September started out with the building of the sandbox in the back yard. Arne and his dad spent Labor Day laboring in the yard to build a sturdy sandbox with a cover.
Liam enjoyed helping out Grandpa and Dad and everyone enjoyed playing in it once the building was done.
Elsa took her swim test and graduated to Level 2. We are very proud of how great a swimmer she now is.
I stopped in Singapore to visit an old office mate on a work trip to India.
A highlight in India was drinking fresh sugar cane juice.
While Karna was in India, Arne had a number of adventures with the kids. One day Liam left his bottle on the sofa and the cushions got wet. Arne pulled the cushions off the sofa to see if they would need to be washed. Elsa started bouncing on the sofa like it was a trampoline. Then she fell onto the pile of cushions on the floor. Liam copied her. Soon they were both squealing with laughter and the the spilled milk was forgotten. Later Elsa called it her rocket ship and called herself "Space Girl".
They had great bath time dress up time.
And they picked a lot of apples from Arne's childhood apple tree (he planted it from a seed in elementary school).
Once I was home, Elsa and I made several apple desserts - cupcakes, cake, pie, and crisp. There are still more apples to cook.
We are looking forward to a great autumn!
