Happy Birthday Jonah and Eli!!

Oh, and Todd and Brandi, too!! Last night we celebrated the many November birthdays in the Driy family. Eli turned 5 this week, Jonah will be 3 on "Nobember Firty," and Todd and Brandi are... older than me :) We enjoyed some yummy pizza, and the boys opened lots of presents.. though the Cars balloons were one of the biggest hits of the night! One of Jonah's favorite gifts was his new VeggieTales umbrella.. he is now wishing for rain since we won't let him open it in the house anymore!

Jonah sporting his new "Bob" shirt

the boys each got their own cake to blow out candles on!

Happy Birthday everyone!!

meet Edward...

Yesterday we went with Auntie Liz to Westshore Mall to see the baby tigers. We weren't planning to play with them... but as Auntie said "its a once in a lifetime experience!" Oh wait, we did it last year too, Auntie! :) So we got to spend 8 minutes in 8 week old Edward's cage playing with him, petting him, and we even got to give him his bottle! Suprisingly Jonah warmed right up to him and wasn't afraid at all, dispite being scared at bedtime lately that lions and water buffalo are going to get him. They also had a bigger tiger, a baby kangaroo, and some baby monkeys who were quite funny to watch because they did NOT want to be in their cage!

Thanks Auntie!

Trick or Treat!

Last night we took our cute little pirate out trick or treating. We visited some of our neighborhood friends, and then went to see great-grandpa and grandma Maat and Auntie Liz and Uncle Jonny. Jonah loved trick or treating and wanted to eat everything as soon as it went in his bucket. ;) I think we've got enough candy to last until next Halloween!

Fall

It's hard to believe that in my last post Jonah was wearing shorts and a t-shirt! Fall is definately here now! I love all of the changing colors in the trees, and the fun things fall has to offer. We have taken advantage of the last couple weekends to do some of those fun things.
This morning we drove out to Green Acres Farmers Market out towards Grand Haven so Jonah could pick out a pumpkin. Don't ask me why we go all the way out there for over-priced pumpkins, but we have the last couple of years :) It is fun because they literally have MOUNTAINS of pumpkins to choose from, so Jonah likes to go through searching for the best one. I think maybe next year though we will need to start a new tradition and go to a pumpkin patch. Any suggestions of a good one we should visit?



This is Jonah modeling his sweater that his Great Grandma Driy made for him (she made one for all of the cousins.) Jonah loves it because it is very warm and cozy.

Last weekend we went to Crane's in Fennville to pick apples. Jonah loved to pick every apple he could reach :) We didn't stay long because it was alot chillier there than it was at home, so we just quick picked enough for a few apple crisps (if Jonah doesn't eat them all before I make it!) and then went to enjoy some delicious donuts and hot apple cider. Yumm!!

Daddy's Little Helper

my boys fixin the car together

Labor Day Weekend

We spent a nice relaxing Labor Day weekend up in Cadillac with the family. On Friday we drove up early and spent the afternoon canoeing down the Manistee River. It was beautiful and peaceful... well, for the first half hour or so, until Jonah got sick of sitting and we had to dive across the canoe to keep him from jumping in! Besides being a little restless, he loved it.. he had alot of fun looking for turtles and helping daddy row the boat- I had it pretty easy since Jonah stole my oar for most of the trip. :) Then Jonah had a blast playing in the FREEEEZING cold river with daddy when we were done, and riding in the bus back to our car with no carseat!

We spent most of the rest of the weekend just laying on the beach, taking boat rides, swimming, daddy did some jet-skiing, and playing catch on the hill. What a perfect end to summer, though I am not ready for summer to be over! Hopefully we'll get a few more nice weekends in before the snow flies!

Binder Park Zoo

On Wednesday Jonah and I took a fun trip to Binder Park Zoo with Grammie and Auntie. It was a fun day of seeing lots of animals and we had perfect weather!

Jonah and a monkey
Sharing a drink with Auntie

Riding on the Zebra Tram with Jonah's new giraffe

Jonah, Grammie and the bull -- this one's for you , Grandpa! :)

We got to feed the giraffe some lettuce

Auntie, Jonah and Marty the Zebra :)