Weekend Morning

Nina enjoyed the morning watching the Wonder Pets with Mark and working on her cooking skills. She also made sure to give her dad plenty of kisses before he left today for Mexico.

Cox Farms Fall Festival

Shenley and I took the girls to a great fall festival today. Emme and Nina got to see lots of animals, dance to a band, go down some really big slides, and enjoy tons more activities the festival had to offer. One of the funnier parts of the day was visiting the "goat village" where Shenley got accosted by the goats. The picture doesn't do it justice, but she was mobbed by hungry goats who wanted the feed cones she had. By the time we left, the girls (that means all of us) were covered in dirt, sweaty, and very tired, but it was lots of fun!

New House

I realize I've told quite a few people that I would post pictures of our new house, but I was slacking a bit in remembering to take them. Anyway, here is the front and back of the outside of the house (and one of a cute little girl sitting on the front step).

Reston Zoo

Today we decided to take our little animal lover over to the Reston Zoo. Being a big fan of the National Zoo, I thought we would be disappointed with the animal selection, but it was a great hands on experience, complete with feeding sheep and goats from a bottle, hand feeding all the animals food, and getting up close and personal to some really unique animals on a wagon ride. We had a really great time!

Sad Morning

We had to take Nina to get a couple vials of blood taken this morning for some allergy testing. It was a very sad morning. Even after lots of extra TLC, a mid-day bottle (which she's never allowed to have), and some Elmo, she still wasn't too happy about the events of the morning and was particularly unhappy with the little arm bandage they gave her. I'm sure she'll be back to her old self soon, but in the meantime, she's milking this experience for all its worth!

Mark is in trouble...

...because this girl loves shoes!!! Thankfully, through work he gets plenty of Adidas shoes like these latest ones here. Mark brought them home yesterday, and once she saw them in the box, she had to get them on her feet right away (obviously before shorts and socks were allowed to be put on).

Stroller Girl

Since borrowing a little stroller from Emme, Nina has really enjoyed taking all of her favorite friends for stoller rides. It just got a bit complicated when she tried to stack the soccer ball and the big pink ball in the stroller. However, the empty basement has been the perfect place to practice the stroller pushing and turning technique!

Labor Day Fun

Mark got home from his trip in time to enjoy Labor Day evening at my mom and dad's house. We enjoyed some good food on the new deck, learned how to play corn hole, and Nina got to do some solo driving in the Jeep!

Hamming It Up in the New House

Nina has really enjoyed the new house. She's been sleeping great and is back to her silly self. I think even she was relieved to get away from boxes, packing, house hunting, etc.