September

Some nice hot days after a cool August!!

@ HarMar with Grandma!

We were having trouble waiting for our birthdays to come so we made Christmas cookies with sprinkles, hung birthday streamers, wore birthday hats and called it a birthday party!!

We got a very nice book from Daniel's cousin Rebekka: a book of Swedish songs for children with beautiful pictures and a side panel that plays the tunes! Farmor was helping us learn some new ones. Now Lukas sings Swedish songs wherever he goes. I like that. 

She started eating solids (well, runny-liquidy-solids)!! She is so happy. Why was Mama starving her all these 5.5 months?!

We walked in the bird sanctuary by Lake Harriet while Daniel and Lukas collected this year's cider press apples from a tree in a generous lady's yard. We saw a great-horned owl! and beautiful fall leaves and a sailing race, which I guess is called a regatta. We wished we were invited to a post regatta Regatta Gala. 

Some notable things about September: We started Bible class (BSF) on Tuesdays, Music Class on Thursdays, and we got a real nice extra week of summer after a coolish August!

August

Grandpa and Grandma took us out on the boat with the Avras. Lukas was a brave champ, going so fast on the tube with Thomas and Walt!

Costumes are where it's at right now! and more about the oldest:

We got new renters this month. We took photos to post availability, and I thought this looked like a very nice place to live.

She found her feet! This was a week or two before 4 month birthday.

He LOVES a photo

They love their lips, and their bunnies.

Lots of attempts on the 4 month photo:

Rolling, rolling, rolling!

Family Worship:

Grapes and swings and playing outside! It was a very pleasant August.