What!!

What has happened?! How did we get THREE BOYS in our family?!

Cosmic Kids

Yoga on Youtube for kids! Really cool! And in fact the boys (particularly Timo) are very attentive and follow the teacher's instructions well. She tells a story and does poses throughout her narrative for the kids to follow along. I'm very glad that we've 'discovered' this diversion now that the colder weather is arriving.

Grandparent photos

And may it be said that the Japanese maple is beautiful in the fall!

And - Granddad, too. And leaves!

Granddad joined us for the 2nd half of Nonna's visit, and Jim took Friday off work so we could all have the long weekend together. The weather was chilly and clear, and we decided to stay close to home instead of running around trying to 'see' things (Biltmore House will have to wait for another visit, as will the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Nature Center and the National Park...). But who isn't happy with cinnamon rolls for breakfast, a morning of raking and yard work, and ordering out supper from Mad Batter cafe?!

Nonna and Granddad had 1 more present for Mattias's birthday - a new Tonka dump truck!!

Stuff the trash can full or leaves and dump it over the fence down the hill... ah, a big property

the cutest little squirt!

Non-n-n-n-A!

"Nonn-AAA!" Guess who came for a visit, much to everyone's great excitement? I can still hear Gemma yelling that when she was 2, calling for Nonna to come to her. We heard lots more calls for "Nonna" last week - the boys were really excited to see Nonna! We had some low-key days with her, doing our daily routines (including several appointments) and enjoying play time with Legos and trucks, short walks around Sylva, a trip to the library, Eye-Spy quilt, making cookies, paint-with-water and lots of books.