Life is in full swing around here..hence the lack of photos and posts. I need to get cracking because these kids are getting older and cuter with each passing day.

 We have soccer, piano, scouts, gymnastics, church stuff and parties to fill our time. Noah has decided that putting his feet down and refusing to do things is a great idea. Especially when we are in a huge hurry or we are physically exhausted from a long day. We are frustrated, but I am secretly so happy that this child who wasn't talking is now demanding and making sure his needs and ideas are heard. One must see the face he makes when he is mad. It is priceless. I will try and capture it on film. We love him to the moon, quite literally sometimes.

 This weekend we're having a spook alley in our hallway complete with fog machine. :) This should be fun and insane since the next day we're heading on a mini trip to Napa with the kiddos.

 Of course the weather currently is 84, but by next week it will be a meager 64 with rain. Who cares.

 A condo, vacation, a pool and hot tub. :) Yahoo!

 Emi convinced me this AM that she was needing to stay home because she was sick. Sick of school, that is. She has the sniffles and boy by 1:30 she was pushing all the boys' buttons.  Fool me once...

 But she IS the loveliest girl. I do adore her to no end and she is super funny! Just ask her to place Nightguard with you.We couldn't hold back the laughter.

 Isaiah still sleeps part of the night in our bed. :P I am really trying to break him of it before I literally can't function from lack of a solid night's sleep, but I'm just too tired to fight it in the wee hours...he knows that so hence he's there. Every. Night. I will say that if we could find a square mattress for him he might be okay. He just needs a large sleeping arena.

 Yes, arena. He likes to move, lay sideways, kick, get right next to the edge of the pillow, talk (I want that-has been heard loud and clear at 4 am), and of course, sitting up and laying down and yawning. It's a good thing that he constantly proclaims that he likes me and gives me loves. He is adored by us all!

 Elijah has a bit of an obsession with the computer. Well, all electronics, but he's even encouraged his 4th grade teacher to try Roblox on his homework!  He writes soooo well. He's funny and kind and a little bit of a problem whenever we are trying to have a family moment, but hey, we'll keep him! Love him to no end!

 This is after a soccer game. In October. 90 degrees. We don't do that temp well here.

 He couldn't even muster a real smile. haha

 We are loving every minute of life...well most every minute and can't wait for all the fun that lays ahead! Especially in November...

Fiirst Day of School...One Month Later

First day included placemats, pencils, balloons with a couple dollars for school snacks and sadly, we had so little time that I can't even remember what breakfast consisted of.

 Emi having her hair fixed just so.

 Me, making a crazy face at Isaiah for who knows what/why?

 Elijah demonstrating how a 4th grader really feels about the first day of school. Emi the 1st graders still happy to be going to school shows her enthusiasm. :) I was mad at Elijah at the time, but now I find this perfectly fitting and quite humorous.

 Backpack check. Notice the SF on Emi's :)

 Emi posing for "the picture"

 Man, she's cute!

 Elijah posing...

 Isaiah had to be part of the action

 Noah wanted his picture too, of course. Oh look, it seems we had turkey bacon and ?

 Those two steal my heart every day. :)

 Emi lining up (Phil took Elijah)

 Emi with two of her 2nd grade friends. Ava's a regular around our house. :)

 Emi's spot in the classroom this year.

 Our beloved teacher for 3 years! Woohoo!  We seriously adore her and her teaching style!

 Sneaking a pic through the window. She didn't have to be swooped (a little something Mrs. Clarke had to do EVERY day last year).

 Then two weeks later we had Noah's first day of preschool! ;)

 He was pretty excited.

 So cute. His buddy, Isaiah has to be in the pic, of course!

 He went without difficult and then when I went to leave they had to pull him off of me screaming. I nearly died. Then Ms G called five minutes later and I dreaded the "come and get him" talk and she reassured me that he was totally fine! ;) YEAH NOAH! He came home that day and said, "Mom, I love you for taking me and picking me up from school." Every day gets better and he reports that he loves school every day! :) Thank goodness I'm off the hook for the endless project ideas running through his mind for a few hours! 

Being home alone with Isaiah is going well too. Yesterday amidst the endless laundry and cleaning he was getting frustrated over every little thing so I took a moment to play a game with him (10 times :)) and that little bit of attention set his day right. I'm so thankful to be able to be home and have these experiences though at times I am in tears with the responsibility and amount of exhausting work it is to try and be a good mom.