home sweet home

Now that we are home, I have to sort through all 1, 000 pictures.

Yes, one thousand.

Here are a few of the everyday things we did in Ohio...

walking to the "blue candy store" from Grandma and Grandpa Cooper's house

surviving a freak accident..

Jack literally ran into the kitchen, and ran right

into Ken, who was holding a plate.

Jack got hit pretty hard, the plate shattered...eating frozen custard with cousinswant some?

spinning with the big kids at the park and spinning a little slower :)wearing a pinata hat

(from a family playdate that was more like a party!)practicing swinging, "big kid" stylemaking more animal friendsplaying in a gigantic ball pit...

filling up this contraption to later dump them all on his headenjoying the view with Daddy at the Great Lakes Science Centerstopping at the "ball"

(she waved to it every time we drove by)playing with this toy.
I bought it at a garage sale for $5...4 years ago.
I've gotten my money's worth!playing with this toy.
a fan + a ball= magicspeaking of garage sales,
we found this Blue's Clues backpack...for $1.00!stopped at a darling cupcake shop...
wearing a Spongebob apron from the farmers market!playing at the Eagles' Nest
(a kids drop off play area at the grocery store...
why don't we have this here??)making musicand a trip to Uncle Joe's fire station Thank you, family and friends in Ohio.

We had LOTS and LOTS of fun...
(and if you REALLY want to see more...
you can click here!)