Fall in East Montpelier

Here are some photos from around our neighborhood this week. Wish you were here!

Our picnic table..
Our yard...
View from the kitchen window...

Our mailbox...
Center Road...
More Center Rd...
Brazier Rd...

Off Brazier Rd...Off Brazier Rd, looking toward Center Road Farm...
And my photo-assistant, of course!

Cristin and Aunt Colleen's homemade birthday cakes over the years...

We started with a Duck cake for Tegan's 1st...

Aunt Colleen created Tegan's 2nd...
Finnegan had Pooh Bear for his 1st...
And Tegan had Dora for her 3rd...
Finn got a Nemo cake for his 2nd...
Cristin made Tegan's Ariel cake for her 4th...
In August this year, Finn got the Firetruck cake he wanted for his 3rd...
Tegan wanted a Butterfly for her 5th...
Finally, with the extra cake and frosting from that butterfly cake, Tegan and Finn decorated their own cake for fun...

Yuuummmm!

The party for #5

Tegan had a PJ party for her 5th birthday - all the girls wore their jammies, got their toenails painted, applied tattoos, painted pillowcases, and then had breakfast for dinner. The girls who came were Emma, Ella, Madison, Grace, Carrie, and Anna. And she allowed Finn to be there too, though at first she said, No Boys! Finn refused to wear jammies, donning his more manly football jersey for the event instead (which was good, because after the party, Tegan, Emma, Finn, Cristin, Patrick, and Aunt Mofie played a crazy game of football in the field...it was kind of like a mix of tag and football, but it was a blast). The party was so much fun, Tegan was happy the whole time and all the girls (and Finn) got along really well. By the way, those are Finnegan's beautiful feet!

Tegan is 5!!

Beautiful new haircut, new earrings, and dinner at McDonald's (all her choices!).

Updates from the Fall

We went hiking in Plainfield to see some early fall color...



Tegan took that picture above! You can almost see the baby in the belly! And then we picked a bushel of Macintosh apples in Randolph...


...and we ran into Tegan's friend Ella at the orchard!
Both mommy's have a baby in their belly!

Breakfast table, this morning.

Daddy says “Look, guys, Jack Frost came last night!" while pointing out the window to the whitened grass.

Tegan & Finn look outside with wonder.

Finn says, “Who’s Jack Frost?”

Tegan says, “Like your hair, daddy.”

Ouch.

Summertime...and the livin' is easy

Camping at Grand Isle State Park