late september

i took the boys to have lunch with eleanor and olive for subway day

(hazel was at GT)

 noah's last cross country meet

 i cut some bangs

 the girls did their school "fun run" 

it's a mile

 hazel and some of her best friends

 eleanor picked a ripe watermelon from the garden

taking 6 kids to costco on a saturday was a bad idea

jude ended up biting henry's back but at least they were cute matching

 sunday best with eleanor

 glad he still likes me even when i cut short bangs

 i took these two to the library to play and pick some books and movies

 i dropped the porta-crib at the DI trailer since jude climbs out every time we travel now

it's kind of the end of an era since i bought that before noah was born 

(and maybe set it up when i was only like 5 months pregnant...just to be ready)

 henry was sweet to come help me take care of our neighbor laura's yard

 fresh from the garden

 these two are so cute together

 lots of baths for these two who like to play in the dirt together

 helping himself to a couple raisins

all ready for preschool

 out on a bike ride to some swings and we found a kitty

when it was time to go jude said, "by meow, see you later"

back home for a backyard picnic

 pruning the pear tree

 much better

 pushing the stuffed kitty on the swing

 we are cutting our sugar way down in our family

but lucky for hazel right after i made the declaration, our neighbor laura brought over doughnuts

to thank me for mowing her yard

 all cozy after their bath

 cuties

 hazel was making a board game for school so olive made one, too for fun

and eleanor made this one

so cute

 painting before school today

 for better or worse, jude loves to copy henry

 just moving a bookshelf up the stairs

i like to keep busy while the kids are at school

i can't believe it's almost october

and more importantly that jude is almost two!