Apple Pickin' and Tiger Cheers!

Around 6:55 Saturday morning, I heard Susannah stirring in her room. A few minutes later, she called out her normal morning greeting, "Mommy, I'm ready to get up!" Matt and Coleman were sleeping soundly, so I tiptoed into her room and brought her out to the couch for some snuggling. She snuggled up to me and put her sweet little face about an inch from mine. "It's Football Day, Mommy!" 

 Her little eyes sparkled and she wore a huge, proud grin. Do you think she's been appropriately indoctrinated? Her Clemson cheerleading outfit promptly made it's way to her cute little body and she was ready to go. 

 Our Tigers were playing in Atlanta which meant no in-person football game for us. Instead we headed up the mountain to Sky Top, a great little apple farm in North Carolina. 

There were A LOT of Tiger cheers in our car on the way. 

We met our the Miller family and immediately enjoyed some apple cider doughnuts! 

 Susannah and Julianne decked out in orange. 

 Daddy and Coleman enjoying some doughnuts! 

 Check out these faces! The farm animals were a hit with both of our kiddos. 

 Coleman is learning all the animals and their sounds, so her wandered around saying, 

"Quack! Baa! Quack! Honk! Woof!"

 

 Feeding the sheep and goats!

Finally, on to the apple picking! Susannah loved picking these apples. There were plenty on low branches. We found out later that they were quite a ways from being ripe :( Oh well! She had lots of fun!

 Checking out the apple.

 Could these girls be any cuter? Such sweet little friends. 

Manning and Coleman were a little too quick to get a pic! 

A perfect Fall Saturday!

And, oh yeah, the Tigers won too!

3K... here we go!

Matt celebrated his 36th (!!!!!) birthday last Monday and Susananah started 3K. She is back in the Sunshine Room with lots of friends from last year and many new ones. These 2 merry Dunbars were excited for their big days. 

 And this sweet little guy stayed home with me :( 

He was definitely sad to see his sister go. 

Hopefully I can convince him that mommy is just as much fun as Suzy!

Balloons!

During Amanda and Frank's visit, we go to see a pretty awesome hot air balloon show. 

 Freedom Aloft happens just down the road in Simpsonville. 

We all had a great time watching the balloons! 

 Susannah was amazed by the humongous balloons!

 We loved all the different colors. 

Coleman has started saying, "Boon!" when he sees anything that looks like a balloon. 

 We really tried to get a family picture!

 I think there were a few too many distractions!

 This balloon landed right across the street from us!

What a cool way to spend an evening! 

Aunt Mana and Uncle Frank's Visit

Aunt Mana and Uncle Frank are AWESOME! 

We had such a wonderful visit from Aunt Mana and Uncle Frank in May (how embarrassing that I am just now posting this?!?!). They came all the way from San Fran to visit us and celebrate sweet Coleman's birthday. Is that love, or what?!?!? We did lots of super-fun things with them and enjoyed every minute of being together.  

I especially loved busting out all the maternity clothes for Aunt Mana. Good Ole Southwest Airlines let her check a TUB full of maternity clothes to keep her comfortable while she awaits the arrival of my sweet niece in November. I cannot wait to hold that sweet baby and watch my sister settle into motherhood. She is already so wonderful with children and finds such joy in the little things. In my opinion, she's all set to be a terrific mommy! 

When Aunt Mana was here, she had not yet had the gender reveal ultrasounds, so there was much speculation about whether she would be having a girl or a boy. Luckily, Suz helped us out with that. After much consideration and a few moments of staring into Aunt Mana's belly button, Susannah has decided this baby is a girl. She has also named the baby "Hecky." And before you ask, I have NO idea where she comes up with this stuff. I promise I don't go around saying, "Ah, heck!"

We started our adventures with the Scottish parade on Main St. Suz loved the music and the kilts, but we were all very disappointed that there wasn't any candy! 

 Uncle Frank and Coleman became fast friends, and after seeing Uncle Frank tolerate multiple assaults on his computer by both Dunbar children and have companions in his lap or hovering near his face while on important work calls, I have to say that Uncle Frank's patience is quite possibly the 8th Wonder of the World. If only I could bottle that patience and break it out around 4 pm every day!

 She doesn't look like a menace... but those ornery wheels are a-turnin!

Here is the 1 year old on the morning of May 27, 2012. He is enjoying some watermelon!

Even though it was Coleman's birthday, Aunt Mana arrived with appropriate gifts for the little princess.

 And, once again, Uncle Frank's patience impressed us all as he worked on the paper dolls 

for a solid hour!

We enjoyed the balloons long after the birthday party! 

And enjoyed beautiful weather signaling the beginning of summer. 

And, some more delicious watermelon, of course. 

An evening train ride before bed...

And a parting shot I just could not resist! 

More pictures to come from our summer adventures. Stay tuned! 

Sweet Snuggles

How sweet is this? 

 Just checking out a little Noah's Ark Lift-the-Flaps.

 Sneaking a few kisses from the brother. 

 Now that Coleman can get up and down on the couch, he and Susannah spend a little bit of time snuggling there everyday. 

 It's pretty fun to watch. Sometimes I can catch some smiles. 

 Or silliness. 

Right now, Coleman loves Susannah and Susannah loves Coleman. 

I only hope this lasts forever!