update

Here are some photos of the kids. Lincoln was not in the mood to have his picture taken, but I thought the picture turned out pretty funny.

I can't believe how fast the time is going by. We are just so busy, but trying to keep life slow so we can enjoy all the moments. Ansel woke up in the middle of the night a few nights ago and Joseph went down to tuck him in and found Isabel up and getting dressed. This is funny for several reasons. First, it was 3:45am. Second, every morning we have the same converstion: Isabel, it's time to get dressed. But, mom WHY do I have to get dressed? Because that's what we do every day before you go to school. But, mom, I don't want to. I know Isabel, you told me yesturday and the day before...

Isabel got an award for good behavior at a school assembly this week and a free kids meal at Applebees. While we were eating Lincoln started doing this huge fake laugh and we all though it was SO funny. He really has become quite a character. It's cute seeing him get older and more interested in playing with Ansel. He LOVES attention from Ansel. The other day Ansel was spitting out a toy potato at Lincoln and he was laughing SO hard. I tried it and Lincoln just picked it up and handed it to Ansel. ha ha ha. Ansel loves to cheer up Lincoln when I change his diaper or when he is cranky in the car.

Anyway, that is a quick update. Life is crazy, but so good.

kids are smart

Isabel was doing some things in her coloring/activity book today and asked for me to read some directions for her. We were watching my nephew Cael and he was interested in the book and came over to help. Well, we were supposed to decide which animal didn't belong in the sequence: sheep, dog, cat, fish. The next sequence was: chick, dog, owl, duck.

Which animals do you think don't belong? Well, my first thought was that a dog, cat and fish are common pets and sheep are not. Cael had a different idea. He said that three are land animals and the fish lives in water. I thought his answer was better than mine. On the second group I thought for sure I have the best answer: a dog doesn't have wings like the chick, owl and duck. Well, can anyone guess what Cael thought didn't belong? It was the Owl because it's nocturnal. Yep. Can you believe that. I thought it was very perceptive. Ha ha ha. It's fun to have 4 year olds open your mind.

first kindergarten field trip

Ansel and I got to go with Isabel and her kindergarten class on their first field trip to the zoo. It was a lot of fun and they kids did a great job walking all morning. Isabel's partner was Nayeli and we had a great trip. Their favorite things were the giraffes, gorillas, elephants, and the hippo.

Lincoln and lights

I think Lincoln's favorite things are light switches. He could be in the worst mood and become so happy to turn the lights on and off. He will do it as long as I will hold him up to reach them. He recently discovered the foot petal to turn on our living room floor lamps. So many exciting new things in life when you are 10 months old!

temple trip

We had a nice trip to the Oklahoma City Temple last weekend. The kids did good in the car and had a lot of fun by the fountain. We also went to the Olive Garden for lunch....yummy!

camping

Joseph had a fantastic idea to go camping on labor day weekend in our backyard. So, we had a lot of fun playing in the tent and pretending our shed was a haunted house in the woods. I think that game was a little too scary for Ansel, but he wanted to keep doing it.....so, I don't know. We REALLY enjoyed having Isabel and Joseph home for an extra long weekend.

toilet paper

Several times I found Ansel putting a LOT of toilet paper in the toilet or the garbage can. I decided to buy the cheapest toilet paper I could find because I was tired of wasting our nice, soft stuff. Well, I went into the kids bathroom and I found a roll of the cheap stuff almost full and setting right in the garbage can. Ansel had thrown it away and replaced it with charmin. I guess he likes the good stuff too.