October 10 on 10: Lisa

Autumn is in full swing in Ohio so we thought we'd make sure to take advantage of the good weather and beautiful scenery. 

7:00 - these two decided that sleeping in on Saturday is highly overrated and camped out on the couch to watch cartoons. 

7:30- Clancy managed to stay asleep in spite of...

...Zachary who was screaming, probably because he was missing out on the cartoons. 

8:30 - to go with the autumnal theme, I made pumpkin pancakes (free of gluten, lactose, soy and fructose of course).

Zachy loved them. 

Clancy did not - but he did want to show off his fancy new feeding pump. 

Everyone else thought they were a big hit. 

10:00 - the chaos which is getting everyone dressed. I know it's out of focus, but it expresses the feeling of the moment if nothing else. 

11:00 - we're off to have a picnic and hike in Cuyahoga National Park. 

12:00 - Enjoying a little McDonalds in nature. 

1:00 - We hiked around the lake which was really fun - and accomplished one of the plans/goals I had for our family when we moved to Ohio. 

Everything was going well until the very end when we ran into a rather steep staircase with the stroller. 

And then some more stairs to go down. 

3:00 - one tired daddy. 

Colin talked me into quiet time with the iPad. 

And Clancy decided napping is for sissies. Walking in my shoes is always much more fun. 

4:00 - mowing the lawn. It's been a while since he's had time to do the backyard too. 

5:00 - Zachy woke up very grumpy. 

And Alyssa had fun jumping with her friend. 

Overall, a great day.