Beach Nutts!

The Nutts are on vacation. We flew to sunny California on Sunday and have been having a great time. Our trip through LAX was a little crazy with two over tired kids but we made it. Poor Molly got the stomach flu so she and Daddy spent the whole first day of the trip cooped up at the Hampton Inn. Tuesday she woke up and was flleing better so we headed to the beach. Sunset beach is a beautiful beach and we were the only ones enjoying it!

Daddy and the girls got right to work building a sand castle. Molly found lots of seashells to add an extra special touch! Margot loved process as well.
They also loved the water. Molly went right in even though the water was freezing. Marogt was a little hesitant of the waves. It was hilarious to watch her face as the waves came in. She could not figure out what was going on!
We took a moment for a family photo op. Not bad considering that I snapped the photo myself!
A fun shot of Molly watching the waves. It really is a blessing to watch the world through the eyes of our children.

The Nutts family toes on the Pacific coast!

This video is hilarious. You have to watch all the way to the end....

I am sure that we will have many more adventures to come!

Ralph, Ralph, Ralph!!!!!

Today we headed out in the rain to see one of our favorite performers who had come all the way to Peoria, RALPH, from Ralph's world on the Disney channel. It was supposed to be a cool outdoor music festival but thanks to all the rain we moved inside and had our own personal rock concert. The rain kept lots of folks away, but as a result we had front row seats!

Margot danced through the whole show with a blue sucker in her mouth loving every minute! Molly and Daddy headed up on stage with Ralph during the show and right under the guitar is our little red headed buddy, Bobby!
Molly was a big girl and told daddy she wanted to dance on the stage with Ralph all by herself. She did a great job playing the air guitar.
Daddy and Molly danced to the POLKA!
This little guy was great. He had a blue guitar, signed by Ralph and he rocked out through the entire show, hopefully his parents got lots of video, he stole the show!
Ralph put on an amazing show! Thanks for making the trip to P-town.
Molly, Margot and I got to the show early and were able to see Ralph warming up and doing a sound check.
Margot dancing with blue sucker in hand.
Molly was showing off all her cool moves!

Bobby, isn't he adorable! We got his cute shirt signed by Ralph.

A little taste of the concert just for you! Can you swim, swim swim with Ralph, too!

Fall fun Nights...

We have been loving the Midwest weather lately, besides the torrential rain, we have had beautiful fall weather. The girls and I have been out enjoying it as much as possible. We have taken walks, spent time at the park, the apple orchard and riden our bikes.

Last night Molly was out showing off her skills on her big girl bike. She has gotten very brave and will ride on the sidewalk down about 5 houses before turning toward home. It is fun to see her experimenting with her new found freedom. It is her first set of wheels!
We have even broken out the fall clothes. Aren't they cute in their matching orange!
Molly's latest favorite movie is a circus VHS tape that I was given when I was 10 years old. She loves watching the clown and the couple that does tricks on the high wire. This is her very own rendition of the high wire on Daddy's legs. Hopefully she won't run off with the circus.
Molly and Margot both helped me make chocolate chip cookies. They took turns dumping in the ingredients and tried their hand at using the electric mixer. This was the first time that I really was able to share my love of cooking with them. They had a great time and Mommy did too! Daddy also loved the end result.
Our Belle! She is one of our new additions. She is a sweet little kitty that has taken a liking to sleeping in the napkin basket in the middle of the kitchen table.

Firsts for the Nutts

The McNutts have tried some new activities this weekend. Molly and Margot love ice cream just like every kid, right? So mommy and daddy decided to introduce them to the wonder of Magic Shell. It was a real hit. They sat and their little table and savored every bite. Margot's favorite part was blowing on the chocolate to make it harden. She even blew on the ice cream after she had eaten all the Magic Shell, I don't know but I think she thought it might make more chocolate appear!









Another first was Margot buttering her own roll with the butter knife. She was so proud of herself. She is getting to be such a big girl. It was fun watching her even though she managed to mutilate an entire stick of butter in the process.

A week in review...

We had a fun start time last week with our first trip to Tanner's Apple Orchard. It is our family's favorite fall playplace. We took our friends the Anderson's for their first visit. The girls love all the play equipment especially the train and Noah's Ark. Marogt also tried out her role as a true Peorian riding on a CAT tractor. She looks pretty good up there!
Later in the week we headed up north to visit Nanu and Papa and we took a side trip to the DuPage children's museum. It was a great visit because it was not crowded. Molly and Margot got to make crazy hats in the art room and they did a great job modeling them.
Our friends Ashley and Logan met us there along with their mommy. They are friends from Peoria who are living in the Chicago suburbs for a few months with CAT. It was great to get to spend a little time with them at the museum and of course we had a fun lunch in downtown Naperville.

Then on Tuesday my baby, Molly started preschool. She was so proud to go to school with her princess backpack in tow. I can not believe that she has gotten big so quickly. It seems like yesterday that we brought her home from the hospital and now we are sending her off to school. How time flies! We love you our little school goer... Molly did great on her first day she ran right in to Mrs. Wilson's class and never looked back. She was so proud to tell me that she was chosen to put the 2 on the calendar. We are looking forward to many more highlights this year!