3 Years, 11 Months, and 5 Days

Ruby & Charlotte are 3 years, 11 months, and 5 days old today. We had a very busy week with family visiting. We made sure to show them a few of the great places we have discovered since living here. Enjoy the photos!

We went to Morton Arboretum the first full day they were here:


This tree was well loved and climbed for almost an hour:



Ruby was impressed with Uncle Connor's climbing skills:

Charlotte pointed out mushrooms to Uncle Jonathan before stomping on them:

Ruby was excited to find such a large mushroom (she did not stomp on it):

A squirrel came up to Charlotte and sniffed the bundle of sticks and leaves that she was carrying, much to her delight (photo courtesy of Uncle Connor):

Ruby dragged a branch along the path while she walked with Grandma Doreen:

Charlotte sang "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" while climbing on these logs:

Charlotte did some minor rock climbing near the Secret Stream:

Ruby & Charlotte directed Uncle Jonathan and Uncle Connor to gather rocks for the dam they wanted to build:


They discovered a small log, and did their best to get it to the dam:


It did not take long for them to realize that they could not do it by themsleves, so Uncle Jonathan came to their rescue:

Uncle Connor chased them as they laughed:

The next day we went to Fabyan Park after a thunderstorm, where they discovered the joys of jumping in a mud puddle:


Playing with Uncle Connor & Uncle Jonathan was a lot of fun:


They explored some stone ruins:

Ruby was excited to find a clover:

Charlotte wandered down to what was left of a reflecting pool:

The last day of the visit we spent at Royal Oak Orchard for apple picking:

We managed to pick quite a few delicious apples despite this year's crop being mostly destroyed by the early spring warm up and subsequent frosts:

Ruby:

Charlotte:

Everyone enjoyed eating a freshly picked apple (and quite a few more were had by Charlotte):

Leaving the orchard:

On the other side of the farm, they were able to pet some alpacas for awhile:

Ruby wanted to pick raspberries but they were not ripe yet:

They tried their best to follow Uncle Jonathan around the campfire circle of rocks without falling just before we headed home for the day:

They were invited to a birthday party for a friend from their pre-preschool class, and had a wonderful time: