random fall catch up

With the start of fall, we've been getting outside a lot more, which Jace and Brenna love. 

 This is really the first time Jace has been able to explore.   He started off really unsteady but quickly mastered the little hill and rarely falls.  He is so patient with himself, trying new skills over and over and over again.  He doesn't have a lot of fear of falling.  He knows where his belly is and will gladly show it to you.  He really gets a kick out of eensy weensy spider and (unlike Brenna who would only want you to sing it)  he loves doing the hand motions.  He's also a fan of wheels on the bus.  He can 'cheers' with his cup and doesn't understand that it is not something you repeatedly do.  He still trows food, but not nearly as much as before and has stopped throwing his cup.  He says 'Hi' is the softest, sweetest voice.  And I think he's working on 'milk.'  He has 6 teeth, and another slowly coming in.  He loves to have his teeth brushed!    

 Brenna loves digging in the garden, chasing after Bella and running after Jace.  She was trying to spy on the neighbor who was mowing his grass.  Her language is just incredible...she actually used the word 'frusterating' correctly in a sentence yesterday.  She is very polite and says 'please' (most times) and 'thank you.'  She loves the alphabet and recognizes letters, although not specific ones.  She still loves movies and is getting into acting me out.  We play Frozen often.  She still changes her name and yesterday wanted to be called 'washing machine' for the entire morning.  Nick was big-super-washing machine, Jace was little-washing machine and I was mama-washing machine.  I'm not sure where she comes up with these things....

 A man needs room to breathe....

I love baby naps

A throw back from our pumpkin patch trip last year.  We didn't go to the same farm as we found one about half the distance away.  It would have been cute to try to get this picture again.  Actually, we probably would have killed ourselves trying to get it and ended up with crying kids.  So, really it worked out better this year :)