Fall Ball---Rangers

Isaac in his Fall ball uniform. It's quite mismatched but that's how this league is. Very laid back. Much much different from our Summer league.

Playing catcher. His absolute favorite position.

Up to bat.



Swing hard.

Let's try this again.

We ended up having a great Fall season. We had lots of fun and made some great friends! God definitely used Isaac's love of ball to pour blessings on the whole family!

Hocking Hills

Cantwell Cliffs.
Yikes that's steep. And Narrow.

Was it really my idea to come here? What was I thinking? Okay here I go.
Isaac made it down safely.

Asher needed a little help.

Whew we all made it! In one piece:)
This was Maia's favorite part . She loved climbing the big boulders.

She's brave and cute!!

Isaac was a bit hard to keep track of. He kept trying to get ahead of us!

Asher was a bit nervous. We were pretty high up! And it dropped straight down!

On to the hike.

A little help over the log for Asher. But check out Maia jumping off!
Isaac gave a helping hand:

All in a row!

More help from big brother. Look at that adoring face.

self portrait.

Couldn't not get one with my sweet girl too:)

amazed at how big this tree was.

Lagging behind. Of course I'm even further behind!! Steps again? Oh my!!

Checking out the position of the sun to figure out what time it was.
Maia and daddy squeezing through fat woman's squeeze. Yes that is the name of it!!

Me barely squeezing through fat woman's squeeze! Seriously it was kinda scary going through it. Felt like it was gonna close in on me.

Heading back.
Okay so really thought I was gonna die after the first part of our adventure. Talk about a lot of steps and climbing!! But we finally made it back to the car. Then we headed to Ash Cave. I wasn't sure I'd be able to walk another step!! Thankfully we got a bit lost on the way there so we all had a small rest.

Ash Cave. How appropriate right?

Daddy and his boy!

It was like a ginormous sandbox!

Maia and Isaac trying to discover where the water is coming from.

Trying to catch the drips from above.

He was in his element all day long.

Everytime I turned around he was climbing something else!

Isn't he handsome?

He got it from him!!

The kids were playing in the sand so we played around with the camera:)

Nothing's better than lots of sand and great big rocks.

She thinks so too!! I don't think we have EVER been as dirty as we were at the end of this day:) We will be heading back for sure as we didn't even see a fraction of all there is at Hocking Hills!!!

Asher's First Day at Mom's Day Out

Three little lunchboxes for three little kiddo's.

All ready to go. He was very excited about his Batman lunchbox.
Can't take pictures without Isaac worming his way into them.Alright enough already mom!!
Seriously momCan't we just GO already?
I'm leaving with or without you.
Finally we made it here. But mom I do have a question.Asher: You're gonna leave me here right?

Me: Yep Asher I am gonna drop you off and then I'm gonna go home.

Asher: Mommy, said in a shaky voice, are you gonna pick me back up?.

Me: Of course I'll pick you up!! I'll probably be the very first mommy here because I'll miss you so much I won't know what to do without you!!

Asher: Oh good. Because I don't know the way home:)

Me: Silly boy!! I would NEVER make you walk home:) Especially from clear across town on the other side of 270!!

Finally in his room. Notice the astronaut puzzle in his hand. Yep he was in heaven!!

Couple of other tidbits from the day. Asher is in the elephant room. He has a little elephant name tag pinned to his back and I have the corresponding elephant with his number on it. This little laminated elephant is how I claim and pick my child up at the end of the day. I lost it on the very first day!!! I was freaking out that they wouldn't let me bring him home:) I did end up finding it at the very last minute!

When we were on the bridge to pass over the river Asher said "good morning river!!" He has done this every single time I have taken to school since then.

After I picked him up I asked him if he would like to go 2 days a week. I think I was secretly hoping he would say he missed me so much and that one day a week was enough for him. He was real quiet for a minute and I thought maybe he didn't understand what I was asking. Then he said no he wanted to go THREE days a week!! LOL Guess he liked it huh?

He said his favorite part of that first day was hammering nails into styrofoam blocks!! He also loved music class and happily showed off his hand where the teacher had stamped it.

After school I took him to get a cupcake as a special treat.