Found Memories

I had to post this picture. The stool that is being used by the babes as a car was the same stool I used as a child to stand on, sit on, climb on (Dallin's previous post), ride in, get my hair combed and use mom's bathroom sink and all other possible ways to use a stool. Mason and I used it as a TV stand, plant stand. You name it it has been used in some facet or another. It has since been recovered several times and this time Granee had the great idea to put heavy plastic on it to protect it from the babes. I love that my babies can use something that I have such found memories of and that they can create their own memories too!

Falling Leaves

I need to vent...I think raking leaves is for the birds. I haven't minded having a yard that I have to take care of as opposed to what we have been used to (concrete slabs and an HOA handling all the yard work). I have enjoyed gardening and pulling weeds. I have loved growing a garden and eating the great veggies, but I have found something I hate...raking leaves. I started a couple of days ago and after and hour of raking I only had one black bag full to show my efforts. Oh don't get me wrong I had plenty of piles of leaves to be bagged, but I also had 2 helpers who thought climbing through the piles of leaves was how you cleaned them up (Dallin) and who also thought eating the leaves might be a more effective way of doing the job (Clara). Needless to say I didn't get much done and then we had a slight wind storm the next day. You only need a slight wind storm to ruin perfectly piled leaves. So, I have decided to wait until ALL of the leaves have fallen off the trees. I apologize to my neighbors who have to look at my yard. If you don't like it you are welcome to my rake and bags!
Cute pictures of my helpers in the yard!

Bath time is for standing?

The twins love baths, but lately it has been a little stressful for their mom. They think getting in the bath means they can stand and walk (Clara) in the water. I am constantly telling them to sit down. They sit down really fast when I get their towels...do you think they are already that smart?!
Mason took these tonight...don't worry they are G rated!

Back Blogging: Sitting Bull Falls

I was introduced to a beautiful natural setting only minutes from my house by Annette. She is very creative and adventurous and I decided that Mason needed to see this beautiful and picturesque place. So we loaded up the babes and headed out. Dallin and Clara loved the water and rocks (as you will see). We could barely keep them from jumping into the freezing water of November and they decided that rocks were for climbing not looking at much to their mother's dismay. I just knew we would be rushing them to the ER with broken heads!

Dallin's new talent

Dallin has discovered that he can climb anything! Much to his mother's dismay, he has no need to walk because he can crawl really fast and climb higher than his sister can stand! I have been told that this is a "boy" thing. I don't like it one bit!
Clara has taken to walking everywhere. She no longer wants to sit or crawl, she has to be up and walking. She is very proud of herself!

Back Blogging: Halloween kids

I haven't been very good at posting. And after several complaints (Alisa and Sarah) I have mended my ways and went back into my mounds of pictures taken over the past month and selected a few. Here are the Halloween pictures. I was going to dress them in their "Bacon and Egg" shirts, but after a little (okay a lot) of help from my creative friend (Sarah) we came up with Alice in Wonderland and The White Rabbit without the clock because Clara ate it! Thank you so much for all of your hard and long work on the apron Clara is wearing Sarah. You are the best BFF in the world!
PS Dallin was really sick with high fevers when we subjected him to this photo shoot. He was a trooper!