Doin' the Puyallup

On a rainy Monday, Rob took the twins down and "did" the Puyallup Fair. They had a wonderful time, and it was really great that they are both big enough now for one adult to handle them in this kind of setting.
They really enjoyed the animals, especially the baby piggies and chicks (but unfortunately we managed not to get any pictures of those).

They also had a great time on the kiddy rides.

And they got to interact a bit in a sideshow we stopped in to see.

Here they are fastening their rocketship seatbelts for a ride back in time.

Making Bread

Grandma and Grandpa Yoder were here for a visit recently, and Grandma showed Auggie and Rosie how to make some bread. They had a great time kneading the dough, and both did a pretty good job for first-timers.

Aunt Beth and Cousins Jared and Logan had sent us some carrot seeds way back in the spring. Not having a real garden space here, we planted them in an old flower box out back. We didn't have great luck--only about 6 plants eventually came up--but the kids were excited about it anyway.
The tops got large, but the stubs of the carrots that you could see above the ground were all pretty puny looking, so we weren't expecting much. Imagine our pleasant surprise when we pulled these first two out!

They were both so long that they must have been touching bottom in that flower box! And Auggie pulled out one with "legs"!

These photos were both taken as "self-portraits" --that is they were taken by the subjects holding out the camera in front of them with it facing back at them. The kids thought this was pretty funny.