Fall Fun

(sorry my blogs jump all around...when I realize it's been awhile, I look through pictures and realize they are so random)

This girl loves her picture taken. Everywhere, everyday, all the time.

It's that time of year again...time to rake and rake some more!

This is what our evenings look like around our house. No, Macey doesn't have homework yet, but she wishes she did. She likes Jason to make up math worksheets for her, teach her to draw something new (star, Shrek, elephant, etc.) or enjoys spelling out new words. Sometimes Kelsey joins in with painting or coloring as well, but not as often.

Kelsey got to ride Tucker the other day at Carol's Farm!

Again, Kels begged for pictures so I got out the camera and she was making all sorts of faces. I love this one because it looks like she has attitude. If you know Kelsey, she doesn't know how to get attitude.

There, that's more like it! :)

Taylie at 15 months

Taylie just turned 15 months and here's what she's up to these days....

Still nursing 2-3 times a day

Wears size 3 diapers

Can fit in anything size 6 mo-18 month

If we're home she takes 2 naps a day still

Favorite foods: mac and cheese, cheese of any kind,
yogurt, oatmeal with toast, pizza, and raisin toast.

Can say: Dada, Dodo (Dora), bye bye, ha (hi), pee (please), doNe, pumpum (pumpkin) and Doh (dog)

Loves books read to her, especially Look and Find books.

Favorite "toys" are markers, Lite Brite, card games, and puzzles.

Is obsessed with Barney.

She loves routines. For example, when I say it's time to get Macey off the bus she runs to the door, gets her shoes, wants to get the mail and looks for the bus. When Mace gets off, she runs to take her shoes off into the house, shuts the door and runs to the pantry door for snack and throws it onto her highchair. Same thing with bedtime routine, she RUNS to do the next thing in order.

Still only has 4 teeth.

She's had an ear infection now for a few weeks and we go back tomorrow for another recheck. Since she was up again 3 times last night, I have a feeling something still might be going on in there :(

We go next week for her 15 month appointment, but since we've been at the Dr alot lately, I know she's around 18 lbs which is below the chart so we're constantly trying to get this girl to eat and drink more.

She is definitely an opinionated little girl and knows what she wants. She even threw a few tantrums the other day, which we have not yet experienced much in this house, so we could be in for it with her :)

Just a little update

So we're now back into the school schedule here and things are going well. Mace loves school and jumps out of bed ready to go each morning. I still get a lot of info about her day and I love to see her excitement about learning.



This is Jason's fourth year of teaching and he's teaching the same subjects as last year, which is nice. (College Algebra (pre-calc), Adv. Algebra, and Algebra) It's great having him come right home after school to see us. He will be coaching basketball again come Novemeber and baseball again in the spring.



Kelsey loves preschool days (Tue and Thur) at mine and Elizabeth's houses. She wants to play with her friends everyday, so we usually make a point to hang out with some friends everyday if possible. We've been going to Storytime on Fridays, and Playgroup started back up this week as well so it's nice to have something almost everyday of the week.



Taylie joins in on preschool as well and loves watching the big kids. She's been running a fever on and off since Wednesday and we're thinking she's working on some new teeth since she has no other symptoms and no one else is catching it. I've been on the couch with her a lot at night so I'm hoping these pop through soon plus she's due for some new teeth! She currently has two on top and two on bottom.

There was a fog delay this past Tuesday and you could see webs all over the place. It was quite cool to see.

Here's our preschool group eating lunch at my house.

Taylie is trying to master the fork.

Her sisters love to cheer her on.

Look at the concentration...

She's got it!

Yes, we're proud of you big girl :)