Kindergarten

Savannah is officially a Kindergarten student! She is riding the bus, meeting new friends, has recess and lunch with a couple of friends from the YMCA and both days so far she answers that it's is "Great!".

New Friend

Flynn has finally realized Sara is a good playmate since our older girls aren't as spunky.

https://youtu.be/6ct_ko74nnk

Folding Clothes

Last weekend I went to Kid 2 Kid and got a bunch of clothes for the kids. When I showed Savannah the bag she was super excited and wanted to look at them all. She sat down on the floor and a couple minutes later I noticed as she went through each piece she was FOLDING them and separating into piles (dress, shirt etc)! I hate laundry so I can't tell you the last time I did any part of it near her. I asked Marc and he said he didn't teach her but she must've picked it up while watching and helping him.

Seems I don't expect enough from her - she already seems to know so much and she knows even more!

https://youtu.be/wIEQCEUwo5Y

Tyler's Rendition of Twinkle Twinkle

https://youtu.be/YQYrdqv5XnA

Swinging the Day Away

We had beautiful weather this weekend so we spent most of it outside. While Marc was grilling dinner the kids were playing on the swingset - helping each other! I know, unbelievable! :)

Yesterday morning I took Savannah to Home Depot for a kids workshop. She built a Easter basket with very little help from me.

https://youtu.be/RgqJDnmeths

Wind

With the weather warming up we've had many days of opening the windows. The kids opened theirs in the car and, well, you'll see what happened..

https://youtu.be/7f-hD0Hskes

Going w Little Stir Crazy

With all the snow we haven't been outside nearly as much as usual. Thankfully the kidlets have been going to preschool and Nanny Danielle's but at home we've been finding other ways to get out some energy. Today:

https://youtu.be/sFjTrtavz2o

Our First Oregon Snow

It doesn't snow here they said.. Well, they were definitely wrong! We got about a foot of snow over three days, over 8 inches in 24 hours which came in runner up to the record of 11 inches in 1919!

Savannah loooves it, walking around in it, building a snowman with Daddy and throwing it around. Tyler isn't quite as thrilled - he takes a couple steps in and says "I'm stuck!" even if it's only a couple inches.

We've had the added bonus of beautiful views just from the house let alone while out!

Can't Stop the Feeling!

Finally signed Savannah up for dance classes again - and it's combined with gymnastics! She starts in February and is practicing daily along with singing.

https://youtu.be/NTypn_rSLp0

Mommy Watch This

This boy is crazy in the bath. It would be easier at a water park!

https://youtu.be/HH7b42mgn1A

Painting Pumpkins

We painted pumpkins again this year using old house paint samples I had since it is all I could find so far. Unbelievably there was hardly any mess!

Tyler Loves to Read - Sleep, Not So Much

We have been reading a lot more lately since there have been a bunch of rainy afternoons. The books that have been unpacked are like new since most haven't been seen since June.

Tyler has gotten really into reading. So much that he changed his bedtime routine on us. We have our normal routine that's been the same since Savannah was born (it just gets repeated for Tyler).

However, after we leave his room his routine starts. First he plays with whatever toy he took to bed - talking to it, pretending it is falling and helping to save it from death, swinging it around like an airplane.. Next he sits up for a couple minutes followed by crawling to the end of his bed and staring into the camera. It's creepy, it's like he sees us or something else. After a minute or two of being a creepy peeper he gets out of bed, turns on the light then grabs a book and sits in his chair to read. Sometimes it's all reading, sometimes he starts rocking in the chair like crazy (depending on the direction there is a lot of banging). It's actually pretty cute when I don't think about how late he's staying up and that he won't sleep in so he'll be grouchy the next day!

Our (Mostly) Fearless Corn Maze Leader

We went to one of the farms this afternoon to check out the pumpkins. We ended up seeing but not getting any pumpkins :)

We did adventure through a corn maze with Savannah leading the way, play on their Playset, get Savannah a unicorn painted on her face, wander around their store and took a hayride complete with passing three dump trucks which had Tyler squealing in joy.

There are a few more we'll hopefully visit this month and one of these days we'll even remember to get some pumpkins (I hope!).

Fall Leaves!!

It's really fall up here! We found a huge pile of leaves by the playground at our favorite German restaurant. Savannah started picking some up to play with then I clued her in to what they're really good for - showers! She called her brother over to join and they both went crazy.

I couldn't even get a clear picture they were moving and laughing so much.