Apple Farm Fun!

pickin' apples


eatin' apples

What a fun morning we had with the Millers at the apple farm. Tractor bikes and trikes, farm maze and let's not forget the pickin' and eatin' of apples and strolling through the orchard. I can't wait to do it again next year! Also, I have lots more pictures - if you'd like to see 'em send my mom an email and she'll send you the Kodak Gallery album!

Fall park pictures.

The kids are enjoying the last few nice days before the winter sets in. Even today started as a beautiful afternoon but about 40 minutes after these pictures the clouds opened and poured on us.


Sammy in the leaves


Sammy and Cal planning trouble


Jumping! (well, his version of it)


Cal dives down the slide

Cal's 2nd Birthday Party

Monday is my friend Cal's 2nd birthday! Here are some pictures from our fun this morning.


Hannah, Cal and I play


More playing


Bubble wrap fun!


Carrot cake time!


Present time - that one's from us!


Hannah was a big help opening presents. She carried them over to Cal and Miss Leah and everything.


Then we all play with Cal's new toys! Here you can see Cal, Jaiden, Hannah and me.


playing....


...more playing...


Cal's Monster Truck is way cool.


Silly Hannah!

There were lots of kids there, for some reason we mostly got pictures of me, Cal and Hannah. Nearly-two Jaiden was in a present opening one and I think you can see baby Will in the background in one, but baby Atticus and baby Matthew were also there. Parties are fun. I'll have to have one soon! :)

A breakthrough discovery.

Today I realized my parents were holding out on me. There is this cereal called Cinnamon Toast Crunch. They eat it. I never have - until today when I shoved my hand into Mama's bowl. (Under the pretense of saying, "Bowl Mama, Mama bowl.")


All I have to say about CTC is "Mmmmmmm!" Oh, and "More Mama!"

Beware: Oven Mitt Boy!

What a little weirdo!

Baltimore Trip, September 8-12, 2006

Mama, Daddy and I went to Baltimore to see Mom-Mom, Pop, Aunt Jen, Bob, Great Aunt Pattie and her brood; and to attend the Fifth Annual Bilger Family Reunion. (I met a lot of people!)

Here are some pictures from our trip:


MSP is a cool place to hang out and play! Here I am driving the fake luggage truck.


And here I am sitting in one of the kiddie rides.


Sitting with Pop


Reading with Aunt Jen


Watching some kind of racing with Bob - an instant bond.


Touching some kind of sea creature at the Baltimore Aquarium


Laughing hysterically with Aunt Jen on the way home from the Aquarium. After this giggle session I passed out for about 30 minutes.

It was a fun trip. I liked riding in the airplane ( my 16th and 17th flights!), especially since I'd been talking about how "Ba" flew an airplane when he and Nana left. I only napped two out of the five days so I kept my parents busy and I was tired, but I had a good time - except for I got a huge dollop of Old Bay Seasoning in my mouth and I squawked because it was so spicy! Mama had to wipe out my mouth with a napkin, then for the rest of the night I was saying "hot" and waving my hand in front of my mouth, "ha, ha!" Hey, I was interested in the crabs, but trust me, the mallets are just as fun and they don't burn your mouth!

More pictures from Nana and Ba's visit

Crusing around the backyard and stepping in dog poo on Ba's watch!


I get up and down the stairs, open the latch to all the gates and escape (and help Emma escape) quite easily now. Thankfully Nana and Ba are watching me.


Racing boats with Nana at MCM


Ah, the scene of the imfamous, "Get me down now."


Rockin' out. I only wish MCM would get cooler tunes to karokee to. Who can rock to "The Wheels on the Bus?" Ugh. Shudder. But I do love to see myself on the TV.

Fun with Nana and Ba!

Nana and Grampa James (or as I call him, "Ba") came on Thursday, August 30th to stay with us through Labor Day. Cool.

Grampa James helped me on all the different vehicles at the Minnesota State Fair....

4x4


Bush Hog


Then Nana led me through the Little Farm, or whatever it was called.


Score! A little green tractor at the Little Hands Farm!


Can we take it home?


An enclosed ATV - so awesome!


Close the door, Ba!


Ending the Fair trip with another 4x4.


I loved the fair.

Then, more fun with Ba...

"Hellooooo!"

"Get me down now!"

So my parents were real impressed with me yesterday...seems I said my first intelligible "complete" sentence. "Get me down now." Shoot, if they'd listen more closely, they'd hear me bark out plenty of commands. "Get me some milk." "Take me to Big Bowl." "Put on the Wiggles." "Buy me Elmo TMX on September 19th." You get the point.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!

I heard the real party was last night - I can't believe I slept through cake, balloons and board games!

(pre-guests shot)

But I thought today was pretty awesome, too. First up, a birthday breakfast for Daddy at "the Square", then fun outside at the park with Mama and Daddy.

We came back to the house for lunch and a nap. When I woke up Eric was over helping Daddy grout tile in the kitchen so Mama, Leah, Cal and I went to the Park at MOA and we rode Truckin' and the Bloomington Express.


I'm Truckin'!

Then we went to the "sto", as I call it, to pick up a few things for dinner.

Me and Cal in the car cart.

Finally, back home where we decided to get pizza after all that. But what a day! I hope Daddy had just as great a day as I did! I "wuv" you, Daddy!

Mega Sale = Mega Score (Way to go, Jess!)

Sammy and his "new" Seasame Street Camper.


He *loves* this thing.


He played with it for 20 minutes, all by himself.

A super find at the Mega Church Sale that Leah and I went to last night, depsite the rain and the crowds. I found a bunch of other great things, too, including a dump truck and lots of books, but alas, the toddler boys clothing section was sadly disappointing so the little guy is still in need of winter stuffs...

One more cute picture

Taken last Wednesday before we went to the beach.

pictures from last Thursday's playgroup

Since my camera batteries were sacrificed for the greater good (aka Shout Elmo) I haven't been able to take pictures for a week. But thankfully another mom at playgroup caught Sammy in a few. Here they are:


Sammy, Vica and Cal playing in the sandbox


Sammy and Hayley on the trampoline