day 167

October 30

Happy sort of Halloween, y'all...

For those of you who like that sort of thing.
For those of you who don't? Hang in there, it's almost over!!

day 166

October 29

 

 

Not only did my husband not have to work late tonight, but we went out! Like, on a date! And he only touched his phone once to turn it off!

Miracles have not ceased, people.

day 165

October 28

Today, I watched Harry Potter sing his heart out at his pre-school performance.

I loved it so much, I didn't even mind I have watched the exact same program with each child that has gone before him.

day 164

October 27

Dirty carrots:

Trying to believe that I actually eat something that starts out so unappetizing.

day 163

October 26

It was one of those days. 

day 162

October 25

No it's not a good picture and Yes, it's blurry but it is Porter. This picture captures that 17 month old who has an obsession (and when I say obsession I mean a boil-your-bunny obsession) with growling. He was growling at me when I took this.  If he wasn't so human, I would eat him up.

day 161

October 24

Getting ready for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's (JDRF) Trunk or treat happening Monday.

day 160

October 23

I sent the kids outside yesterday to pick any and all tomatoes left before the cold hit us. Jonas came back with this:



Tomato nose? Tomato pimple? Tomatoes twin that didn't get any nourishment?


I don't think we will be eating this one....

day 159

October 22

Waiting patiently for her endocrinologist appointment,





Hailey tries to pretend she loves these visits.

day 158

October 21

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas:




The American Girl Doll catalog came and Hailey spent the afternoon in the backyard with Kit studying and circling and creating the world's most expensive Christmas list.

day 157

October 20

Reason 1,987,999 to love fall:



Multicolored trees.

day 156

October 19





The after school snack of champions.

day 155

October 18

I am no photographer or anything (you know that) and I don't even have a real camera (you know that too), but isn't this cool?

day 154

October 17

You got to love those eyes.





Okay, so you don't have to, but you really should.

day 153

October 16

Still laying around...




at least we dressed ourselves today.

day 152

October 15

A nasty stomach bug has hit our family and we have all had our turn enjoying it...
we declared a sick day full of netflix movies today. There was a lot of blankets and sippies and laying around.



What a way to spend a weekend.

day 151

october 14

We dug out the costume bucket for Halloween and Caleb decided to be Harry Potter.



It has everything to do with the glasses. He wore them all day, all night, and begrudgingly only took them off to sleep.

I must admit he is the cutest little four eyes I ever saw. You can admit it too.

day 150

October 13

A play date for Porter today...



Mostly it was who could ignore one another the best. Just give him 15 years...

day 149

October 12

While examining the day's garden pickings Jonas and I discovered this:



Not a siamese twin, but a siamese triplet.
[shudder]

Good thing we don't grow babies around here anymore.

day 148

October 11

Dear internet:

How do I tell my husband that while I am fond of him and all the work he put into serving a mission in Argentina well over a decade ago, I am just not that into his "mementos" from the mission?



How do I tell him that if he does decide to hang a memento from his mission without my prior knowledge and or approval that he should never, under any circumstances use a green push pin?
How do I tell my dear husband that maybe he should leave the "filling the wall space in our home" job to me?