quick photo catchup

What did we do this September? Eh, just a couple of things.

Apple picking with school for one. Cam had his last field trip of the year at Eckert’s. I packed up Caiden and volunteered as Cam’s apple bag Sherpa. I got a few snapshots of the busy boy finding his apples over Caiden’s head who was resting in a baby carrier.

 

Best part of apple picking? Enjoying the fruits of your labor. Check out these two cuties.

And as it always happens, apple picking falls on the same day as the balloon glow, my favorite event in St. Louis. I have a few friends that are deterred by the crowds and traffic, but we have it down to a science and manage to get in and out without any problems. This year, we went to both the glow and the race.

The boys, Gram and I enjoyed a walk around the event where we met giant dogs and cats…

saw parachuters…

and pretended we were firemen.

 Gram enjoyed her time with the kiddos.

Even angry Abby. (Sorry, this picture cracks me up. Can you be jealous at age 3 months when Gram is holding a cousin and not you? Because Kirsten seems a bit perturbed.)

The draw of the day is always the big bunny, who starts off the race.

After the bunny is off and floating, the remaining 70 balloons “chase” after it. It’s quite a sight to see one rise up after another.

I love this photo of the four of us. It’s a rare occurrence to find myself in front of the camera. Too bad the burp cloth had to go and ruin it. And too bad I don’t know anyone who can fix that for me. (Kidding, of course. We battle each other over retouching all the time. I am a purist and like the photos to reflect what actually happened. Chris likes to have fun with them, as many of you know.)

At the end of September we had a block party. Can you guess what the hit of the party was?

We’re so lucky to have such fun and loving neighbors who look out for one another. I wasn’t able to stay out for long (a little one was having trouble going down) but it’s always fun to get together with everyone. Too bad the kids had such a rotten time.

That’s our September in a brief photo recap. Maybe I can recap October events before the month ends. Hope everyone had as much fun as we did.