Here is the first performance of the Spoon-Bowl-Drum and Whistle Band.
It has been nice to watch the three kids realize that they sometimes actually maybe kinda like each other. Nathan is missed while he's at school, and they're all eager to play together when he gets home.
There is still plenty of pestering and fighting, but they're headed in the right direction.
Clara loves preschool, she loves her teacher, Miss Janet, and she LOVES her new princess backpack.
I love preschool too, and so does Christian.
(By the way, Clara really reminds me of Lilly in the book, "Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse.")
Nathan enjoys 1st grade.
His reading has improved 150% in the past month.
He loves packing a lunch and eating it at school.
It's a long day for him and he comes home ready to play.
By the way, 1st graders should not have homework.
For a few nights in a row, we found Clara asleep in the middle
of a midnight tea party with her dolls and teddy bears.
Sometimes it takes a picture like this to remind me of how innocent and precious kids really are.
It can be hard to see preciousness in my wild, stubborn, opinionated, free-spirited girl when she's awake.
We played at Aunt Mel's pool a few times last month.
Nathan and Clara's swimming lessons have really paid off. They have lots more fun in the water now.
Christian has discovered that swim diapers make fabulous hats.
We hiked up Dry Canyon on Labor Day. It's less green than it was in June, but still breathtaking. We had Uncle Michael and Aunt Mel along. They suggested we take a different route back to the trailhead. Instead of going back down the canyon, we hiked upward along the ridge that overlooks the valley.
What a great view! Did I mention that I love Mount Timpanogos? I'd really like to hike to the summit again someday.
Looking down over the edge of the cliff. Yikes! Don't fall, kids!