Fall

Fall is here! It's crazy to think how fast the time goes (I'm always saying this--especially on my blog as I don't post very often!). We are full swing into the school year and Fall schedule at our house. It's been crazy busy and we're all ready for summer again, I think! The past few weeks have been especially brutal. We're working to slow things down a bit and cut out a few extra things from our schedule. I'll let you know how that goes! HA!

P is doing really well at school. Second grade is suiting her well and she came home with all A s on her progress report. She is turning into a beatiful young lady. Her younger two siblings adore her as she is so good with both of them. Patient, helpful, loving, and kind. We miss her a lot when she's at school during the day.

K is doing really well at his new preschool as well. We're really happy with it there--the teachers are really wonderful and they have a great program. He really likes it--especially that there is a cool playground and gym area for them to use. The cool thing is that it's REALLY close to our house. I have ridden my bike to pick him up more than once. I LOVE that! The kids get a kick out of it, too. I load them both up in the bike trailer for that trip. Kadin always asks to go "one more time around the block" on the way home. :) We've had a few fun field trips already and Mommy and N have gotten to come along for the fun. A few recent favorite quotes of mine from K:

While walking into preschool a few weeks back: "Mommy, this feels a lot like High school."
Me: "Does it?" (trying to be casual and not laugh!!)
K: "Yes. It feels a lot like HS here....but it's not."
HA HA!

This week after seeing emergency vehicles in front of a home:
K: "Mommy, when I grow up I want to be a fire man."
Me: "That would be a great idea, K"
K: "Or maybe a police man."
Me:"that would be a great job, too buddy."
Long pause....
K: "Wait a minute! I'm scared of fire! It's not safe! I'll be a police man. ...but not a police woman."
Me: "Right, you have to be a girl to be a policewoman."
K: "But I want to work with a policewoman"
Me: "Ok"

He's just so funny!!!

N is growing like a weed! She is talking a lot and keeps us all laughing. She has a BIG personality for such a little person! She loves to read books, keep up with the other two, and explore everything. Lately she's realized that if she gets to giggling about something it's contagious. She gets a bit hoot out of getting us all laughing.

D and I are keeping busy with work and trying to tie up loose ends around the house. Poor guy--he's still working on our bathroom remodel project (over 2 months later!!) as we've had several interruptions and more-than-we-bargained-for stuff going on. Our van "died" in the midst of the remodel---head gaskets. Soooo....we canceled our vacation for camping in the UP and stayed home to figure that out. D found us a fixer van for the mean-time and he got that up and running for us (much faster repair than the other van). The bathroom took a bit of a raincheck in the meantime! The bathroom is close to being done now--just cosmetics left. The original van has been taken apart and new parts gathered. Now the time intensive labor has begun! Hopefully it will be done sooner than later and we can sell the "fixer" van and get our money back! Whew! Crazy times!

Other than that, that's about it for us! Hopefully I'll be back in touch sooner than later. Facebook has been where I've been keeping up better with the updates, if you want to check us out there!

Happy Fall! Check out the links to see some recent photos of us enjoying the Fall.


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