Otto and James: September 2010

Our September started off with another trip to the Evergreen State Fair. This time we totted along Grandma Kathee, Opa and our friends Matt, Shannon and Joseph. We exceeded our last trip by two hours for a total of 7.5 hours at the fair in one sitting. Wow! We had a great time.

Otto and Grandma Kathee ride the train together.

Here are our friends Matt and Shannon with their son, Joseph. Matt and Shannon are very fond of the fair. That's where they fell in love.

James rides a tractor. He didn't really get the idea of moving his feet to move the tractor, but he had fun just sitting on it and steering.

Big brother Otto tried the bungee bouncer. It was trickier than he thought. He learned quickly how to push off with his feet to propel himself further into the air. Loved it so much he went twice.

Aw, one of my favorite photos! This was Otto's first day of Montessori preschool. He was nervous and excited.

Otto got started right away on an activity. Just moments later as we were saying good-bye he broke into tears. He recovered and we left.

Here is a cute photo of James at his second ever camping trip. We went to Lake Chelan State Park with our friends. We had a blast. A beautiful campground and a beautiful September weekend.

Otto enjoyed playing inside and outside of the tent. This was just after he helped Daddy set up their tent.

Here is James eating breakfast. I think he really wanted some milk. He's trying so hard to express his need.

Otto's best buddy, Owen, came to our house for a play date on his 4th birthday. We made peanut butter cookies a la mode and sang Happy Birthday to him. He is a very special part of our family!

Andrew was away for the weekend playing water polo in Canada, so I took the boys to Remlinger Farms in Carnation. It was our first ever trip there. They had fun rides in addition to a huge market and field. Here the boys are riding in a canoe together (duh). They loved it so much they went three times.

Here are the boys ready to ride the steam train.

Now they are driving the fire truck. Must have been quite an emergency!

Then we drove antique cars. Otto took this job VERY seriously. He was driving in the front while James and I were in the back.

Here is James in the hay maze. Luckily it was the perfect height so I didn't lose either of the boys. A little scary for me to keep track of them both since they went different directions.

New school hair cuts. We love Tete at Fun Kuts in Lynnwood next to the Alderwood mall. Otto has been getting cuts from her since we moved up to the area (almost a year ago).