Enjoying Autumn

 Adrian

He is using his two sharp teeth more and more to eat and find things not so edible to taste. My list of projects isn't getting much shorter because I only get to work on them in very short time frames when he is content to sit and nap. Usually, he likes it when someone is actively spending time with him and giving him toys, looking at him, or holding him. I'm enjoying it, but I wish he was more cuddly when wanting to go to sleep and didn't fight it so much still. To everyone else, he is so happy all the time and asks if he is always so content. He came out to eat with Chris and me last night with friends and was the best baby because I had just fed him and he napped on the way to the restaurant. The time I went to get my nails done he was a little tired and was not happy about just sitting next to me instead of going to sleep happily he was a menace! 

Claire

I love it when she wants to read and loves books because I was worried about her in Kindergarten when it was so hard to get her to try. We got test scores back this week for both girls and one was a lot better for Claire than last year which makes me very happy. She is having a lot of fun being a big sister and playing with Adrian, especially when I put her in charge and she gets to be the one to keep him happy. She sets up his little play area with every single one of his toys out and moves him from one to the next when he is bored. She says he is getting heavy though and I agree! Claire also has fun practicing her gymnastics all the time and got excited when she was able to do a handstand pretty well. 

Shay

She earned all her stars for good behavior two times this week! They started a fundraiser at their school and got some fun days in her class like hat day, PJ day, and no shoe day. I wish they were old enough to go ask the neighbors around for donations, but all I've done is share the link for them and they've earned some small rewards so far. I don't know why they've changed how they do fundraisers so much and why there isn't a 'buy this and the proceeds will go to the school' like when I was growing up. Obviously, things are just very different now and that's not a bad thing necessarily, but they get the kids excited by offering them prizes. I feel bad I didn't get any pictures with Shay in them so here is one of the pictures from our photoshoot that shows how goofy she is!

Date

Chris and I drove all the way into town near the capital for the first time because we had friends in town who wanted to go to the melting pot. It's been a while since I've been and this was Chris's first time, and we brought Adrian! The girls went over to the neighbor's house, which they asked to do almost every after school anyway. We had the full experience and Chris said it wasn't enough food, but it was really tasty and he didn't want to see the price. He is funny wanting to still pinch pennies even though he is making plenty of money for us to budget date nights! Oh yes, and I also picked a ton of grapes from a new friend who isn't able to get them all picked and wanted to share with neighbors! We froze a lot of them and they taste really good, now Chris wants to start growing a grapevine.