shoes, Halloween, and leaves

Sylvia just cracks me up. She is really in to building these days and it really doesn't matter what the material...magnets, blocks, shoes. Here is one of her shoe creations. She is so proud!

Halloween:  we have a music man and a young lady working in the pit crew for Lightning McQueen

LEAVES!  We have plenty :)

Fall

Ryan, being a good Dad, decided to carve a pumpkin with the kids. Unfortunately the kids were not too interested and rather grossed out by the pumpkin 'guts.' So I quick took a picture and put the kids to bed while Ryan finished his project :)

Fuzz head!

We don't feed her enough so Evelyn resorts to eating leaves and sticks

My big helper, Sylvia

And she helped me cut back a few plants

I think she looks like an angel

Not a good picture but if you look close you can see her two bottom teeth

She is happiest outside

Her newest accomplishment is being able to sit up in the highchair and feed herself.  She loves it and it makes my life so much easier!

October 2015

Evelyn is a constant reminder of how babies change and grow so quickly. She is at an age that I just love! She is sitting up, scooting, wanting to eat what we eat, talk/babble all the time, and two teeth have emerged from her bottom gums. She is just a happy baby. Who would have thought? Guessing what she wants/needs is not too difficult at this point. She wants attention, wants to eat, or wants to sleep. We are just enjoying her stage in life knowing that she will be our last baby.

Scooting backwards until she is stuck under the couch

Every time I need to post at least one picture of my silly Sylvia

Can you guess what she was doing?  Perhaps smelling the scented markers?

Oh Andrew...

Running at his annual school fundraiser.  I just love to see the joy on his face!

Grandparents Day!  How lucky is he that all four Grandparents were able to come!

my girls

I am truly blessed! God has entrusted me with such beautiful daughters. I can hardly believe how fast they are growing and how much they are learning. Sylvia continues to be the entertainer in our family. She is just so funny in everything she does. And she is growing like a weed! Even though she is 3 years old she is wearing 5T clothes. I can't believe it! Evelyn is sitting up like a pro, she loves to jump in her jolly jumper, and is learning how to clap on command. She has become my happy little baby :)

August catch up

It's a tradition to go to Meijer Gardens with our friends who come for a visit in the summer. This includes my friend Joy from England, my friend Karen from Chicago, and some of their extended family members. We aim to get this same picture each year.

Circle of friends

At the Japanese Garden

Andrew has so much fun with his new calculator.  Evelyn was crying and I asked Andrew to go entertain her for a few minutes.  This is what I came across:  Andrew teaching Evelyn how to add and subtract numbers.  She calmed right down :)

More calculator fun

He does this everyday!  Ryan said he used to play with the calculator for hours and so did my brother.  He's got the love of numbers coming from both sides of the family.

Taking bites out of his tortilla to make a fun design.  So typical!

Andrew's first day of kindergarten.  I was so proud of him!  No tears, no nerves, just lots of excitement

Look who's sitting up!