Lovely September

The First Day of School seems like years ago already, but here are the wee Grossmans, 

heading off to pre-school...

 And 1st Grade! 

 They made their own pizzas that night to celebrate another year of fun and learning.

Preschool is a little bit exhausting. 

 Mom was in Chicago for a few days for work...

 ...and heads out tomorrow for a few days in San Francisco for some more work, so we three are doing a lot of this these days: 

 This month has been epic, weather-wise (we had it coming after a cold summer), so we went to the Farmer's Market this weekend to celebrate the first weekend of our most beautiful season.

 And, then, our annual trip to the orchard for some apple pickin', followed by some applesauce and apple crumble makin'... yum. 

 This morning, Winnie had a date with a little friend to go to a bakery and play in the sandbox, so Jezzie  and I had a date of our own. It's so fun to spend time with the girls separately-- their little personalities shine all the brighter... and this little one just chattered, chattered, chattered the whole bike ride to the library and back--so many stories to tell and questions to ask. Hilarious.