Our next visitor was Aunt Deb, soon followed by Uncle Pete and Aunt Jen. We had wonderful weather and were able to get out in the sandbox with the kids.
Aunt Deb had fun dragging the kids around in what is now termed the 'leaf pool' as we discovered it makes a great holding bin for leaves before dumping them into the woods. Picture the photo below with Aunt Deb pulling the pool around the yard singing, "Leaf pool's going for a ride, leaf pool's going for a ride...". The kids loved it.
The activity chosen by Rachel for her birthday celebration was the zoo. Although we did bring the camera with us you would never know it based on the photos we have from that trip. At least we got a buffalo on camera!
Later that evening Rachel blew out all the candles on her cake in one fell swoop!
One of Rachel's favorite birthday gifts was a tricycle which she had lots of fun trying out. How nice for her to have so many adults around to help out and cheer her on during her first few runs down the driveway. She never had to pedal her way back up the driveway, instead she would get lifted up and carried, while still on the tricycle, by her favorite aunt or uncle, or by Daddy (see Pete in last photo). She did very well and had lots of fun.
