ahhh, that's better........

It's been one of those weeks. Crazy busy and yet when I try and think about what we did, I can't really remember. Sean was out of town so that probably erased some brain cells. I was pretty excited as I watched his plane touch down. For the last six months, Sean has been undergoing management training. He has had hours of projects, presentations to complete and has been out of town each month . He completed this training on Friday! He has an interview next week and then it basically means that he is eligible to become a store manager, should a position arise. It has been hard on him, and hard on us. I am very proud that he has completed this training time.

While he was away, I was getting tired of having to put Mikayla back into her bed each time she climbed out of the playpen so I decided to move her into a big girl bed. The older two transitioned at 19 months so she is right on their schedule. It was around 8pm one night and the big kids got out of bed and helped me to set things up. Mikayla was so excited! So excited, in fact, that for the next couple of days she wouldn't nap, was getting up extremely early and would not go to bed at night. Today, however, she napped and she is tucked in upstairs for the bed and not a sound has been heard.......

School is going well. We are starting to get into the groove. The kids usually have their independent work (printing, reading etc.) completed by 9 and then we have the rest of the morning to go on outings. Swimming, park, library etc. We start on science, language arts, math once Mikayla naps around 1. I love the quality of interactions it creates for me and the older two. I love getting to watch them solve problems and enjoy creating things.

I went to look for pictures of the oldest two and of the babies and realized that I have not taken any this week?? Not quite sure how that happened. I did manage to find this video of Caileigh and Jordan. The babies adore their siblings and it is cute to watch their interactions.

The babies are quite amazing. Utterly, truly amazing babies! They are so happy and content and are starting to sleep well. Last night Alex slept 11 hours!!! Can you believe it? Jordan was only up once too!! They nurse well and often during the day and are definitely growing. They are in 6 month clothing now. I am curious about how much they weigh. I will try and get them in to the clinic next week.

Well, as I type, Jordan is getting upset and needs some help going down for the night. Gotta fly........

Diaper Shower

One of my dancers has been wanting to throw the babies and I a shower. I didn't want people to feel that they had to bring gifts so they told people if they wanted to bring something, they could bring diapers! We had a great time and it was fun to socialize with all the girls from dance. I won't be teaching until January so it was nice to connect with them after the summer.

Getting ready to go.....

Identical boys in not so identical moods.

{Jordan}

{Alex}

Ally and her diaper cake creation!

Hard Worker

Apparently, Aiden was trying to dig down to the water source. Good thing we stopped him before he hit a gas line!

Blue Eyes

{Jordan}

{Alex}

The boys are at such a fun interactive stage! I love watching them smile, coo and giggle. The boys schedule has been pretty much opposite lately. I have been trying to start to coordinate them a little bit so that they are at least staggered closer together. This will provide them with more time to be awake together. Yesterday, for the first time, they noticed one another. They chatted and smiled and took great joy in watching the other. My heart swelled. Hopefully I can capture it on video soon to share.

Here is a little clip from this morning.

First Day of (home) School!

After our morning activities we participated in a homeschool picnic. Grandma came with us and we originally thought we might go for a quick visit and ended up staying over 3 hours! It was great fun and we look forward to our next get together next Friday.

Caileigh and Mikayla wanted their pictures taken by the front door. As Caileigh is participating in the same activities as Aiden, it only seems fair.

She was, however, a little put out that Mikayla wanted to be in the picture with her.

This is an example of her "angry" face.

Auntie Misty came to visit. She had her hands full!

We ventured on picnics.

Jumped for joy!

Played monkey in the tree.

Slept. {Alex}

Slept some more. {Jordan}

And just enjoyed being together.

{Jordan} {Alex}

{Jordan} {Alex}

{Caileigh was "off" and didn't want to join the picture. It made more sense when she spiked a fever later on}