The Party.

There wasn't a big party for Ru's bday, just the neighborhood kids over for dinner and cake (at Ruby's specific request). The perfect party for a three year old! But, I still made party favors (homemade playdough that J took a lovely picture of)! And the CAKE-impressive, huh? Ru also had to change outfits for the lighting of the candles-back into the favorite froggy pjs.

Three.

Ruby's birthday was on Sunday and we had another beautiful day! The kids went to a friend's birthday party and then we got to play at the park in the afternoon. Some pictures of the beginning of the day:

Ruby's first breakfast and outfit:

Second breakfast and second outfit:

Balloons:

Birthday Circle and Cards:

Making birthday crowns and waiting for the party to start:

Pumpkin Patch.

A busy couple of weeks with lots of pictures to come. We had a beautiful fall weekend here and took the opportunity to head out to the pumpkin patch. For us, it is the official beginning of Fall when we make this same trip every year. The highlight is a pumpkin catapult-all the kids run and collect the smashed pumpkin and then feed it to the pigs!

Almost There.

The steps were completed and the finish was applied over the weekend. The railing will be completed in the Spring...

Sunday Stroll.

We found some urban chickens and a nice man who took our family picture.