Olivia's Ice Skating Lesson

Yay!!!! I finally made it up.
Still down on my knees....this is not as easy as it looks.
Trying to get up on 2 feet with the help of my teacher.
All laced up and ready to step out onto the ice for the first time. Olivia is taking beginner ice skating lesson at the outdoor rink in Glencoe.

Playtime

Wheeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Liv ready to help Hudson down the slide.
Olivia ready to go down the slide.
Hudson sitting in the center of one of his race track toys.

Hudson peeking out from behind the chair. He is one ornery little guy getting into lots of trouble all day long.

We dressed up Hudson in one of Olivia's tutus and a few necklaces. Needless to say, he was not very happy about it.

Halloween

Olivia and Hudson ready for trick-or-treating.
Olivia all dressed up for Halloween with make up to match.
Olivia as Princess Mulan.

Pumpkin Patch

Olivia and Hudson on the dragon ride together. Olivia was such a good sister in that she took care of Hudson on his first ever park ride.
Olivia feeding the goats at the petting zoo.
Olivia and mom after the giant slide ride. Olivia needed a little push from mom to get down otherwise she would have walked all the way back down and left mom all alone at the top.
Liv on another pony ride. I think horse riding lessons are going to be in Olivia's future.
Hudson riding his car amongst all the pumpkins.
Olivia at Didier Pumpkin farm.

Firefighter Party

Liv is all ready for the obstacle course - - crawling through tunnels, carrying hoses and putting fireman jackets on and off. 3 year olds and obstacle courses make for an interesting combination.
Liv and mom
Olivia sitting in the fire truck.
Olivia went to her friend, Fischer's, 3rd birthday party where an actual fire truck and fireman came to talk about fire prevention. The fire truck and its horn were a huge hit.

Apple Holler

Gigi and Olivia after a morning of apple picking. We ended up leaving with 3 big bags of apples.

Hudson munching away on his freshly picked apple.
Olivia and her bag of apples that she carefully picked.
The Gingue's at Apple Holler.
Olivia and her mom on the hayride out to the apple trees.
Olivia had so much fun feeding the goats. They came right up and licked the food right out of your hand.
Last weekend we took a trip to an apple orchard in Wisconsin.

Just chilling on the swings.
Hudson and Olivia on their way to the park. As you can see we have had to break out the Patagonia jackets and hats.

Hudson playing with his birthday balloons. This was an entertaining activity that lasted for about 30 minutes and resulted in lots of giggles.

Hudson loves his new car that he got from Nana and Pop Pop for his birthday. Vroom!!! Vroom!!!

Olivia's 1st Day of School

Olivia and Maddie.
Olivia all dressed up for her first day of school at GJK. She loves her new teachers, Ms. Laurie and Ms. Jacqueline.

Hudson's 1st Birthday

All gone and so good. Happy Birthday Hudson!!! Mom, Dad and Liv love you so much.
Picking it apart very carefully.
I think I enjoy my cupcake with the chocolate icing.
Getting help from dad with blowing out my candle.
Hudson with mom and Deve.
Hudson posing with his mom.

Gingue family portrait.

Look at our messy eater!!!!

Olivia looking cute with pigtails.

Olivia cracking Hudson up with lots of tickles.

Hudson all smiley standing up in his crib.

Chilling in the laundry basket while mom folds the laundry.

This is one of Hudson's favorite activities - he likes to swing the door open and close between the kitchen and dining room. Then he likes to scoot his tiny little self in between before the door closes. He gets the biggest laugh out of this.