A Few of My Favorite Moments {This Week}

A few of my favorite moments from this week:

Addi and I played with curlers and the camera in the bathroom! {Thanks Pinterest for another fun memory!}

Landon and I spent a beautiful fall day playing in the woods.

Landon fell asleep on the couch. Addison scooped him up and cradled him. She wished he was little again so she could hold him.

Cheering on Addi at her soccer game. Pee-wee soccer is hilarious!

Addison participated in Cheer Camp. Landon and Jordyn hanging at the gym together watching the big kids cheer.

Addi and her best big buddy, Ellie. 

Addison was chosen to be one of the Star Students for the month of September. She mastered the social skill of the month and was entered into a drawing.  There was a special assembly where she was recognized and she was given a certificate and a special gift. So proud of my big, special girl.

This week was our Homecoming week. Addi and the other cheer campers danced at the pep assembly with the high school cheer squad. They also danced at half time at the football game. She did so well and had no moments of hesitation or nervousness. People ask if I think Addi will be a cheerleader and I say, "Absolutely, she was cheering when she came out of me!"

Addi and her kindergarten class rode on a special float in the homecoming parade. CLASS OF 2026!

Last tomato harvest of the year.

We are now adjusted to our crazy fall/school schedule. Our weeks are so busy and just fly by. Addison is looking forward to starting Girl Scouts this week. All I can say is this year I won't have to stalk out  a Girl Scout stranger to get my Thin Mint fix! Addi is busy in her second year of Let's Play Music. She is loving it again this year and is learning to play the keyboard. She is still working her tail off in gymnastics once a week. She is also playing soccer for a few more weeks. She is tired, but thrives on being busy. She is finally adjusting to school. Her anxiety got the best of her for many weeks, but I am happy to say she seems to have let go of some of her fears and her mornings are happy and pleasant.

Lately.

Annabelle, the "baby tit" joined our family last week. She is so sweet, so spunky and so beautiful. Her tiny stick-of-butter-sized self already thinks she's the boss of the farm.

Addi had school three days last week and for the most part she loved it. Day two was perfect. She asked to go back when I was tucking her into bed the night before. She got up great and walked right into her classroom and was all ready to go. On Friday she started to come down with a little something, was exhausted and decided that she did not want to go. I spent some time with her in class until she was ready for me to leave. She ended up having another good day. She was looking forward to her time off this weekend.

Landon misses his sister while she is at school. On her first day I asked him, "Should we go and pick up Addi from school?" He shouted, with so much enthusiasm, "Yyyyyyeeeeeessssss!"

I have always wanted to learn how to can and have been waiting for someone to teach me how. I decided to just 'try' it and see if I could figure it out. After reading and reading and admiring my friends canning pictures I decided maybe it wasn't has hard as I had it in my mind. So this week the kids and I dove head first into water bath canning and made a huge batch of dill pickles and peaches. I really enjoy it and so did they. I know it will become a fall tradition in our home now. We are looking forward to making applesauce this week. I look forward to next fall when we are able to preserve the food we have worked so hard to grow.

Papa came for a quick visit and he worked the whole time. He comes and we get so many projects planned, started and finished.

 Papa's tickle bug is sneaky.

Grandma and Grandpa also came this weekend. Grandpa and Daddy worked on more house projects while Grandma baked cookies with the kids and played. We visited The Ice Cream Parlor twice in the same day! The kids were very excited about that!

A few other of my favorites moments from the week.

He loves to play his "boat-boat" game on the iPod. He almost gets the headphones on correctly!

It was windy and she really wanted to go play with her horse. Her solution!

Landon swipped a tortilla bowl from the counter and ate it in his beautiful princess gloves. 

Landon stacked his shoes into mine!