Made by Mama

Someone has a new sweater...I think he likes it!

Conversations with a Chipmunk

C:  Mama! Dat cumulus cloud is MOVING! 

Mama:   Sorry, what did you say?!?

C:  Dat cumulus cloud is MOVING.  And it is fluffy.  I want to pet it, but it is hiiiiiiigh up in the air.

Mr. Personality

We tried on the Chipmunk's kilt this morning to make sure that we were ready for the Highland Games this weekend...he was so excited about it that he had to wear it all day long!




He's ready for the competition!



....and this is how Mr. Personality chose to dress to go for our walk this evening.  Is it any wonder the neighbors love him?

Acorn collecting

The weather here has been just beautiful this week, so we've been taking walks every evening.  Little pockets come home stuffed with treasures and last night it was all about the acorns. I left them out on his shelves in a bowl and this morning I walked in the room from another part of the house to find my little Chipmunk had gathered his bowl, tweezers, and a pitcher and was happily working away!

Fine motor skill practice - picking up acorns with tweezers and putting them in the pitcher.  The fun part is always dumping them back in the bowl.






Counting.  How many will fit in those little boxes?




And of course, we had to find out what was in them!  We used a wooden mallet and a table knife to practice our skills and open a few acorns for investigating.

Friends, Trains, and a sunny day!

There's nothing better than a trip to the train museum with good friends!




The train can start now!




We drove every bus and explored every train car and ended the morning with a wonderful picnic on the lawn.

My personal shopper

The Chipmunk LOVES to be in charge of our purchases...and in charge of hauling them around.




I think he did really well - he picked out a fig tree for the yard, some kale for eating this fall, and some really beautiful mums for the front porch.




And he hauled that big wagon around like a pro!

Apple Picking

We took a field trip up to Ellijay Friday with some of our favorite friends. We decided it was time to celebrate fall and everyone feeling better.

It's apple picking time!




Baby D is ready to go, too!




That's a lot of apple trees!  Where do we start?








I like these!




Taking a break for some butterfly watching




I like the Winesaps better than the Golden Delicious...what about you, S?




The scenery was incredible!




And there were fried pies for lunch :)





It was a wonderful, exhausting day and a perfect way to start the fall!!