Happy Fall

We just got our camera back from the repair shop and here are two of my cuties today. Poor Ashley is a middle child and might not find any pics of herself in years to come- sad.

Bryan is a biking man and loves his new road and mountain bikes. He also enjoys having his two brothers Cam and Spence down in Provo.

Aaron is approaching 4 months and he is a happy baby. This morning in the space of one hour he had peed out, spit up all over me, pooped out, spit up, and then spit up again. He is keeping me busy but we all love him. Ashley especially loves her baby brother.

The girls signed up for a new weekly song/dance class called Sunshine Generation- they both love it. Emily is liking kindergarden and I am loving that it is in the afternoon so she can play all morning. Ashley is liking her Joyschool preschool with her two neighbor friends Brookey and Nathan.

The only trouble I am finding with the girls' schools is that both girls have had each other as playmates for so long that neither of them know how to play by themselves. They are constantly asking me to play Pollies (Polly Pockets) with them while the other one is gone. I am getting better at playing with them and they are getting better at waiting and playing by themselves so it is working.

Tonight the girls were being obnoxious at bedtime so I separated them. Emily fell asleep in my bed but Ash just wouldn't go to bed. I went upstairs to hear her say, "I can't go to sleep without my best-friend" over and over to herself. I brought in a sleeping Emily and then Ash went right to bed.

First Days of School

Here are my babies on their first days of school:

Ashley is doing Joyschool Preschool (the home rotating preschool). Here are the 3 kids with a big sister too. Two of the preschool kids were missing, so we'll have 3 boys, 2 girls and 4 different rotating mom as teachers. The first unit is the Joy of the Body followed by the Joy of the Earth. This is my third year doing it and I love it. www.valuesparenting.com/joyschool/

Emily started kindergarden at our public school Adelaide. She has Mrs. Thornell and is very

excited about school. Her grandma Hanks bought her a Hello Kitty backpack and so life is complete. The first week she had Red, Yellow and Blue days where each day the kids wore those colors, they learned a new color song and got to have a new crayon in their crayon box. She had to stay in from recess on Friday b/c she didn't do her work. She was alone in the class and was crying. Sad Emily and sad mom to have to hear that news, although I am not surprised. She is so easily distracted with everyone and every thing when she is not excited to do something.

Here's how I speak right to my husband's heart- I write it with 10 boxes of cereal!

This is how Aaron and I look most days, him tucked away in my green sling (my pouch). He loves being in it! I just wish it weren't so hard on my back!