2 Years, 2 Weeks, and 5 Days

Charlotte & Ruby are 2 years, 2 weeks, and 5 days old today.  Grandpa Jay came to visit us for a couple of days over the weekend, and we kept him busy with outings to the apple farm and the zoo. Charlotte has 2 teeth cutting through on the bottom, while Ruby has 1 lower tooth coming in.  They speak in sentences for the most part, and can associate things that have happened quite a ways back with current situations.  Enjoy the photos!

Running through the apple orchard to find the right apples to pick:

Charlotte picks an apple:

Ruby picks an apple:

Putting apples into the bag was a fun event:

So was carrying the bag for short distances:

Charlotte & Grandpa Jay on the wooden tractor:

Ruby & Grandpa Jay at one of the play houses:

Not the best photo, but it shows that I was actually there and looking at alpacas with Charlotte:

Ruby feeds a goat with Grandpa Jay's help:

We rode the carousel at the zoo in the brisk morning wind that left Charlotte & Ruby with rosy cheeks & noses:

Charlotte holds Grandpa Jay's hand:

Ruby runs next to Grandpa Jay:

On our way to Charlotte & Ruby's favorite animals at the zoo:

Looking at a polar bear:

Pretending to be snakes at one of the playgrounds:

Grandpa Jay helps Charlotte figure out how to climb up to the play set:

Ruby says "Wheee!" when Grandpa Jay tips the stroller back:

At home, Grandpa Jay read many books to them:

On the way home from taking Grandpa Jay to the airport, I stopped at a store to buy a couple of ride-on toys, since Charlotte & Ruby were trying to ride toys that were not ride-on.  They are now the proud owners of pink motorcycles:

Ava came over to play yesterday, and they all had lots of fun together: