Fall Follies

Finding time to blog these days is tough. We keep ourselves pretty busy. Someone is always needing a meal, a nap, a diaper change - and that's just me taking care of me! (ha!) You know we've done some fun stuff this fall - like adding to our family, picking out pumpkins, playing in the snow, and celebrating Halloween. These were some pretty fun big events but we also do little fun things too, which keep our day-to-day life entertaining. There aren't always as many pictures of these events, but sometimes I manage to pull out the camera. So here are some (literal) snapshots of the little things in our life this fall... in no particular order...

We play with Blizzard... Hayden actually really tries to play with her sometimes by throwing a toy for her or chasing her outside. Blizz isn't really sure she likes the attention, but she usually plays along.
We paint vegetation - primarily gourds. :) This is best done in your pajamas!
We introduced Eliza to the Creamery. She's the little yellow part below my chin. We went shortly before Halloween, on one of the last warm days and had two YUMMY flavors - my favorite was Monster Mash. (look it up!)
We've taken a lot of naps - sometimes in strange positions...
and sometimes they are hard to wake up from...
Eliza is especially good at napping. She really likes to nap in her swing! (thank goodness!)

There's been a little bit of sisterly bonding. Hayden is a big fan of the bonding sessions; Eliza not so much.

We have gone to the grocery store A LOT. And Hayden sometimes helps me unpack, if I have to feed Eliza right when we get home. Notice how neatly everything is lined up and how the bread is standing up straight!We've started doing some tummy time. Sometimes this is best done on Mommy's knees!

We've also taken advantage of daylight savings and checked out the moon in the Happy Valley dusk. The scenic picture does not capture how pretty the evening was. We did manage a pretty good picture of the three girls (yes that's Eliza in the fleecy yellowness under my chin this time.)
We've also put lots of smudges on the glass storm door. :)
And I can't even tell you how many books we've been reading, over and over and over... (but I'm still tremendously proud of my bookworm!)
Hayden has also experimented with what she can and cannot do on her own. Case in point - she CAN fit into the block container but she CANNOT get out of it without help. Yes we were laughing at her and just had to document her achievement/distress.

Most recently we enjoyed a visit with Poppop who came up to stay with us before heading to Philly for a conference. We were so busy, this is the only picture we took with him! Come back again soon!
So that's life with us this fall. Hope all is well with you!