Fall has made it to Michigan. It seems overnight the weather has turned and now we need the heavy down blanket at night. This morning Ajax was complaining that he didn’t want to get out of bed because he was just too cold. I explained that if he slept in his pajamas he wouldn’t be so cold.
On Saturday my parents were kind enough to babysit while Dave and I had an appointment in South Lyon with a financial planner. Ajax reported that he dug the biggest hole ever and that he has plans to help grandpa dig a pond with the big tractor. My mom said that she was bribing Noomi to walk between two chairs by placing a cookie on one kitchen chair and seeing if she would go from one chair to another, each time moving them apart just a tiny bit more. Noomi still isn’t walking, but goodness has her temper shown itself. We need to watch her because she’s in the angry head butting phase. Last night Dave said she got mad and head butted her crib, hurting her head and crying more. After our meeting we stopped in Howell and picked up some warm clothes for the kiddos. Noomi is into 24-month clothes (soon 2T) and Ajax is now out of the T clothes and I had to buy him big boy clothes (though he’s still an extra small). Overall, a good day.
On Sunday we loaded up the kids and went out to lunch on our way to the apple orchard in Haslett. We brought the wagon and the kids loved riding in it along the trial to the orchard. We picked a solid bushel of apples (total of $24!) and next weekend we plan on making a ton of apple sauce and canning it. Both kids did well picking apples, though Noomi kept taking apples out of the bag, putting little bit marks in them and then putting them back. We also made tasty whole wheat peanut butter muffins and Ajax said they were wonderful.
I think she got mad because we moved the bag of apples away from her.
