More on Lake Superior

Our monkey girl, Maggie, could have climbed around on rocks all day. Piper spent the day filling her tiny pockets full of rocks.

A Day on the Big Lake (aka Lake Superior )

While the pictures look beautiful and sunny, I cannot tell a lie, it was pretty cold! Our timing was perfect, so we were able to watch a huge Iron Ore ship pass through the canal and under the Duluth lift bridge. We did a little research when we got home and found out that the ship we saw is about 200 feet longer than the Titanic. There is a great little museum there, Maggie filled up on interesting facts that she has been quizzing us on ever since and Seamus looked at maps. My favorite pic here is when the guys on the ship were waving at Seamus! Piper would have waved, but her hand was stuck in the camera case...

A Day Up North!

We celebrated my birthday with a sleepover at Camp BT and an afternoon in Duluth... in a word - PERFECT! These are pics from a hike we took at camp. Piper was all about running to keep up with the big kids. The best part was her chanting "running, I running" behind them the whole way. I promise we were laughing with her, not at her (okay, fine, we were cracking up at her all day)! Piper is pretty small for her age, but her vocabulary is amazing. She is the size of a 12 month old, but talks like a two+ year old - she is 19 months. Our favorite is that she calls Maggie "money", Seamus is "hamy" and she refers to herself as "poppy". We have tried to video her lately, but she wants to be behind the camera... we will try again soon! Thanks to my friend Dee who knitted Piper her gray sweater that matches my favorite sweater :o) pretty funny stuff...

Come for a Visit!

We have a guest room... and soon it will be unpacked!

How can you resist the shenanigans?!

Piper is So Big!

All of the sudden Piper is talking and has an opinion about everything! It's entertaining 90% of the time... exhausting the other 10%.

Fall is Here!

It was a windy day, so the leaves will have to be dealt with, but first we made time to play!

Catching Up!

Well, It was a busy end of summer and start of school as we settled into our new place. Tim and Seamus ditched out on the packing and went north for a BOYS ONLY camping trip... Maggie, Piper and I got everything organized and ready for the move! Here are some fishing pics (Top: Seamus and John-John the Phenomenon, Middle: Seamus with Uncle Greg waiting for the catch of the day, Bottom: Seamus throws in a few lines while dad makes pancakes!: