We love autumn. Here's a picture to prove we still have Meigo, she's still beautiful, and still gets attention once in a while. Certainly not as much as she got back when it was just Kaelah & I at home all day, but enough.
For Michelle's half birthday, my mother used her cake genius to make Michelle a Mickey Mouse cake. Whenever Michelle discovers she can now do something she previously wasn't able to do she makes a comment about being bigger because she is two and a half now. That child melts my heart.
All through the summer and now until the end of 2012 Danny & Michelle are continuing their gym class and Kaelah attends her dancenastics class. It is amazing to see the progress the girls have made. Danny seems to be getting bored -- he is naturally good at everything they ask him to do and has started to get crazy. Kaelah sometimes doesn't want to go, so we'll be taking a break from Christmas until summer. I'm sure we'll be back in the summer time because I'm sure they will miss it and be begging to return.
Fall is the perfect time for a picnic at the park. Got to take advantage of the nice weather before winter comes!
I loved taking the children back to Shepherd Valley for the annual Harvest Fair. They were all old enough to really enjoy the dragon this time. A free hay ride and seeing friends you haven't seen for too long is the best part. One of my former co-workers was able to fulfill her dream of adopting. She and her husband adopted a little girl and couldn't be happier. I remember that feeling!
September to October Danny went to a soccer clinic on Wednesday mornings geared for introducing 3 & 4-year-olds to the sport. It was a blast to watch him and he insisted that Grandma, Grandpa, Mom & Dad all had a turn taking him so they could see what he was doing. Coaches are so great for little boys!
Although I feel busy, there is still plenty of time for that essential of childhood: free play. Lately the children have enjoyed gathering all the blankets and pillows they can and pretending to have day time and night time and taking care of their "babies" (aka stuffed animals). It makes a big mess, but it is so nice to see them having a good time together.
The first week of October the children were thrilled to wake up to a dusting of snow. There wasn't much to eat, but they managed to get some off the solar lights before breakfast. Thrilled would be an understatement.
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