the FAIR

Olive loves her shadow. She loves to try and catch it and to also try to get yours. It is pretty cute.

I think Ethan's went as far as papa's...or not quite

The swing

Opps, that was just a warm up swing

If he starts young enough maybe it will not be such an awful game when he is older....?

Corn dogs with gobbs of Ketchup, and of course a chocolate shake.

The girls loved this one.

Ava's ticket

"Olive, show me your ticket" and this is what I got.

Tickets please

Ava and Olive are watching Ethan, in the top right corner, he is flying.

Thanks auntie Ericka for going on the rides with us.

Nanna took them on the ferris wheel.

is this heaven?

Hangin with the pigs

The sheep are soooo soft

The girls can't get enough

Ethan is reading all the sheep's names

Olive does always befriend strange things. Here she is with the earless goat, and loves it all the same.

To the FAIR

Picking flowers for Nanna

We just think this sign if really really funny.

Feeding Saulie apples, not the expensive ones nanna, just the ones full of pesticides from the tree.

Ava and Ericka

one of my favs

The Koch family.

June NC 08

I only made it to the beach for 2 hours. I am not counting this trip as a beach vacation. I really wish I could have stayed and played with the kids more.

The morning we left we got up at 7am and went out to the ocean. As you can see the sun has just risen and we were having fun with the shadows.

They did net a few little fish. It was quite fun.

Building sandcastles. I think Auntie Ericka helped with this one.

Ethan LOVES the ocean.

We finally got on the beach. It was evening, but still nice.

We stopped at a fruit stand and got some strawberries and blue berries. They had great flowers and tomatoes as well

We all went to Beufort NC (everyone MUST go there). I had a wedding and worked but the kids did get a little beach time. The weather was rainy all weekend, but kids can even have fun in the hotel room. Olive in the tub and Ethan jumping on the beds

The grounder

The throw

Nanna came for a visit and the kids actually get bathed and lots more night time stories. Thanks Nanna

The Evil Eye. I told Olive NO and this is the usual stance.