zoo boo 2010

The zoo boo this year was so much fun. We weren't sure if we were going to get rained on or not...but the rain held off and the weather was just right!

Mom and Dad F. came to visit for the weekend. They offered to stay home with Isaac, so we were able to enjoy some Daddy/Mommy time with Hannah at the zoo!

Hannah was so tired from our visit with friends earlier in the day that she fell right asleep in the car, and even started our zoo boo adventure out a little sleepy.

It didn't take her long to wake up and enjoy the fun though!

We started our walk out with some Tim Hortons hot chocolate...yum!

there were carved and painted pumpkins all over the zoo for us to enjoy!

next stop was the hay maze...here are two little toddlers that weren't very excited about getting their pictures taken...again.

there were treat stations all through our walk.

another fun year at the zoo boo!

Birthday Buddies!

On Saturday, we had the chance to have enjoy some time with our friends Cliff and Ali and their beautiful family. We were able to meet their newest addition, little Josiah. Ali and I were pregnant at the same time. Even though she was due a few weeks after me, Josiah decided to come early and our boys share the same birthday! It's been very encouraging to share stories, ideas, and just encourage each other as we are going through all the lovely newborn phases with our boys at the same time.

they are just about the same size!

Hannah adoring the babies

the older children loved playing together..this pic was taken after they had been playing hard for several hours :)

5 precious gifts from above

First Smile

Isaac smiled for the first time on Tuesday. I've been trying to catch it on camera since and finally got a pic of his adorable smile today. Someone once told me that smiles are how a baby says "I love you". His little smile will keep me going...love my baby boy!

Fall school

Remember our fall walk? Well...here's what we did with some of our findings:

Hannah made this beautiful fall collage. I believe this was her first time using Elmer's glue..she did a great job!

We made a fall math game. Hannah rolls the dice. She counts the number of dots and puts that many acorns on the fall leaf mat that she colored. She loves her math game and has been playing it all week!

Isaac @ 5 weeks

First Bottle

Thankfully, Isaac has took to nursing very well. Now that he is a little over month old, we thought it would be a good time to introduce the bottle. We gave him a bottle of mommy's milk yesterday and he drank it all up! Baby bottle=Mommy's freedom. :) I don't love being away from my babies...but it is good to know that if I have to leave him (or need a little mommy break) I can. :)

more fall fun

Yesterday, we enjoyed another beautiful fall day together. I told Seth that I felt like maybe one of these days we should stay home and do some work around the house...but we both agreed that some quality family time was more important. The work will be there when we get back..and it was too beautiful of a day to be inside.

This was a Halloween festival at a nearby park: Hannah enjoyed putt-putt along with some other games.

We went on a hay ride together...and we were both thrilled to spend the day with Daddy!