Indescribable Gifts

It is a LOT harder to be consistent with keeping our blog up-to-date with 2 kiddos to take care of! I've gotten some things figured out with 2... how to get out of the house in a reasonable amount of time (though I'm sure that routine will go into the toilet once the weather changes and we need hats, coats, etc.); how to do nap time and bed time by myself with 2...even when one is fussing to eat; how to get meals ready for the family and keep the house fairly clean, and a bunch of other things... but keeping the blog updated hasn't been mastered yet. Thank you for your patience...and encouragement to stay on top of this!

So, to catch you up on the month of September (October is coming in another post)... it started with a wonderful trip to the U.P., which was Caleb's first time there outside of the womb! Aaron's family had a big reunion planned over Labor Day weekend, and we had a great time catching up with everyone... family and friends... that weekend.

Family picture in our Piche tees ~

This was BY FAR Micah's favorite thing of the day... instead of sand, Aaron's uncle had made a corn box! It was a HUGE hit with the kiddos! :)

We took bets to see who could guess how much corn would be in Micah's pants/diaper by the end of the day... I think Tracy won :)

Another big hit with Micah was the farm equipment he was able to "drive" :)

Family picture on the hayride

Micah on the train... another favorite of the day

What a face! :)

Micah also got a kick out of the cows that were penned up in the yard ~

Aunt Tracy showed Micah how to get the calf to suck on his hand... he seemed to think that was pretty cool :)

"washing" his hands in the trough... why not... he's on a farm! :)

The whole purpose for the reunion... 125 years in the farming industry!

We also spent an afternoon at the DeYoung family zoo, which is unlike any zoo you'll ever go to. It's definitely a place to put on your "bucket list". :)

You can't get this close to a pygmy hippo at Brookfield zoo, that's for sure!

And before we left that weekend, we had to get some pictures of the boys in their Piche onesies and hats. :)

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Monday afternoon is a GREAT time to go to the Kohl Children's Museum! We took the boys there after our weekend up north and basically had the place to ourselves!

Making ice cream (Micah thought it was cold!) :)

But still yummy!

This NEVER happens, where Micah can actually play at the car track... it's usually swarming with kids!

I think we have another train fan on our hands!

Of course, Micah still loves trains!

This is what the museum employees do when it's not busy... sorry it's a little blurry!

A basically empty childrens' museum ~

All sorts of things to do outside and Micah wants to play with the water fountain!

We also had some fun at home this month...

Can you find Micah?

Caleb is getting more tolerant of "tummy time" :)

Such a drooler!

And we have discovered "chewbeads"! :)

Ok... now onto October and November! Seriously... that post took forever! I'll work on being better about blogging, I promise! (maybe that will be my new year's resolution!) :)

A few weeks ago, Aaron called me while he was working to say that he'd seen Thomas the Tank Engine being pulled down the highway on a flatbed truck, and after a bit of research we learned that he was on his way to the Illinois Railway Museum for their semi-annual Day Out With Thomas event. Well, since Micah is quite the train fanatic and Pops still plays with them too, we decided this would be a fun thing to take the kids (Micah, Caleb, and Pops) to. :) It was a beautiful day and we had a great time looking at all of the train displays, model railways, and of course, riding on Thomas! I think we were all a bit curious as to just how interested Micah would be in this, but we weren't even there for 5 minutes before he was pointing at the trains and pointing and "ooh-ing" over the different exhibits! I guess when you love something, it doesn't matter how young you are (or how short your attention span usually is). :) We stopped in to look at a model railway display, and after about 5 minutes started to head out... but Micah wasn't done looking! He was on Aaron's shoulders as we were trying to leave and literally grabbed onto the door frame and stopped Aaron from leaving, as if to say, "hey! I'm not done in here yet!" :)