Josh, Tiffany & Co.

Wolverine is a good guy. Pretty sure Logan is aware of that. I might swap the Panda and the Cowgirl for trick-or-treating. The cowgirl wouldn't keep her hat or shirt on . . . Our pumpkin we have yet to carve . . . but we will ;) Happy Halloween!

Mr. Tall, dark, and handsome had a birthday. Lucky me, my parents watched the kids overnight, so we had a full-on date, dinner, pool, and walking the mall together past 6:30PM. Awesome. Glad he asked me to be his wife 7 years ago. Just for fun, my Grandma Wood made this dress for me, and I finally got around to trying it on the girls. Just so you know how hard it is to take pics of these crazy 17 month-old ladies. Logan took this picture a little over a year ago . . . and this one about a month ago. My babies are growing up. Bittersweet as always.

Just something about it, maybe my electric bill, maybe the colors of the beautifully changing leaves in the canyon I got to drive by 4 times, maybe how cute my girls look in orange and black, maybe how funny it is to see Logan dress up in his Halloween costume, maybe watching football, but I just love the fall. Just became forward facers!!!

For Logan that is. Thanks to our fabulous neighbors Logan and Josh enjoyed some bonding time. They went to some pre-game tailgating and Logan won the big finger! Josh let him take some pictures. He really liked that the band made a "Y" on the field. And he took this picture of a chair that some friendly seat-neighbors let him borrow for awhile. He stayed awake the whole game and had a lot of fun. No . . . these ladies did not attend. They were sleeping before the game even started, but I managed to get a couple of cute pics the other day. As you can see in the background, trying on shoes is an important part of the day. So cute. Makes up for all that chasing around I do all day :)

Because Josh reminded me that I really am gonna miss this. "This" being twin toddlers and a 4 year old. Sometimes in the moment it is hard to realize that someday the girls will clean up after themselves and not be so outwardly needy. This Logan preschool thing has helped me see that my children can and will have a life outside of me. He is learning and growing and I am not involved in every second of it. And that is ok, hard sometimes, but ok. And so too, the girls will reach that point, but right now I happen to be an important part of the busy world they run around in. I want to start paying attention to what is happening instead of all the things I am not getting done. Because raising babies is time-consuming stuff. Tessa spends a lot of time holding her baby and bringing the blanket over to me so she can wrap him up. Then she says, "Shh, shh, shh." while she rocks him. Eden loves the story of the three little bears and will bring the book over, say ...

We decided our family loves September. Logan gets to go to preschool, Josh is practically giddy about football, I love all the tasty produce and of course, sweatshirt/actually-being-able-to-go-outside-in-the-afternoon weather, and the girls just love life in general. September is pretty awesome for us. 1st day of preschool. We both took him, while grandma watched the girls. He wanted a picture with me ;) As crazy as I am, I let the ladies delve into the rice they have seen played with so many times. Tessa does pretty well . . . Eden is still learning to keep it in the table. but it allowed me to make this . . . Saag Aloo. Thanks to Janice I had a spice blend that made it fairly simple, and Josh said with a little hot-ness (it was mild, I'm new at this!) It would be even better. Who knew spinach could taste so good?

For the past, oh . . . year and a half :) we don't venture out as frequently as I did when I just had Mr. Logan, but the girls (and I) transitioned to one nap about a month or so ago, which leaves us a bit more time to do things, if those things include the kids, things that require my 100% or at least 80% are still not getting done very often:). The biggest change is going to be revolving around school for the first time in years. Mr. Logan starts preschool next week! He was able to meet his teacher and see his classroom this week and he (and I) are very excited! I told him I want to go to school with him, but I can't. I miss working with kids and all this preschool visiting has made me miss it all the more, but Logan will have a great time! He is into taking things apart. Josh had some tools out, and Logan started unscrewing a couple cars, I did not help him at all. Teeny, tiny screws, unscrewed by Logan. He conceived and carried out the idea all by himself. He ...