ZOE is 6 months!

Our Q-T is 6 months old tomorrow! It amazes me how fast she is growing and learning! Here are some of her cute pics we have taken recently.

At her 6 mo. check up she weighed 18lbs in the 90th percentile, and measured 28in long over the 100th percentile. Her head was in the 75th percentile. She had already popped her 2 bottom teeth around 5 months old. At this rate she will be walking by maybe Thanksgiving!!!






She has just figured out the coordination of crawling.

WE LOVE OUR ZO ZO!

Preparing for Halloween

I think it is about everyday now that Eliza asks me if we are going Trick or Treating that night. So, here are some pictures of things we have been doing this month in preparation for All Hallows Eve and in Celebration of the Season changing, though it is still 90 degrees here!!!

We went to Live Oak Canyon Pumpkin Patch, maybe for the last time, since Target is going to be building there. Who knows, maybe Jeff will eventually manage that store. Hopefully they are still there for Christmas, since that is our tree farm spot too.







Also in Preparation for Halloween, we pulled out the costumes. The girls have had some fun...


Here is ZOE at 6 months and Norah at 5 months in the same costume.

ZOE

NORAH

Those cheeks are MY halloween treat! Soooo CUTE you want to eat 'em up!

I don't think Zoe is wanting to be a pumpkin for Halloween.


I didn't know my halo was showing!


A bit too big now.

Conference Weekend Fun!

The Weekend began with a fun and quick trip to Disneyland...it wasn't too busy and we had a relaxing couple of hours. That is one great thing about having SoCal Passes and not living far from Anaheim, our Disneyland trips can be short and convenient. It was really fun to see Disneyland Decorated for Halloween!

Friday night, Norah was a bit bored, so she found some scissors and went to work on her dolls hair and her own.

SO, a salon visit was in order. She did exceptionally well. She might have planned the whole thing, just to go to a salon I guess. Eliza thought it was time to get her hair cut as well, but wouldn't let anyone but Mom cut it. So, here is the before and after.






So this weekend FORTS became the BIG thing around our house! I remember those days too!

Fall Has Come

Though I am still waiting for the weather to act like it is Autumn, I am excited to welcome such a fun time of year. It makes me feel like slowing down and being at peace even though this season leads into such a busy holiday time of year.

I am always looking for new things to do as a family that are close by and FREE! So, while up late one night I came across Huell Howser's PBS program highlighting Oak Glen, CA. It is only 30 or so minutes away and it looked like a way fun family adventure.

Saturday we packed a lunch and headed up to Los Rios Rancho. A Beautiful and quiet place amidst the Apple Orchards in Oak Glen. They have a group of apple farmers that have quite the following. We had our lunch and played around a bit, hiked the nature trails and bought some fresh apple cider. For me, it was very relaxing. I love creating these kinds of memories for my children and hope to make this one a yearly tradition. They have some Tree Farms up that way as well. We might have to go there to get our tree this year too.

Peek-a-boo...

I SEE you

Can't hold back the excitement!

Zoe is climbing trees,

walking,

and crawling (for reals). She just popped her bottom 2 teeth at 5 months!

The Girls tried some tree climbing, Eliza didn't like it.

Norah did a little better.

Then we did our little hikes and the camera DIED!

Eliza did a great job taking this photo!

We saw a catfish about 3 feet long and some great Trees! It reminded me of my home, the Northwest. The smells, the cool air, it was all making me a tad homesick.
Fun times though...so if you want to check it out, they are open until Thanksgiving and hiking available only on weekends. See www.oakglen.net for more information.