Trip to the apple orchard

We tried out a new apple orchard this year on the advice of friends. It was very fun and Kade really enjoyed himself. He has already been asking when he can go again. Aside from having to drive to Greenfield for it, it was easy and cheap fun.

Rewards!

Well, most of you probably have heard that we have been having some serious bedtime issues with Kade since Corinne was born a couple of months ago. It has really thrown me for a loop since Kade has always went to bed easily and stayed there the entire night. I have decided that some of it is due to having a new baby sister and some of it is just his age. Anywho...We had to change some things up. Last week I made up a sticker chart and explained things to Kade. He gets a sticker for every night that he stays in his bed and in his room without coming out. After filling up a row on the chart he gets to pick a "prize" out of the cup. I wrote out special things that Kade likes to do on little slips of paper and folded them up. Then I put them into a cup for him to pick from. This morning was the big morning. He had successfully stayed in his room for 6 nights and filled up an entire row on his chart with stickers. He was really excited and picked his prize out of the cup. The slip of paper he choose said we could go get ICE CREAM. Exciting! So, we made a trip to get some ice cream later on in the day. I didn't have my camera when we went to get the icecream but here are some pictures of the chart and him holding his prize slip of paper. The other pic is of Corinne in her pretty sunday dress. (had to include one of her)

I'm a big slacker!

Hello! I feel like a total slacker for my lack of posts in recent months. Things in the McDermott household are slowly starting to get back to "normal". Actually we are getting into a new normal as we get used to being a family of four! Corinne is doing wonderfully. She was at the doctor last week and she is a little over 11 lbs. now. She is really getting some rolls and chubby cheeks that are so fun to pinch and kiss. She is a happy baby and pretty easy going. She reminds me a lot of Kade as a baby.

Kade is doing well also. He has taken to being a big brother and loves his little sister very much! If we can just get him to be a little more gentle we will be set. :) He is so proud of her and just wants to be close to her all the time...sometimes a little TOO close. He is still going to his preschool two days a week and loves it. He has a very nice teacher this year and couldn't be happier with "school".

We are so excited about the fall weather and the close of another season. Christmas will be here before we know it! I am not ready for that! I go back to work my two days in early October. I am nervous about being away from Corinne but I know she will be fine. Here are a few new pictures for you all.