Apple Orchard

 Hi everybody!

I hope you had a great weekend!

Today, we went to the apple orchard and the pumpkin patch.

We had a blast!

Well, except for Leah when she heard that we were going to go on a hay ride. She wasn't so sure about that!

After we got going, she decided it was fun!

 When the hayride was over, we went inside to see how the apples get to the grocery store. They go through a big machine that dumps out the bad apples and packages the good ones.

We got to taste some of the good ones!

 Here's Leah with her good apple!

 YUM!

After picking apples, we picked pumpkins.

It was hard to choose just the right one!

I think mom and dad had a good time too!

They're so silly!

Happy Fall!

Brynn

What do you want for your birthday???

The girls ask every day if it is their birthday yet.
"Not yet, but soon!" I tell them.
Yesterday, the girls told a lady at the mall that it is almost their birthday, and soon they are going to have a party.
"What do you want for your birthday?" the lady nice lady  asked.
Here are their answers:

Brynn answered: Nothing, just some cake
Maryn answered: Stickers
Leah answered: A car or a rocket ship

Can you pick the high maintenance triplet?

:)

Our week in pictures

Strep round 3 in 2 months.

Last week, all 3 girls got strep throat AGAIN!

(and I feel like we just got rid of it! Oh, yeah...we did!)

Maryn was running 104.5 temp and we had to go in to have some blood drawn to check her white cell count.

The doctor couldn't help but laugh when she told me what a strong willed child I have. Maryn wanted NOTHING to do with having her blood drawn...and she let EVERYBODY know.

It took 2 adults to hold her down.

You go, Maryn! Your strong will will serve you well in life!

Leah missed her STAR of the WEEK day at school because we were at home sick.

Here were some of her questionaire answers.

(she answered these questions totally on her own)

LEAH MARIE JONSWOLD

Favorite Food: Chicken

Favorite Color: Pink

Favorite Thing to Do: Wear Sparkle Shoes, Play Soccer and Play Polly Pocket and Mermaids

Show and Tell Item: Pink Blankie

A few other note worthy things about Leah: You have to "hog tie" her to get her to wear pants. She ALWAYS wants to wear a dress or a skirt.

She LOVES putting on mommy's make-up.

Leah often tells me her name is Leah Misslisabeth (yes, Misslisabeth, not Elizabeth)...guess I picked the wrong middle name for her :)

Love you my star of the week!

This week, Brynn stepped on a bee hive and was stung 8+ times.

Praise God that she is not allergic!!

A little ice and some hydrocortizone cream and she is okay!

She's one tough cookie!

Hopefully, life returns to normal this week!

Shake Your Booty

Mom was speaking at church today, which means we got to be there for the sound check.
Let me tell you, that band ROCKS!

The Jonswold's Model...Take 1

A couple of weeks ago we got to meet Ms. Kathy Quirk-Syevertsen. She is a local artist/photographer who wants us to do some modeling for her. We really liked playing with Ms. Kathy! Guess what?! She was a child model when she was a little girl, and when she got older she worked in the fashion industry.
I (Leah) think it would be really fun to be a fashion model. Today, mommy tried to make me wear some old tennis shoes. "No way", I told her "sparkle shoes or bust!"
Pink sparkle shoes and my pink purse for my Great Grandpa's 94th birthday party! I looked great, if I do say so myself.
Here are some of our test shots.

No More Nonnie (For Real This Time!)

Yesterday was the day!
We talked about it for a long time, but I hoped it would never really happen.

Yesterday, I gave up my nonnie.

(I am not sure if it was more sad for me or for my mommy)

When I woke up in the morning, mommy and I decorated a box for me to put my nonnie and other baby stuff in.

I went on a search through the house for all of my nonnies.

(Mommy and Mimi made me take them out of all of my best hiding places....darn!)

I thought maybe I could get one last little taste while it was in the box.

That's not cheating, right?

Then, we packed the nonnies up in the box and brought them over to baby Natalie to have.

I hope she loves my nonnies as much as I did.

I think she will! She was very happy when I gave them to her!

I even showed her how they work the best!

I thought I was going to be okay, until it was time to go. As we pulled away from the house, I got pretty nervous. I didn’t cry, but I did feel pretty sad.
I thought I would miss my nonnies really bad.

But you know what, being a big girl isn't as hard as I thought.

I have only asked mommy and daddy for my nonnie once.

They just had to remind me that we gave them to the baby so that she isn't sad.

I got a new "Snow Bear" for being such a big girl.

There was nothing to worry about mom.

I am doing great!

Love,

Maryn