The Wild Things!

We definitely live in the country!  We have chipmunks, squirrels, deer, rabbits, turkey, and a wood chuck, who is very elusive.....  

They love feasting on our apples, pears, walnuts, chestnuts, acorns...and what have you! 

We get a huge kick out of what we will possibly see today!  Once, this summer, I heard something a little scary...making weird, loud screetching noises..still don't know what that is!  Another added unexpected pleasure of living here, that we didn't think about but LOVE! 

The chestnut eating friends

Turkey Lurkey's! There were 19 in this flock!

Our one mini sunflower that our farmer girl grew!

Pears!

Woke up to 5 Deer, munching on apples...

Can you see her?

Life is starting to settle into a routine....

Summer is officially over with and our life here in the East has begun to take form. Summer surely does not count as "life" because nothing is normal about it!  Especially when I've had the pleasure of a summer off!  However, all summers do eventually end and this year, I am just as excited about the Fall. 


School has started and we are loving it! Sam is doing remarkably well!  She looks forward to going every day, and in fact has told me more than one occasion that " I pick her up too quickly".  Ahem.... No tears, no extra hugs, in fact I am the one lingering for a hug! I think she is just so glad to do something "normal", maybe makes her feel like this is home too. 

We also started dance class!  What a difference a year makes!  She is really into it!  They have a wonderful instructor and all the girls are paying rapt attention and doing all the moves.  Very cute, and feels rather normal for Mama too!  

Three Weeks of Joy!

The last few weeks have been out of our routine and loads of fun! Our friends from Germany were here for a full 3 weeks! 

It took Little Miss all of 5 minutes to get over her shyness and find 2 new best friends.  They were all attached at the hip from day 1. Little Miss and K got to share a room, while M slept on the other side of the window in the family room.  Neat thing about that Window, was like they all had their own little space. 

We travelled up north to the Adirondack Museum, then they travelled to NYC for a few days.  Week two we all headed to the beach! Weather was fantastic! Only had 1 rainy day. Lots of Sand castles, tunnels and deep deep hills were made! 

It was hard to say goodbye on Friday, seems to get harder and harder as we get older.  Now the children are so close, it's hard on them too. 

How lucky we are to have such a great friendship over all the years and all this distance!