books & bathtime

Sophia's favorite pasttime is reading! Well, checking herself out in the mirrors in books is probably more like it, but she loves to turn pages too.


And who can resist a great bath? :)

bits and pieces from the fall

... a lovely shot of the leaves in our backyard. They finally turned!

... and the beautiful maple tree at the Orthodox church across the street...

...and our little pumpkin. :)

apple picking!

...and Sophia's first hayride, which I was not expecting. (Who knew the actual orchards we were picking from were so far away and not the ones right by the parking lot?) She did so well though - she just loves being outside, whatever we're doing. I don't think she had a clue what a cute oh-so-traditionally-fall thing we were doing, but whatever. :)




Now that we have yummy Fuji apples coming out of our ears, does anyone have any favorite apple recipes? I already made Sophia some fresh applesauce, but that just made a little dent in the pile.