It was another big week! I can’t believe how much these kids pack into 7 days.

I want to start this week’s blog by sharing these photos from yesterday at the zoo. Steven, Sammy and Amaya are holding hands!! The boys started in and Amaya wanted in. It turns out the really do like each other! My cup runeth over.

We also had fun with pumpkins at the Kensington Farm Center!

What a difference a year makes!

Earlier in the week I was home for Yom Kippur so I took the opportunity to go to music class with the kids! They loved it, but I think I loved it even more. I think I mentioned that the class is about 1/2 free play and 1/2 music. The music portion involves singing songs in a circle with a variety of instruments. It’s adorable. The free play is time to check out a TON of toys. The kitchen seems to be a favorite and, this week, everyone tried the Step 2 coaster.

Amaya was wandering and ended up sitting on the class leader’s lap for a song.

Music class selfies!

On Wednesday night, Jason’s long time friend Mark, and his wife Mary Beth, came by for dinner! I’m not sure if I’ve seen them since our wedding and it was definitely the first time they met SSA. The kids loved meeting them and wish Mark and MB lived closer!

On Tuesday there was more play time at our early intervention group. This week, the group is meeting at the apple orchard! It’s so hard to miss out on those opportunities but Megan always keeps me in the loop with photos.

Even at our advanced age of 20 months, Steven, Sammy and Amaya still love a laundry basket!

We haven’t used our bath seats for months and I’m planning to sell them but the kids wanted one more chance to see if they still fit. It’s a tight fit – even for Moo.

The boys were rockin’ their ponytails again!

My college friend, Rachel (Hi Rach!), got the kids these GW shirts that we are now big enough to wear, and model! Raise High!!

This week was an overnight visit from Grandma Sunshine. Sammy can say “Sunshine” now! We always have so much fun when Grandma Sunshine visits.

Working on flash cards.

Grandma Sunshine visited from Thursday to Friday and then, Friday evening, Nana came to visit from NY! We took advantage of the beautiful weather and went to the zoo on Saturday morning.

Today, we went to the Farm Center at Kensington Metropark where we took the pumpkin photo I shared earlier in the blog. It’s a great spot for Steven, Sammy and Amaya to roam free and visit the farm animals that are in our books.

At the farm, Steven was as adventurous as always. He walked from animal to animal, checking everything out. We got close to a goat who scared Steven when he bleated but Steven recovered well enough to eventually pet his new friend on the back. It’s interesting to me, though, that all of the kids are wary of the animal’s faces. They’ve never been bitten but they have an instinct to stay away from those animal teeth. Sammy and Amaya had a lot more trepidation about the animals but were comfortable walking around when the animals were out of sight, or if they didn’t get too close.

Dinner tonight included a special visit from Auntie Ames! We’ve been so lucky to have three visits over the past few months!

Just a bit more this week!

We continued to have fun on our new slide and with our construction hats. We looooooove our construction hats.

It’s starting to cool down (BOOOOOOO!) but we are still able to spend time outside on our deck. Sammy and Amaya can climb up on the deck chairs themselves and, even though Steven needs help getting up, he also loves sitting in the grown up chairs.

Sammy has learned to wipe his runny nose on his shirt.

Amaya was so happy to wear big cousin Chase’s monster truck PJ’s this week!

Mommy time!

Whenever Sammy sees my phone he says “nana” in anticipation of FaceTime. This was taken just before we dialed. These kids were ready!

Have a great week!