The month of October
So I have not been the best blogger lately. We have been a little busy but not much. The kids are doing well. Aidan is loving school. We went to the schools open house a few weeks ago. Aidan's teacher said that he is doing great. He is already reading on a 1st grade level and is very good at math. However I think the 7hr days, 5 days a week might be getting to him. We were told to expect an occasional melt down here and there while the kids are getting used to school and we had 3 days of them last week, Friday's was horrible. We were driving home from Target and Aidan went crazy, crying over everything and nothing. Jared and I wished that our van was equipped with a privacy glass to drown out the noise. He is doing better this week. It doesn't help that he is probably a little bit sleep deprived thanks to Adley who for the past several months wakes up at 6am on the dot. This morning it was 5am. Ugh! I went in and found him whispering to a sleeping Aidan that it was time to get up and play Legos. He was quickly placed back in his bed and told to go back to sleep. I don't know how we will deal with Day light savings in Nov - turning back the clocks - Adley will be waking up at 5am every morning. I hope he will adjust quickly.
It is getting colder here and the leaves are changing. We went up to the mountains about 2 weeks ago and had breakfast at the Inn there with the kids. We do this every year and the kids love it. The leaves were beautiful, however the thick fog (visibility about 10-15ft) kept us from hiking.
We are about 75% of the way done with fixing up the house before we sell it. We just have to finish our bathroom - tiling, counters, mirrors, walls. We are also waiting on new cabinet doors - we are refinishing the old cabinet frame. We hope to have the house listed by the beginning of November.
Adley is loving preschool. It was a little bit of an adjustment for him and me in the beginning. He wasn't on his best behavior for a few classes in a row and I was really frustrated. Jared had to keep reminding me that we started him in preschool a year earlier than we did Aidan and that they are different kids. We sat him down and told him what is expected of him while he is at preschool and he has been doing great ever since. I had neglected to take a picture of him on his first, second, third . . . days of school. This last week Jared went on a field trip with him to the apple orchards and we finally got a picture of our preschool boy. He looks forward to school everyday - even though he only goes twice a week - I get asked about it every day.
Eli is doing great. I love this age - 18mos - 2yrs. He is so much fun and is always smiling. He is talking alot more now. New words are: please, out, gumball, up, off, ready, kitty, keys and a few more I can't think of right now. He knows the sounds that a dog and cat make too. The other day we were at Jared's parents house. They have a cat - she is the most tolerant cat I have ever seen. The kids can push and pull on her all day and she will just lay there. Eli is terrified of her. If he walks around the corner and sees her there, he kind of screams and runs the other direction. I tried to get him to pet her but he was so stiff and it wasn't worth trying to force him, he will eventually get used to her.
I have been feeling pretty good lately. Minor aches and pains here and there - been having a sweet tooth lately too (milkshakes, donuts). I know its bad, but some days I can't help myself.
Well I have rambled on long enough - you are well updated now though.
Here are some pictures of the kids.
This was during general conference - it lasted all of 5 minutes. We can at least say we tried.
Carving pumpkins
The finished pumpkins!
For a while now Eli has really been wanting to sit at the table with the family. Our old table only had 4 chairs, and we were using our coffee table while waiting for our new table. We finally packed up his high chair and moved him to a booster seat now that our new table has arrived.
Our new table. It opens up to a square shape and has 8 chairs total.
Eli has learned how to slide a chair over to the cabinet where the cookies are kept. Smart boy!
Adley on his field trip - they also got to pick their own pumpkin from the pumpkin patch.
Adley by a tractor
The boys bathroom redone. We are still trying to find a mirror.
It is getting colder here and the leaves are changing. We went up to the mountains about 2 weeks ago and had breakfast at the Inn there with the kids. We do this every year and the kids love it. The leaves were beautiful, however the thick fog (visibility about 10-15ft) kept us from hiking.
We are about 75% of the way done with fixing up the house before we sell it. We just have to finish our bathroom - tiling, counters, mirrors, walls. We are also waiting on new cabinet doors - we are refinishing the old cabinet frame. We hope to have the house listed by the beginning of November.
Adley is loving preschool. It was a little bit of an adjustment for him and me in the beginning. He wasn't on his best behavior for a few classes in a row and I was really frustrated. Jared had to keep reminding me that we started him in preschool a year earlier than we did Aidan and that they are different kids. We sat him down and told him what is expected of him while he is at preschool and he has been doing great ever since. I had neglected to take a picture of him on his first, second, third . . . days of school. This last week Jared went on a field trip with him to the apple orchards and we finally got a picture of our preschool boy. He looks forward to school everyday - even though he only goes twice a week - I get asked about it every day.
Eli is doing great. I love this age - 18mos - 2yrs. He is so much fun and is always smiling. He is talking alot more now. New words are: please, out, gumball, up, off, ready, kitty, keys and a few more I can't think of right now. He knows the sounds that a dog and cat make too. The other day we were at Jared's parents house. They have a cat - she is the most tolerant cat I have ever seen. The kids can push and pull on her all day and she will just lay there. Eli is terrified of her. If he walks around the corner and sees her there, he kind of screams and runs the other direction. I tried to get him to pet her but he was so stiff and it wasn't worth trying to force him, he will eventually get used to her.
I have been feeling pretty good lately. Minor aches and pains here and there - been having a sweet tooth lately too (milkshakes, donuts). I know its bad, but some days I can't help myself.
Well I have rambled on long enough - you are well updated now though.
Here are some pictures of the kids.
This was during general conference - it lasted all of 5 minutes. We can at least say we tried.
Carving pumpkins
The finished pumpkins!
For a while now Eli has really been wanting to sit at the table with the family. Our old table only had 4 chairs, and we were using our coffee table while waiting for our new table. We finally packed up his high chair and moved him to a booster seat now that our new table has arrived.
Our new table. It opens up to a square shape and has 8 chairs total.
Eli has learned how to slide a chair over to the cabinet where the cookies are kept. Smart boy!
Adley on his field trip - they also got to pick their own pumpkin from the pumpkin patch.
Adley by a tractor
The boys bathroom redone. We are still trying to find a mirror.
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