Fall is Falling

This week has been one of those weeks that I could make sound fantastic....Dashell got his first tooth! I made grape juice for the first time! Apple cake, apple pie, apple sauce! Stratton is crazy for bristle blocks! But really, it has been hard. Honestly, the last two months have been long and challenging. My goal is to have a point in time in the not so distant future when no one in the house is on antibiotics....but I still have at least a week and a half before that is even possible. At least one of us, and most of the time more, have been sick since July, and it is getting old!

But, I do have some lovely recent pictures! The boys are growing up quickly, with all the bad and good that comes with that. Dashell is really coming into his own and is very sweet and loving..and a little temperamental. That means lots of time with Mom holding him.I have been wanting to tone up my arms, he must just being doing his share. Stratton has figured out that with being potty trained, going to preschool, and everything else that he doesn't need Mom anymore. That means he needs me every 2 seconds to acknowledge what he did all by himself, like a big boy. And that he now does things that are against the rules because he is "big like Daddy". Whenever we tell him 'no' his standard response is "But I WANT to." Repeated indefinitely... As a side note, I think they call it quiet time to make parents feel better about the end of napping...there is nothing quiet about it.

We have enjoyed the fall as always here with apple pick

ing, playing at the park and hiking in Cuyahoga Valley. But during the week, Stratton is on a one man mission to ask why to everything...even things that don't have a why, Dashell is attempting to spend less than 10% of the day without me, and no one is sleeping!

This is Stratton being big and independent by feeding Dash his lunch....this is a pretty shot. It got ugly about 2 minutes later. I am grateful to have 2 little boys who love each other and love to play together. Even on long weeks, I wouldn't trade them...just take a break from them occasionally! Here's to the next few weeks looking brighter.