mid-october life

henry loves the new watering can i bought at ikea

 he's also a big fan of daffodil

 and ice cream dates with mom and dad

while the other kids are at primary program practice

 michael and dave doing stunts on the rented tandem bike at the moody's 

 michael swore he didn't actually fall asleep before church the other day

but then i showed him this picture :)

 the big four did so well in the primary program

crazy it's noah's last one

somehow sacrament meeting was still just as hard with only henry and jude to watch after..

 a little candy poster for jenni's birthday

 michael loves to bake on sundays

 jury duty

thank goodness the defendant plead guilty before the trial and they didn't make us stay on call for the week like last time i had it in january

 i convinced michael to stay home the rest of the day since he'd taken it off for my jury duty anyway

 so he got to be there to take henry to his first day of preschool 

(well, the two week observation anyway)

we don't think he'll get in but he's enjoying going for a little bit anyway

 noah had a half day and went with me on all my drop offs and pick ups 

 half day= hot chocolate, popcorn and a movie

 jude still loves the swings

 i went on a girls night with crystal, mandy, melissa and jenni to flatbread and sodalicious

 the boys woke up first one morning

 my little sunshine boy

 biking eleanor and jude to eleanor's dentist appointment seemed like a good idea

until my tire wouldn't stop rubbing the frame of the bike making it nearly impossible

at least i got a really good leg workout..

 sweet michael knew i was babysitting for crystal and carlin

and then hanging out with crystal until i needed to get eleanor

and he sent me and crystal jimmy john's! so, so sweet

we were very touched

 jude LOVES leaves

such a fall baby

 henry seemed to have a rough day at school

so we went for icees after i picked all the kids up

sometimes i wonder if i'm a fun mom or a pushover :)

 just 25 intricate felt mice for eleanor's kindergarten class

 morning cuddles

 painting with henry

 we tried out the Y

everyone loves it but i'm still not 100% sure if it's a good fit

i'll probably wait to hear if henry gets into preschool before i decide to join or not

 the kids especially loved rock climbing

 michael, too

 painting

 jude didn't like this as much as i did

 michael wired in a motion detecting light on the side of the house

hot

 the cutest twins in matching jammies 

 baking cookies before church 

 so grown up looking in the new (used) suit i got him this week

 first ones awake