This past week...

Grandma came into town! She just left today, and the boys already miss her. Oh, what a busy week! Let's see...what did we do this past week...

We went back to Ways Fruit Farm. I got more Ida Reds. Tried some Northern Spys(My fave is still Ida Reds).

Oh, by the way, this is what it looked like on the way there. Well, kinda. I added a texture for dramatic effect. ;) It snowed!

Do you like the apple pictures? Please enjoy them, because Joe was embarrassed, er...more like mortified, that I was snapping pics of inanimate objects. Silly man.

Yeah, I now know that I should have focused on the red apples, not the green. *sigh* oh well. I would have snapped another pic, but again, Joe's head was about to explode out of embarrassment.

Got more apple butter.

Hey, you know what? I don't even know what this is. I just saw some pretty colors and snapped away. lol

Grandma spent a small fortune at Ways. All kinds of yummies. She bought some more apple cider. When we got home, we still had some in the fridge, but it was fermented! So, Joe decides to turn our dining room into a distillery. I am pretty sure this is against some law in the state of Pennsylvania...anyhow, did I mention that this is my...DINING room? Oh, I did. Okay. So, you have some apple shine on the floor and a very mobile baby...you do the math. Yes, Jude-y did get into this. No, he did not drink it. At least I don't think he did. I smelled his breath, and it was okay, and he was not acting all funny or anything like that. In case you were wondering, yes, we did move here from Tennessee, the Appalachian Mountains to be specific, so this should all make sense by now.

Later, Paul and Pete decided to be dogs, play fetch. Every so often, they do this.

Here they are fetching.

I guess you could call this retrieving?

So, Pete is a little crusty in the pic above, right? Here is why...Grandma and the boys made this.

Yes, I know it is a tad early for this, but Grandma will not be here for Christmas, and they do this every year with her. :)

You cannot see him, but Joe is giving Pete his best 'stern' face. lol

This is the littlest brother pillaging the biggest brother's top secret dresser drawer.

I went to Joey's parent/teacher conference and got this.

Boy! That cooking on the stove really made an impression on this kid! This is the second time he has drawn/written about this in school! Awww, and look how snazzy he made me look! Love this kid.

Pete draws too! He LOVES coloring, which is strange to me, because he is the first kid of mine to really like it. He wants to color all day. This is what he colors.

The other day, I turned the corner and saw this. Too funny. I wonder what he is thinking.

Do you know that this sweet boy has never made a list or asked us to buy him what he wants for Christmas? Oh we are so blessed. He is such a joy.

The day Grandma left, we tried to get a pic of her with all 4 boys...easier said than done...this is the best one...he he he. :)

Tonight, after bath/shower time. I decided that Jude and I would have a photo shoot. Just Jude and I. I wanted to get some pics of his sweet baby feet. His chubby little baby body. His fat little hands. I remember my sister took the most beautiful black and white pictures of her chubby towel-wrapped baby, and I just adored them! So, I was going to copy cat and get some great images. Ah yes, these were going to be great. Just like Halloween...oh wait...lol

So, big mobile babies crawl right out of towels and rush at you at alarming speeds.

see?

Very shortly after this, things got crazy.

Pete came and jumped on the bed, started rolling around with Jude, pretending he was a monster.

Then, Joey and Paul came in. So, I took a sec to snap each one. And they cooperated(except for Jude).