September 15 = Play Outside Day

Fall is on the way!  Zachary had class tonight and after this weekend, we were getting a little stir crazy so since it's cooler, we headed outside.  Malia liked sitting on the blanket... for about three seconds and then started walking all over the back yard.

September 14 = Show Off Your New Jacket Day

Liam got this new jacket from Grandma & Pops for his birthday!  It's been getting cooler here so I introduced him to it this morning- he was a fan!

September 13 = Messy Dinner Day

Zachary went to Allentown, PA for a marathon this weekend.  The kids missed him- as soon as he got home they made it known!

She loves her baby doll:

We had lasagna.  And by we had lasagna I mean Zachary, Liam and I had lasagna and Malia destroyed her lasagna and everything around along with it.

September 11 = Big Helper Day

Liam did the cutest thing today.  Malia threw her plate from the high chair to the table so Liam picked it up, dumped most of the food that was remaining on the plate back on her tray...

 ...and then took her plate to the trash can to wipe off what he couldn't get on her tray...

and then threw it in the sink.  Such a big helper!

And then we made these for the grandparents since Grandparents' Day is Sunday!  I liked the idea of the string connecting the hearts but Zachary liked drawing a line so he did that on his parents' card, and I did the string on mine.  And that's how you compromise!

September 10 = Get Caught in the Rain Day

Today was a "Liam goes to the CDC" day.  So Malia and I spent some quality time together and I got some of my chores done and then we went to the Academy to have lunch with Zachary.  We had a little time to kill before picking up Liam so I stopped by the exchange to pick up a few things and while we were checking out, I heard what I was praying was not rain.  Oh but it was.  Hopefully, by looking at the sidewalk in this first picture, you can tell how hard it was raining.

We got to the CDC and the rain had slowed down a little bit so we walked very quickly in and got Liam and walked very quickly out.  As we were going home, though, the rain kept pouring down heavier and heavier.  When we got in the driveway, it was really bad.  It didn't seem like it was going to let up anytime soon so I went ahead and ran out, unlocked the door, got Liam, carried him inside, ran back out and got Malia, and then ran back out to get the groceries.  Liam got the least wet of the three of us, I definitely got the worst of it.  The water at the end of our driveway (where the drain is located for the street), was up to my knees.  So I snapped this real quick to show Liam found my being soaked, so very funny.

September 8 = We Have a Walker Day!

Malia's walking!

September 6 = Birthday Party Day

We had lots of fun yesterday at the farm and Liam loved his pizza dinner last night but today we had his birthday party with lots of family and friends.  We had a Mickey Mouse theme since Liam is obsessed.  Here's the yummy food:

 

Thankfully lots of family members were willing to help- Mo helped me so much with all of the food and dirty dishes used to prepare the food.  Grace lent her artistic talents for this sign:

Mo found this flag at Walgreens so Mickey Mouse was there to greet all of our guests as they arrived!

Grace and Matt put this background up for us too to take pictures of all of our guests! 

Here's Amy and Evie- we went to Evie's first birthday party recently- isn't she too cute?

And here's Jessica and Weston- he's giving us his serious face- and then a shot of the whole family:

Rachel helped Malia practice her walking- she had a very sassy Minnie Mouse shirt on to support our Mickey theme.

Here's Matt & Grace and Matt & Rachel:

And then, before Matthew and Rachel left, we got some family pictures:

Here are more friends!  Giselle & Brandon:

 

And then our former neighbors, the Kuppers and the Curtases: 

Liam loved this game from the Kuppers- he punched out each of the little bugs and handed them to Grandma- he was very diligent!

I started cleaning up once all of our friends headed out- I took our photo backdrop down and then remembered I hadn't gotten pictures of Grandma & Pops or pictures of us so... (the picture of Grammy and Gramps must be on someone else's phone)

 

 

 Liam was spoiled with lots of birthday gifts:

It was a day of fun and love for a fun-loving little boy!