Stuff:)

As you can see, I haven't taken as many pictures, videos, or posted as much since school has started.  I'll get there and find a balance, but for now I'm enjoying soaking up the little time I have each work night with our family.  No more lunch dates with Daddy in the middle of the day.  No more nap time work-outs with a partner to keep me motivated, but that's ok.  It's a new season and it's been fun to see all of my students and co-workers at school.  It feels good to get a shower on most days of the week instead of taking one when it's absolutely necessary (because that's how I roll in the summer).

I can't even remember what happened this past week!  ha!  Dan has had four big funerals this past month and I'm trying to squeeze in some new testing with my students so my brain is mush trying to get used to a to do list again. I love having lunch with my friends four days a week though!

This past Saturday night my Mom came down to visit for two quick nights.  She and Grandpa Ron leave for Mexico tomorrow for Dannielle and Eric's wedding!  Anyway, Mom is always good about trying to get us a break and get us out of the house, so that we did!  We enjoyed a night out with Shumackers at a restaurant called Indulge.  We both over-indulged and had a lot of laughs....enough said. The night before we had Larry and Darcy over from across the street to thank them for taking such great care of our animals so many times over the summer.  We would of had them over anyway....we think they're great and are so blessed to have them as neighbors.  I have a funny story to tell you later about Svea having a meltdown in front of Larry:) More on that later.

The rest of the weekend we didn't do much, but laid low, went to church, made some spaghetti squash and cauliflower mashed potatoes (we're getting crazy about hiding vegetables over here) played with the kids, and looked through fashion magazines. It was another mellow weekend and now this week is off with a bang!  One cute thing on each munchkin.  

Each time we hand Kieran a rag to clean his face and hands he likes to throw it on top of his head and then pull it down again to play peek a boo.  He also splashes in the tub on demand.  Svea and Kieran basically take their baths now together almost every time.  It saves on water and energy expelled by the parents:)

Svea is officially a "ballareena".  She loves to walk on her tip toes, imitate moves from Angelina Ballerina, and twirl. When we ask her to do something about 50% of the time she sing songs...."O-k"!  The other half of the time she stalls.  Ha!  She shows a lot of empathy and understands when someone is sad and talks about how we should help them. It makes us proud:)