Boo!

 I am not a fan of dressing up but since my husband LOVES a good costume I figured I would.  Sawyer was obsessed with "Halloween Stuff" and so he was really fun this year. Sawyer LOVES Elmo.  So, Elmo it was.  I wasn't so excited about the costume but once he put it on I knew there was no turning back. 

 

This is fun!  All three kids in our recycled pumpkin costume--its a right of passage at this point to wear this costume (that I bought for $1.99) for your first Halloween.

                                                      Siena was Ariel. 

                                                John Luc did make an appearance after all. 

                                                  Love these two together:)

Coming soon...

  Ariel, Elmo and the littlest pumpkin (oh and Jean Luc may make an appearance too).

Busy!

 

This little one keeps me so busy it's a good thing he is cute.  He is ALL boy and among his top favorite things to do right now-find and squish bugs (usually snails), play and experiment with all of his food, ride cars down our stairs, keep up with his big sister, ANYTHING having to do with Halloween.  I wonder what plans the Lord has for him?  I think he will do something special with his life but for now I am focused on keeping him safe.

 

People always ask me how life is going with three kids and I always say--busy.  Juggling three kids schedules is hard.  I am into a groove now that summer has ended and two of the three are in school.  Ruby continues to be the sweetest, smiley little baby girl.  She just tags along with the rest of us. I am tentative to say how easy she is because Sawyer was such an easy baby, and well, we all know how that has turned out:)

 We finally started school and it has been so fun to have them both there together.  Erik went with us for the first day of school drop off.  I just love their school and both their teachers.  I love that they love going there and "wolf boy" is able to roam all day, as wolves should.

 Love my family to pieces!!! Busy and loving every minute of it.

We've officially got a swimmer

Siena is a swimmer. You can also hear Sawyer is a whiner in this clip.



Way to go Siena, we're so proud of you!

It's all about Ruby!

 Siena adores little Ruby.  I can't wait until she is older and they can play together.  I feel like Ruby is starting to know and recognize us more and more each day.

 She has such a sweet smile and lights up whenever anyone gives her attention (poor third kid)

She has been so easy.  She is a serious baby who likes to observe everything around her.  She is by far the biggest of them all too being in the 100 percentiles for both height and weight.  Oh Ruby, we love you so!  I can't believe she is 5 months old now.  I don't want her to grow.  I wish I could bottle her up this age and size forever.

I can't believe we did it!

 We did it! We went camping with 8 adults and 10 kids and it wasn't half bad.  And letmetellyou Sawyer was in his element.  It was like he had come home...he barely wore clothes, scavenged for food, bugs, sticks and more food and only bathed once.  He LOVED it!

 I mean look at him...he belongs in the wild (Erik calls him wolf-boy b/c if you saw him you may think he was raised by wolves).  This is when I say to myself maybe we should move so that Sawyer can have an acre somewhere to run around.

 Gathering sticks for a fire with dad

 10 kids here.  They did great playing together and slept well at night (I can neither confirm nor deny whether or not we gave them Benedyrl to help them sleep.)

 Great fires for smore's and conversation at night. 

Floating down the lazy river during the day...about the only time we washed up all weekend long.  All in all, I say it was a great experience but I may be on a camping "high" right now after a good nights sleep in my own bed and hot steamy shower at home...we'll see if we try it again next summer!!

Goodbye...

It is hard to believe our 6 weeks is over.  Five of the six kids went home and it was (as expected) a tearful goodbye at the airport.  We had a great summer with Lida and will treasure our memories with her.  She was so easy and lovable our family will miss her presence in our house.