Some of the things she does!

Lily went to her room to pick out some clothes the other morning, or so I thought. It was taking a long time, so I went to check on her and this is what I found. She had stripped down to her undies and was playing with her dollies and their clothes. It was really funny to find her like this!

Skyler Means Business

I found these in Skyler's room the other day. I was so surprised to see something like this, but I can understand where he is coming from. He made these signs, one says No Lily Allowed and there is a circle with a girl in it crying with a line through it and the other one say Yes Lily Allowed with a girl in a circle smiling. How did these come about? Well, I don't know the whole story, but when he comes home from school he likes to go in his room and color, cut, or draw. He likes to do this by himself and with no interruption. Lily has missed her brother all day and just wants to play with him and is pretty persistent about it. So, one night when I was gone, he came up with these signs with the help of his dad (only for the spelling). I was pretty surprised that he came up with this idea on his own!

The Bridges of Madison County

We took a family road trip on Saturday to Winterset, Iowa to go to the Bridges of Madison County Fall Festival. It was a long day, but we had so much fun! We walked around the town square, went and looked at two covered bridges, played at a cool park, and climbed a cool, castle-looking lookout tower. The beauty around us was breathtaking and we were lucky enough to have awesome weather. The trees were all changing color and it was just an amazing time! There was an awful lot of playing in the leaves. Fall is my favorite time of year and I loved hearing the leaves crunch under our feet and the smell of the leaves and watching the kids play in the leaves. I would highly recommend this. I would like to go back without the kids to see the other bridges that we didn't make it to. There was even a stone bridge we didn't get to stop at that was in the movie Bridges of Madison County. Good, good times.

My Tree Girl

We were boo-ed!

Tonight I went out for my jog, which actually turned into a walk; but, when I came back I found this sack on the front porch. I was curious and so I took it in and looked in it. It said we had been boo-ed and the bag was full of treats for us. It was so sweet. Once I saw the oreos, I knew who it was from. They tried playing dumb, but it didn't last for long. You can't fool me Miss Christy! Thanks, it was a fun treat. Too bad the kids were in bed and will never know it happened! Just kidding, I'll give them everything tomorrow!

A Movie

On Wednesday, I was so blessed to be able to go to a movie during the day with a friend. I got a babysitter for Lily; well, actually two babysitters as it turned out, and went to a 12:30 movie. It was wonderful. There were only two other people at the movie besides us. We saw The Women. It was a pretty good movie. We decided that we would do this every couple of weeks instead of just going to lunch. It's actually perfect because the movies are cheaper during the day and it doesn't take away from our time with our family at night. Thank goodness I have such smart friends with such great ideas!

Tooth

We've got a loose tooth around here. I can't believe Skyler is old enough to lose his baby teeth, but I guess he is. I will keep you posted on the tooth situation.