and tried to wipe it away
Avenue of States--scaled down replicas of state houses of 6 northeast states
Edward wouldn't let us ride the elephant but we got a close-up look at him.
Nate's favorite part of the day (besides the funnel cake) was watching all the amusement park rides.
It was so crowded by the time we left that it was no longer fun. I could hardly maneuver the stroller around the hoards of people. We had had enough anyway so we headed home. Unfortunately Piper couldn't handle us being gone that many hours and had diarrhea all over the carpet. Thanks, Piper!
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