At the Barn

These were taken a couple of weeks ago. I can't even tell you how great Darla is riding. She has finally learned to loap on Barbie! I still remember the day Tony took off in a loap with me and what it felt like. I'm so proud of her.

"Fall has Fallen" as Brent said today

Today was the first day in a long time that it was nice outside and stayed below 80 degrees. It felt GREAT! I love cool weather. It also made me realize that another summer has gone by and all the fun things my kids have done/are doing and that I need to write about them.

Darla has started 2nd grade without a hitch. Her teacher is Mrs. Tillery. I asked Darla, "how long do you think it will take Mrs. Tillery to love you?". She answered "2 days". I think she was right. She was picked as Hound of the Week first this year! She was soo excited! After school, we're doing Hip Hop and gymnastics. No vollyeball this fall...Taylor didn't want to play so Darla wasn't set on playing either. She's definitely more into her friends right now and wants to have someone over to play or go play somewhere all the time. I can remember my friends from 2nd grade! Her Christmas list: an iphone, a real, real, very real, 6 week old white schnauzer puppy, and a laptop. I hope she has a backup plan for all those.

Bo is getting ready to turn 3 and that means I'm having a hard time dealing with all the changes I need to make. First, potty training. Bo has NO desire to teetee in the potty. He can do it, but he doesn't necessarily feel the need to do it. He's very content with his pull-up. This summer, a very familiar sight was me spraying him off with a water hose after he pooped in his pull-up in the pool. Happened almost every time we went swimming...seriously?!? Another change I need to make is the big boy bed. I have put this off as long as I can for 2 reasons. One, SLEEP. I need peaceful, uniterrupted, wonderful sleep and when your toddler is in a cage, I mean crib, you get it. Once they are loose, anything can happen. But, I know it's time. Luckily, he hasn't crawled out yet. I have actually talked myself into believing he LIKES his crib and gets a good night's sleep in there. The second reason, I don't want to put my crib away. I love that crib. I picked that crib out years before Darla was even born. I just knew that would be my babies' crib. It's a lot harder than I thought I would be to put it away. Maybe I can get Mugsy to sleep in it???

Bo is so funny. His hair is curlier than ever. He needs a haircut but I don't want to cut the curls off but yet I don't want it short on top/long in the back (aka a mullett) so I'm taking him to Lauren Tuesday to let her figure it out. He is obsessed with Thomas the Train. His birthday list is just a list of trains; that's it, no other toys, just trains. And the list changes daily depending on which trains he watches on TV that day. He answers almost every sentence with "uh-huh" but his voice goes up at the end. He also likes to "coughy" (copy) Darla which she can't stand. He speaks so cleary now that it almost makes me sad he doesn't have more words that are wrong. He's just too smart! Other favorite words... burella (umbrella), Egg-ward (Edward, one of the trains), To-vee (Toby), ba-sgetti, grey sprite (the spritezero bottle is white?), Supper Target. He used to always make this "cuh" sound - it's hard to explain. It's almost like the beginning of a laugh but he wasn't laughing; but he doesn't do it as much anymore. He seems to like his Older 2's class at school - mainly because when I drop him off they get to watch TV! He is supposed to be Buzz Lightyear for Halloween but also said he wants to be a "bampire" like Darla. Guess we'll see how that turns out!