What another beautiful Fall we've been blessed with this year! God sure does great work!
We joined the rest of the Minnesotans and picked out pumpkins and took pictures of all of the pretty trees and leaves changing colors!
We had a fun morning with friends last week. Thank you Liz, Milo and Benny for coming over to play! We missed you Liz and Maria!
"Hey Mom, can you take a picture and put it on the blog so Grandma can see how cute her outfit is that she got me?" Thanks Grandma!
One of the rainy days, Sally had indoor recess. This is what most 1st graders do during indoor recess, right? Oh Sally, my first born rule follower :)
Pumpkin Patch! We were MORE than impressed with the selection AND prices. We got an XL, L, M x2, S and 3 mini pumpkins for $17!!!
Our 3 little pumpkins
Finding the perfect one for Emma
Got it
Emma's new face :)
My Loves
Love how this tree just glows!
Our neighborhood enchanted forest :)
I got to sneak away for a bit on Sunday to shower Baby Anderson with Love! So very excited for Michelle!! Was great fun to catch up with the girlfriends that I go waaaaaay back with :)
Meanwhile, Daddy took the girlies for a walk to the far park that Sally and I discovered the other day on our little bike ride adventure
Emma too busy taking in the scenery to smile for the camera
This is how we get laundry done (don't mind the quality, the settings were for a lower quality to be able to send via text)...
We're gearing up for Conferences, a 3 day break from school and a baby girl's 1st birthday!!! gaaahhhh
Like a whole lot of Minnesotans, we hold out on turning on the heat until the last possible day. There's just a little chill in the house in the morning and sometime the nights. We've been enjoying having a fireplace, it does the trick to get the chill out.
Libby's school journal from last week
Did I mention how the school does pictures? When we went to Meet and Greet before school had started, they had Lifetouch set up all day to take school pictures. You could come and go as you please. I LOVED this setup. Kind of fun to be wearing summer clothes and I didn't have to throw them on the bus and hope for the best.
Ummm have you filled out a picture order form recently? They have a million options for poses and backgrounds. We kept it pretty simple, although I did like the idea of having them stand instead of sit. Otherwise, sometimes they can be all slouched down.
They turned out pretty cute!
Our First Grader
Our Preschooler
Hey Mom, let's take a picture of our shadow!
Baby girl is quite fond of the fireplace.
Giggles because it's so warm on her toes
In awe
I wike it
Don't we all want to do this when the floor is toasty warm? :)
Her signature, Crinkle nose
A new expression of hers
Walking around everything now
I found a crack in the chairs, I'm gonna get up the stairs!
Wait, I got some-ting on my finger
I loved this journal entry of Sally's, I also love her teacher's comment. I'm sure Sally wrote word for word what the lady at the apple orchard taught the class :)
My sister ran in the Twin Cities 10 mile Sunday morning. How perfect was the weather for all of the running events?!
It was so fun to sneak out a little early with Sally to go cheer her on. She did awesome, she should be very proud!
Looking good at Mile 6. Joey, Emily and I caught her at mile 9 too!
Cheering for her GodMother!
Sibs!
Cute Little Viking's Fan...if only they could have won...
We had the Gearmans over for dinner Sunday night. We had so much fun! Even with 4 kiddos we still had a lot a convo time :) As they were driving away and we were waving bye, Sally said, "Well, that sure was fun!" We love having people come to visit. Who's next? :)
Emma upgraded to the next car seat, which means she actually has to sit in the carts...totally anti-climatic for her. Libby sure was proud and excited
"What's the big deal, guys?"
"Mom, could we get on with our shopping, it's almost lunch time!"
We had Family Pictures Saturday morning, here's our first little sneak peek. I mean come on, how cute is she?!!
Emma certainly enjoyed walking around outside today. She and Theo were rocking it. Theo is only a few weeks older than Emma. So fun that they actually show interest in one another, well other than him cruising right by her, take a look
Heart Melted, when I found this note is Sally's lunch...
We've been making a habit of after dinner dance parties. Emma LOVES them! When she hears the music come on her whole body tenses up and she gets excited!
Can you believe it's October already? Happy Birthday to Auntie Emily, yesterday!! My baby is about to turn one, waaaaaaaaaah. I'm always emotional for every baby's first birthday, but even more so for this one. As it's getting closer and closer to possibly forever being doing with the baby stage. We would like to at some point maybe add a 4th, but she's the third, which means we're almost done. Weaning from the nursing has been emotional on this Mama. She's ready and will be just fine, Mama's just having a hard time with the changes. Enjoying each day as the present, not looking back, not thinking too far ahead.
Libby's school starts 10 minutes after Sally's school. Every Tuesday and Thursday, we load up the car and do drop off. I'm extremely thankful that I don't have to get out of the car, especially come winter. Emma says thank you too :) I enjoy the special time with my girls. Sally and Libby were plotting what they would do when they saw each other at Recess. Sally is hoping Libby will introduce her to all the people in her class. You should see Libby beam with the thought of her being in charge of something, Sally knows nothing about.
When we're waiting in the drop off line, Libby loves to point out her friends. The other day one of her good friends and she were saying hi back and forth. I really need to record it next time. The excited giggles are just so sweet. Love watching LJ blossom in to a little school girl, so proud to be making her own set of friends.
We know all too well that these days are limited. Less cleaning and later naps so we can go out and enjoy this weather!
Soooooo happy. Another "tense her whole body excitement" when we put shoes on and get ready to head out the door. She loves the outdoors!
Cheese
"Mom, can I take a picture of you and Emma? Emers, can you smile? Emers look at me. Say Cheese!" {said in her high pitched, just like mom, voice} and look at the smile she got from her :)
Her shirt says it all! Thanks Meggers for the adorable shirt, it suits her well!
Little Miss Get into EVERYTHING, loves getting junk mail so she can play with it, crumple it and rip it :) You should hear her little giggles, thinking she's getting away with something
More dance par-tay fun!
Libby's selfie to show Gramps her "new to her" curtains. They were in the nursery when Sally was a baby. Don't mind the black eye, she fell off a chair at our art table and hit another chair. Maybe she'll trust her Mama now, and sit the right way on the chair ;)
Libby and Mommy were a bit surprised this morning. Apparently Libby likes to look our her window in the morning while she waits for her clock to turn green. She was a bit surprised to see Mama running down the sidewalk, coming back from her morning run :)
More drop off giggles and smiles
Happy Thursday!
Beautiful weekend for the Twin Cities Races. We'll be at the 10 mile cheering on Auntie Jenny!! "Run, Jenny, Run!" Fun to be on the cheering side this time around :)
