We carved & painted pumpkins, attended a fall festival with Aunt Gini and the cousins, visited Aubie at Daddy's office party, enjoyed the beautiful end-of-summer weather, worked in the front yard with Daddy, potty trained (Evie), & started table food (Buddy). It's been a full and somewhat exhausting month. I am glad to have one less in diapers and grateful that this time Evelynn is truly ready for pottying (we tried unsuccessfully a few months ago). Buddy is DELIGHTED with table food - showing a particular affinity for sweet potatoes. I am enjoying reading and preparing for a future of homeschooling, and we are enjoying these early months of the 10th year of our marriage.
We welcome the new change in weather and are excited about being right on the cusp of the mobile phase with Buddy. He is almost sitting up and is definitely changing rapidly - playing with toys, interacting more with his family, chuckling and cooing and singing, and even playing peekaboo. Evelynn's language is taking off - she especially likes to sing songs and repeat phrases. Claire is beginning to have an interest in stories without pictures and hardly 5 minutes can go by in the day without her asking why or why not about something - both a delight and a source of frustration. Some days I am too exhausted to truly enjoy these days, but I know I will look back on them fondly, with no recollection of just how very tiring it is to have a 3 year old, almost 2 year old, and 5 month old to care for.
