Preschool Days and September Fun

September has been jam-packed with fun times around Charlotte. Noah kicked off the month (after the camping disaster) with his first day of preschool. He walked right in, grabbed the school bus toy and started playing… didn’t even look back at me. His teachers tell us he loves school and does great there.

First day of pre-school. September 2, 2014.

Next up was our neighborhood’s annual Greek Festival at the Greek Orthodox Church a couple of blocks from our house. Over the five-day festival, it seemed like all of Charotte descended on our neighborhood. There was lots of traffic, music and the smell of greek food in the neighborhood. We hit up the festival twice and Noah got his first taste of carnival rides and Greek donuts.

The fun continued with a visit from Uncle Danny and Aunt Rita. We had a blast showing them around Charlotte and Noah loved building train tracks and playing animal flash cards with them.

He loved this giant slide!

Noah acting very serious on the train with his friend Maeve. After a few times around the track, he started to realize it was fun. Then he didn’t want to get off!

 

 

Uncle Danny and Aunt Rita

Photobomb by Noah.

Blizzard of 2013

Last week New England was hit with a blizzard for the ages.  In Dover we got more than two feet of snow and in some areas closer to Boston and Connecticut, they received 30 inches! The wind was also blowing like crazy and created huge snow drifts and buried our cars (and recycling bins… still unaccounted for…).

After 2 days of digging out.

Hanging out on top of a snow drift

Hitting the woods for a little snowshoeing.

Greylock loves snow… but with it piled up outside the door, he thought it was some sort of obstacle.  He quickly jumped outside once he realized it was just snow.

Mt. Major …aka… Noah’s 2nd Hike

With a beautiful Labor Day weekend ahead of us, we decided to hit up Mount Major, about 45 minutes north of us in New Hampshire. With Noah and Greylock in tow, we set off on a lovely, but strenuous hike. (To clarify, Dave will tell you it was moderate, but I’m sticking with strenuous.) Noah enjoyed a smooth ride to the top in the baby bjorn and got almost as many compliments/comments as Greylock. With Noah riding face forward, Dave got many smiles and “oh, how cute”s from many ladies on the trail. We are pretty sure they were talking to Noah though.

All geared up in the parking lot.

View of Lake Winnipesaukee from the summit.

A beautiful view.

Last Hike in VA … For Now

Before we leave Virginia we wanted to take Noah on one of our favorite local hikes. This week we hit up the War Spur Trail in Jefferson National Forest, just 30 minutes or so from where we live in Blacksburg. This is a must-do local hike that we take many of our visitors on … so we figured we have to take the newest member of our family!  Greylock was thrilled to finally get out on more than a neighborhood walk… the first big excursion for him since Noah was born.

Dave rocking the sling/Countdown to a sore back.

Noah slept most of the way… I guess he wasn’t impressed by the awesome view! We gave him a chance to check it out before tucking him back in the wrap.