Fall, Food, and Philly

Fall is coming! Alyssa and I went on a nature walk and took some pictures with the leaves. It still is mostly green, but there are lots of colors that are slowly manifesting themselves. Alyssa's hair fits so well with fall.

Alyssa turned 6 months last week. With this milestone we are trying out a few foods. We might have ruined her rice cereal appetite because we were a little too quick to give her the good stuff like graham crackers and apples. She chews on apples and celery because it helps her to feel a part of dinner. Apples, however, are becoming too dangerous! She can gnaw chunks of them off which requires us to go sweeping. She is not a very neat eater, but she does like food!

On Friday we went to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! We rode the SEPTA, which eliminated city driving! We saw Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence was signed (August 2, 1776 rather than July 4, 1776) as well as the Constitution. We strolled around Washington Square where there is the tomb of the unknown soldier from the Revolutionary War. We toured the US Mint where we saw lots of conveyor belts running without much explanation. It was a little colder than we had anticipated but by the look on Alyssa's face it was all a bit of a joke anyway! {Yes, I accidentally put the same pic on twice. Oops :)}