The Leaves are Falling Down

I LOVE fall!! Probably the best benefit of the move besides being closer to family is experiencing a fall. As the leaves have begun to change James asked, "What happened the trees?" We took the boys up to the mountains to find some good tree viewing. We did see some, but mostly the spot we were at had evergreens, so not too much variation.


Why I love fall...

Warm days, cool nights
Beautiful trees
Hot chocolate season starts
Christmas is almost here (and I finish my shopping)
Everything is orange
Fall is the perfect cozy warm colors
My house decor is always ready for fall
Just beautiful and perfect

But then it gets cold...and I do no like winter. What can you do? Generally I try to have babies during the winter. So far we're 3 for 3.

Matthias with our $3.00 rake from Wal-mart approximately 20 minutes after purchase.

Texas Time

We are spending a few days in Texas visiting friends and having fun. Except I have already cried three times. In one day. I LOVE this place. And it's going to be even harder to leave it, again. I miss our house and our friends and all the trees and our ward and James' preschool (that was SO nice to let hime come this week) and my kitchen and my glowing bathroom and our friends and...okay, I'll stop. Oh, and I miss Taylor. Because it's just weird to be in Texas without him. Probably will resume posting when I return to Colorado and it's lovely...weather? Yeah, I really like the weather. For about two more weeks. Word.

First Solo Catch

James was brave enough to catch a wasp. He was very proud of himself!

Matthias Chatter

First you must know that Matthias is obsessed with his uncle Cameron. So, last Friday we went out to dinner and suddenly Matthias shouts, "Cameron. Gone!" We were a little confused, but hey I guess he was gone. Then later when he finished eating he picked up his plate and said, "Cameron, done." Aha. He thought our waiter looked like Cameron. So after that it was pretty funny because he started calling him Uncle and kept saying Cameron. What a funny boy.

Denver Zoo

We visited the Denver zoo yesterday and it was really neat. All the animal enclosure were very viewer friendly and since it wasn't 1000 degrees out the animals were actually moving around and were interesting to look at.



Matthias was right up against the glass at the baboon habitat and the little one came up and jumped at the glass. It startled Matthias, but then he started tapping on the glass and the monkey started doing a little "you looking at me" head shake and whacking the glass. It was pretty funny. I just got the tail end of the confrontation...


There was also a lorikeet feeding area which the boys thought was a blast. And it was only $1 to buy nectar. Of course we just found a discarded one on the ground, but still cheap if you want to spend a dollar. =]




I love taking my boys to the zoo and this was a really fun one.

Preschool Party

So, I started a new blog (yes, I'm a blog nut) to record what James and I do for preschool. I am always searching the internet for good ideas for our little lessons and good books to read about different subjects. So I figured I would just post our findings on a blog for all the different topics we do. Maybe you will find some good ideas...or better yet you will leave some for me in the comments! James named the blog Preschool Party. We usually do about two lessons a week, so I will just be updating a couple times a week after we do a new lesson. Feel free to share with anyone who is looking for fun ways to teach and interact with their little ones. Enjoy!

Finally

Our Home...

Kitchen (this floor is impossible to keep clean! I mop twice a week and in Texas it was more like twice a year...)


Breakfast area in kitchen


Living room


Dining room (same room as living room really, just separated by a half rail)


Family room


Toy room (the whole basement is the toy room, it's huge down there. Plus it has a storage room and a bathroom)


Boys' room


Our room (notice the lovely curtains...)


I didn't take picture of any of the bathrooms, if you want to see those you'll have to visit in person. Tempting, I know.