Surviving

The week of Daylight Savings was titled: Survival. Claire had been teething for weeks, and I was ready to kill her. Lucky for us, Sof is a survivor and was content to entertain herself.

Claire finally has a pony!

I found Sof like this one day. She had propped the tablet up so she could still watch her show. Smart girl! It was hilarious!

We raked a lot of leaves this fall. Our cute neighbor next door has a giant tree and isn't able to do it herself - so we were obliged to help :).

Playing dress up one morning. I rarely stay in my pajama's all day, but I think when Greg got home all 3 of us were still wearing them. Oh well, I have no shame.

I was invited on a girls' weekend trip with some ladies in our ward, and it was so much fun! Claire had been getting us up at 4:00 AM for DAYS! and I can't tell you how excited I was to be able to sleep somewhere else and let Greg deal with her. Of course, that night everyone chose to sleep blissfully.

Greg took the girls to McDonald's, and this is the result! :)

 

 

Claire has been busting at the seams in her infant carseat for awhile, so it was time to move her to Sof's. I scored a brand new carseat off KSL for half the price for Sof. I love moments like that. Everywhere we went, Sof told people to admire her new carseat. She is one proud girl. 

Lagoon and Dead Alternators

November 1st proved to be a beautiful Fall day. We spent time outside, and when Greg got home for work took advantage of the beautiful day and went to walk the Lagoon Trail.

Playing princesses with a friend. These girls are 4 days apart. You would never know.

Two cute pictures taken on the same log. Claire was 13 months, Sofi was 18. Here's to hoping Claire's hair starts to grow.

All week weird lights had been lit up on the dashboard of our Santa Fe. I got the alternator tested and didn't trust the advice of the guy at the store (bless his heart), so after the Lagoon trail, we took it to a Centerville store we trusted, and the guy who tested the alternator told us to leave the car running and drive it over to where we would have it fixed; that's how fast the part was going out. Needless to say, he was right, and we were 2 stores away from where we would have it fixed. And yes, it lost power in their parking lot.

This is us stranded.

Luckily we had a lot of snacks in the diaper bag, and both girls were content to munch on treats while we waited for Uncle Toby to kindly come and pick us up and take us home. We owe him big. And, Sof got her wish of having pizza for dinner. There was a Little Caesar's in the same parking lot.

This experience made me grate for promptings, and grateful I was insistent on Greg taking us to Centerville. Had we not, we would've have had the luck we did. God is good. He is real, and he is aware of us no matter how small or insignificant our circumstances.

That night Greg was able to take his frustrations out on this little beaut while tilling our garden. I think he enjoyed it a little too much.

Other October Fun

October will forever be my favorite month!

For those of you who haven't experienced Claire's "cheese," this is it in all its glory!

This girl. Oh how I love her.

The flexibility of her spine astounds me.

I had a good weekend haul. 

This is how Claire helps clean the bathrooms.

They look so trapped! I was dying. When in reality, they love the car carts!

Never a dull moment with a 3 year old.

A beautiful sunset one day that lit up the mountains.

On our way to our SR class one night, my friend slammed on her brakes when she saw this bench for free on the curb.
She was impressed at my strong muscles when she realized that the bench was made of aluminum ... But, it was hilarious!
I felt like we were back in college, when we both held a side of the bench on top of her car and drove it back home laughing our heads off (her husband wasn't impressed). We were late to our class, but I'm pretty sure it was worth it.

We went mini golfing one day at Cherry Hill.

Let's just say I still don't believe Golf is a sport.

Only a 3 year old would have fun cleaning the church.

Lucky for us, those straps hold her in (most of the time).

The trees up the street were beautiful this Fall!

And a beautiful sunrise.

Cute Claire sitting in Grandma LuAnn's rocking chair.

We found horses!

Yes, we fed them every day.

How many kids can fit in a sandbox?

A Scary Ghost and an Owl

Here we are in the month of December and I'm still trying to catch up on October. I feel like Claire in the picture below, with no pants and all!

We grew our own pumpkins this year, which means we didn't have to go to a pumpkin patch. It was so nice avoiding those mosquito's. They are not kind to Sof or me. And, we are happy to report that Sofi ate her dinner this year, so she was able to carve pumpkins with us. Yay!

Cute Sof designed her own pumpkin and it turned out Great!

(Claire's got carved the next day).

Sof was able to dress up at Preschool, just so you don't think I randomly paint my toddler's face and drive around town.

Our heavy drinker.

Here is the cute crew! Sof was so excited to run to each house and kindly say "Trick-or-treat" and Claire was beside herself in the stroller. We kindly ignored her.

Not pictured is us standing next to the awesome guy who dresses up as the Grimm Reaper and stands on stilts outside the Newmann's house in Farmington. We love those donuts, but Sof still remembers him from last year, so that should tell you the type of scare he gave her. 

We had a good Halloween!