Apples, Apples, Apples!

You GUYS. I am SO EXCITED that it is fall. I cannot even tell you. I absolutely adore the transition from summer to fall and we were so excited to celebrate the first weekend of apple picking at our local orchard by picking some fresh Gala apples--I know we'll make it back out there at least one more time before Halloween to get more apples. Maybe with Grammie and Grampie in tow next time.

And of course one of the kids' favorite things to do is get photo ops with the scarecrow and the picture cut-outs.

Here's RUS with the scarecrow . . .

and then here's R with brown pigtails . . .
and now blonde pigtails!

A Lovely Saturday

J had an all-day work event that he needed our car for, so I had the kids at home to myself. It was the most lovely day. Here's what we did:

We played in the backyard pool. (Unfortunately, in a fit of absent-minded photo deleting, I accidentally deleted the two pictures I took of RUS in the little pink baby pool. Oops :( )
We colored on and played inside the awesome cardboard house that JW and C sent R for her 3rd birthday--I hope it makes it through at least one more summer!
RUS napped, and R and I played three board games--Hello Kitty Bingo, Dora Memory, and a Zoo Animals Match-Up game.

Then R and I made S'mores Cups while RUS ate graham crackers.
The S'mores Cups were actually a trial run-- R's daycare class is doing a 2-week unit on "camping" and I saw this recipe online and thought they'd be perfect to bring in as a little treat for the kids. R loves them! I do, too. YUM!!

Here's a closer look at them. Basically it's a graham cracker base with a Hershey bar rectangle on top, then 1/2 a marshmallow and then once they are cooled, you dip them in more Hershey's chocolate. Did I already say YUM? Here's the recipe.It was so lovely!