Farmer Jack & Farmer Mimi

Everyday just as the sun starts to lower Farmer Jack and Farmer Mimi go out to the garden to harvest fresh veggies and herbs for dinner and lunch the next day. Jack eats at least 2 dozen cherry tomatoes a day right of the vine. It's funny because Ben still won't eat fresh tomatoes because when he was little a warm fresh cherry one off the vine exploded in his mouth...Jack on the other hand thinks that exploding in the mouth think is just great.

Certainly have enjoyed being home during tomato season! Thank you Mimi & Papa for all of your hard work with garden, I have appreciated it everyday for almost a month at  on a slice of german rye for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. So yummy! Everything tastes a million times better when it is garden fresh (and I've been getting an excuse to try lots new recipes because of the garden abundance)!

AAAHHAPPLE

A few days before we headed back to Chicago Jack learned how to clearly and very excitedly say APPLE...it comes out like AAAHHAPPLE. He started saying it at his buddies Cooper's house, and then calling Cooper "Apple", so I wasn't really sure if Jack actually knew what the word meant. One of his first commands when we went to go visit Oma and Opa was "AAAHHAPPLE". Opa said "You want an Apple let's go pick one!". He took Jack out to the Apple tree and the kid was ecstatic that not only did Opa understand what he wanted but he got to grab them off the tree himself and eat as many as he wanted. It was super cute! At a young age Jack is learning that his fruits and veggies don't just come from the grocery store or fridge drawer:)

Mrs. Rinker...Spanish Teacher

The new Mrs. Rinker just started her job as a Spanish Teacher at Wheaton Academy! We are so proud of her so we wanted to make a trip out to see the school, her adorable classroom, and meet her cheerleaders. As you can only imagine Jack LOVED the cheer practice! So fun to see Lala in action. She is a natural!

GR Trip

What a week of travel last week was! Alabama to Kentucky, than to Chicago, next a day trip to Milwaukee, and then a night trip to Grand Rapids! All within 6 days. Good thing that we are all happy travelers. Jack is getting easier to travel with each time. Easier meaning the less stuff I have to take to occupy him with. Movies are finally working. And he loves looking out the windows to spot "TRUCKS"!!! Snacks, a juice, and a movie and we are set to go.

It is always great when we head up to the Postma household because everyone is there! Means a lot to us that all of the siblings come over and hang out with us when we are in town. Jack is a ladies man, so he loved playing with his Aunts. He can clearly say "KT". It is cute:) Jack's cousin Noah is 10 months old, the boys don't play together yet but I am hoping by Christmas they will. Watching Jack and Noah interact is great. I now know what people are talking about with the second kid being more content as they have the older first child to entertain them. Plus Noah is just so sweet and chill!

Quick trip but a great one!
Hopefully we will see everyone much more now that we are moving closer to "Pure Michigan".

I dropped my lenses cap through the deck so the boys literally took it apart for me to retrieve it!