Philadelphia Tweed Ride

Over the weekend my gracious and amazing mother in law and sister in law came down to watch Penny so we could attend the Philadelphia Tweed Ride. It was so much fun to dress up "olde timey" and ride our bikes around the city. Our new friend Dan made an amazing rack for the back of our Ute that is a seat for the 2 toddlers and an interchangeable basket that comes off so you can put a baby seat on. It is spectacular. Thanks Dan!!!

Click on the pictures to see them in entirety. I couldn't fifure out how to get them fully on the screen. (I am bad at the internet. ha!)

Our family minus Penny. And yes, Jane is asleep on the back of the bike.


Trust me, they both were very happy to be on the bike. This was taken right before Jane fell asleep.




Jesse and I found these old equestrian toddler hunting suits for the girls at a thrift store in South Philly. They were perfect!






Thanks for all the great pictures Veronika!

Cautious Again

Madeline and Jane love making music videos to "mamma's band." Their favorite song is definitely "Cautious Again." They know all the words and run in circles singing into their microphones- it is pretty sweet.

I love it that I have my family's support to be in a band. Thanks guys!

Fairweather Fan

I am not going to pretend that I am a super huge Philly fan, but I can't help but get wrapped up in the hype of the world series. It really is super exciting to learn the players and watch them pulverize NY. (lets just hope we win tonight!)

We were up at our friends house last Sunday, and the kids played some ball. It was a little bizarre watching Madeline play baseball in a little jersey and hat- but it was cute. Jane was surprisingly amazing at hitting the ball. I was so proud of her.

Rainbow Salad

My kids are very color oriented. Cups, balloons, clothes, salad- it all has to be colorful. So, I came up with this little recipe. They like to help make it and they like to eat it. (Even if they are picking out two or three of the colors, they are still picking out and eating veggies. Fine with me!)

Rainbow Salad

Red- tomatoes
Orange- carrots
Yellow- corn
Green- lettuce
Blue- gorgonzola cheese
Purple- purple cabbage

Obstacle Course

Jesse captured this morning play. (Yes, I was sleeping- he is awesome) It is pretty amazing how they come up with these ideas! I love how Jane just follows and does everything Ruke does.

Halloween!!!

Halloween was really fun this year. Madeline and Jane were both old enough to really get the concept of trick-or-treating. Our family outfits were definitely a hit! Madeline and Jane were salt and pepper, Jesse and I were ketchup and mustard, and Penny was relish. It was pretty amazing.







Carving pumpkins was also super fun. Each of the girls got to have jack-o-lanterns that expressed their personalities. I think they were spot on.





AND- did I mention the amount of candy the girls came home with?! We had to come home and unload after just trick-or-treating on our block! Umm- off the hook.

Booster Seat Bowling

Jesse captured this amazing little game that the girls made up. They are so awesome. Please excuse the sound of the coffee roaster in the back- kind of noisy.