October happenings:

a.)  Introducing warm caramel apple cider.... Yummo!  Grace made a funny face after every sip and said, "I don't like it." .... And then went back for more!   b.)  Helping Grandpa and Dad fix the bunk beds.  All tools in hand if needed and safety first.  c.)  One happy Rainbow Drake:  Making us a bubble nest!  We love him!

More Facebook Fun

Pictures are coming soon!  Until then - a little more Facebook Post Fun:


September 6th.....Just tried Cooper's winter wardrobe on him and apparently the only things that have grown are his arms. ?!?!?! AND, I just made him stop licking the picture window. (long pause) Something strange about that little man!


September 10th....After watching Uncle Ben race in his triathlon this morning, my children have been inspired! At dinner they decided they wanted to do one, so after our bike ride tonight, they both found their shoes (and took a potty break - a terrible transition time!) and went for a run! I'm thinking of hosting a MiniTri next summer for them and their friends! Too cute!


October 7th.....Grace to Monica: "We like the Tigers. We don't like the Yankees." "Oh, yeah - Why?" "Because the Yankees are cheaters." "What?!" "Yeah - they cheat. They have more money than everyone else. Cheaters." Take that evil Yankees! Way to go Tigers!!!


October 13th.....My daughter counts in sign language on one hand when doing math problems... So very cool but will totally freak out a teacher some day!!!! :) Love my mornings with her!


October 14th..... So, I can set my washer to wash and finish when I get home.... run my dishwasher while I'm out..... start a crock pot to have dinner ready on time. Some day I'm going to have a Roomba to sweep while I'm gone, too. And maybe I'll get those Scrubbing Bubbles automatic toilet and shower washers too. Now I just need a Rosie to move the laundry and empty the dishwasher and we're totally the Jetsons!

Nature

The kids brought me this caterpillar today.  Grace touched a bug!  That's crazy! 

Pool Closed

After 10 years of pool ownership you would think we would have it all figured out.  And for the most part, we do.  But when we heard a guy say, "I don't close mine until November - it saves on chemicals."  we thought, "Why not?  Sounds good."  Yeah - not so much.  I'm guessing his pool is not sitting next to a wooded lot.  So, on October 2, we finally got the pool closed.  The kids helped watch for "the pink stuff" and were able to just play all over the yard while we worked.  (I still remember having the neighbor girl down to play with Grace while we worked - how nice it is that they are growing up! - Not long now till they will do it for us, right?!)  They are good at picking up sticks and putting them in the fire pit.  Also, Grace almost fell in while watching, but my mommy reflexes finally worked and I caught her!  She has a small scratch on her side but was mostly just scared!  It was a beautiful day except for the leaves that had to be repeatedly skimmed out throughout the whole process.  It was a very productive day, but lesson learned. 

I am blessed

I have a great husband who works very hard so that I can stay home with our children and do fun stuff like catch a show (Skippy John Jones!) at the Honeywell Center and take time to watch the deer IN OUR YARD.

My time with them is rapidly coming to an end as they continue to get older and closer to school age. (AHHHHHHHH!) It seems every day that I am reminded how very blessed I am to have a husband who wanted this for our family as much as I did, and works so hard to make sure we can do it.  I will be forever grateful to him - I love him!!!

**You might have to remind me of this if he gets to retire before I do someday, though.... :)**

Volleyball Season

So, I missed the first week of volleyball season with "the plague" this year, so these pictures from last week are the first ones from this year.  I remember hearing Grace say, on the night of the first game, that they needed their picture taken - Tim said no.  Made me smile.  :)  Again, having them be a year older is amazing in the bleachers!  They take stuff to do and keep pretty well entertained.  The first game I made it to, Grace was keeping stats and the score on her wipe board!  That's my girl! 

"You do moose, I'll do superman!"



Party Time!

The wedding reception was the following weekend at Paige's Crossing - Fun times!  Mom was given free reign of the cake table, so a wedding cake was simply not enough!  Monica and I helped do cookies and cake balls!  As usual, Yummo!  Good times were had in the bounce house and arcade, too!