Our pumpkins holding their backyard pumpkins

Sleeping Belle and some Letters

So Emmy is all about being a princess, still. As we were going through some fall clothing we came upon a coat given to us by generous friends. Later on in the evening I had Emmy try it on and told her it looked like a coat worn by Belle (yes, i know i am only encouraging her by saying things like this) (Belle is her favorite). We played "princess" for a bit and Emmy would put the coat on because it was a "cold and snowy day" (for pretend). Then it was forgotten as we ate dinner, read books, etc., etc. However, this is what we found when we came to check on Emmy before going to bed ourselves:

A sleeping beauty indeed.

Miles wrote this note to his teacher in his bed tonite:
"Ms. Thomas, I like to go to school and I like to do writing workshop. From Miles" Plus lots of "Boos" and bats. How festive and adorable is Miles. :)

I love all the double "oo's." It goes with his "boo" theme.

Oh and here is a note I just got from Jonas.

But since it is way past their bedtime I left without having him decipher it for me. So I'll guess:

"Love Mom and play with Mom. 11 12 13 14 15 17. Jonas 4rd Maxwell." With some periods, I'm thinking. Maybe a "40" thrown in there, too?

Poor kid still thinks his middle name, Ford, is spelled with a number.

P.P.S

apparently not!

P.S.

Do you think this doubly cute (babe and onesie) luck-charm will work for the Cougars tonite? Let's hope so!

Soccer Clinic 2010

So Jonas got to participate in a soccer clinic - once a week, one hour, for 3 hours. He liked it a lot, but did complain the last day and did NOT want to go. I don't know why. Whenever he goes to Miles' soccer practices he just wants to kick his soccer ball around the whole entire time. But all in all, Jonas had a good time.

Here are some pictures of the final day of clinic:

Goofy Emmy. :)

Jonas in action.

They played a little "game." This is Jonas - he actually kicked the ball in the net and scored a goal. Wahoo. He thinks he "won" a gold medal because of this goal. Awesome.

The gold medal and the very, very proud boy. He loves wearing his "gold medal" and shows it to all sorts of people. He's a cutie soccer kid.

Lots of Random Pictures

Just some cute pictures I wanted to post:

Jonas took this picture. I like it.

This is a play-dough replica that Miles made of his pet bird.

I love Miles in red. I told him that I just can't stand how handsome he is in red. His reply, "So take a picture." Okay.

Miles loves holding his sister, too. When he slows down enough to just sit. . .

So sweet.

A family movie night. Jonas put his arm around Emmy and told her, "This is what boys do. Like at church." Emmy screamed at him telling him, "Don't touch me!" But she did quickly calmed down.

Jonas loves, loves, loves holding Lucy.

The River Guitar

Well since fall is lagging behind, we were able to get out and enjoy and summerish afternoon in Ouray. We did a tiny hike up to a big waterfall where the kids had a huge amount of fun.

Lucy mainly just ate and. . .

slept. She hardly even knew we went to Ouray.

Miles loved exploring and scampering up the rocks and all that sort of stuff.

Jonas enjoyed riding his wood horse.

Emmy enjoyed making faces. . .

Her moods really do change that fast, too!

The kids got to go up with Ben and explore a little "cave." They all loved it!

They spent most of their time getting wet. Jumping over and off of rocks. Wading in the water. Scaring mom and dad that they would sprain an ankle. Talking to strangers (other hikers). Etc.

It was a delightful afternoon.

We even had a wonderful performance while up there:

Updates

So my updates always tend to turn out really long. I'll try and be brief.

LUCY: Not too much has changed with her since I last gave an update at one month. But I did have a doc's appt. for her this week and she is growing. She doubled all of her percentiles (not her actual numbers, but the percentiles) for weight, height, and head circumference. Wow. But , mind you, those percentiles are not large - around the 10th. She is almost 8 pounds - and probably is by today. She is starting to smile and it's the best. I don't think there is much in this world better than a baby smiling back at you. She shares her room - with our washer and dryer. Yes, her room is the laundry room and it's perfect. Right by our room. I did a few things to "cuten" it up. My mom bought the fabric (nice job, eh?) and made the curtains. I just barely got the grommets to hang them and so, for now, her room is done. I like it.

EMMY: Is definitely at her terrible-3s stage. And, yes, her crankiness can probably be attributed to Lucy as well. I didn't realize this too much until someone asked her, "Do you like Lucy?" To which she replied, "No." (Of course sometimes she does!). She still is adorable and sweet for the most part but she usually ends up quite impossible by late afternoon. I'll try and forgive her, but it's hard when you're a little sleep-deprived. She still loves to play "princess" and when she sings like a princess it's in a really high and soft voice. Funny girl.

JONAS: Is doing great. He is so in to Lucy. So much. Sometimes too much. But he loves her so and she loves him so, too. She was giving a smile just for him this morning; so sweet. Jonas and I do our little "mommy 'n me" school still. He's great at reading 3- and sometimes 4-letter words. Tho he sometimes gets his "b," "d" and "p"s mixed up. He has a little soccer clinic that he adores. He also does a little pre-K co-op with a few other kids in our ward. He is also so great at giving the sweetest compliments - believe me, he's gonna be one great catch when he's older. (He'd be a great catch now, but he's a little young. . .)

MILES: Loves school. Really, I think he does. There has never been a day where he hasn't said school was good and fun. He has a fantastic teacher - he's always coming home from school singing songs, dancing jigs, and reciting poems his teacher has taught him (they've even acted out plays like "little red riding hood" and "the billy goats gruff." When he gives one of his "performances" of such songs, jigs, or poems, it's definitely one of the highlights of my day. It's so adorable. He {finally} learned how to tie his shoes. We got some great hand-me-down shoes that inspired him to learn, I think. :)

The end.

Miles' first ever soccer game

Gone fishin'

My sister saw this and sent it on to me. Loved it!