September Fun

I feel like September was the first month in a long time where every weekend wasn't jam packed with planned activities and we could relax and do what we wanted. Don't get me wrong, we still managed to do a lot, but it just felt less busy. We hit up Home Depot with the Johnson's for their kid's craft. The kids made a football game and had a blast!

Later that day we headed to Tia Erika's parents' house to celebrate her dad's birthday. The kids bounced, colored, ate, and played. I took Eleanora in the bounce house for her first time, but I don't think she was too excited... The babies were pretty fascinated with each other and we even managed to get some pictures of Aba with all her grand kids!

Clara decided that she did not want training wheels anymore and learned to ride her bike. When she sets her mind to something she is like me and gets it done. However the same goes when she decides she can't or doesn't want to do something! We spent a lot of time snuggling and being crazy at home and we even managed to get in a few more swim lessons!

Trying on Dada's socks

And Dada's shirt

We had lots of trips to the park and even hit up a street fair in Sanger. The kids went on some rides and we thought Emmett was going to throw up on the teacups!

 

We managed to take advantage of the heat and get in one last swim/BBQ night with the Engstroms!

Eleanora started coming over on Wednesdays and the kids are quite smitten with her!

I had to go to Sacramento for work and randomly so did our friend Chad from Peace Corps at the same time. He lives in D.C. so it was awesome to get to catch up with him!

We had a fun night with the Kauks. Emmett and Brinley are so silly together and Clara and Cami are so sweet.

You never know when you're going to have a spur of the moment popsicle party with your friends!

We all got a bad stomach flu, but still managed to make it to the Harvest Moon Festival. Emmett even got to choose the numbers for Bingo! Unfortunately later in the week he had diarrhea at preschool while going potty at the urinal...not a fun time.

We went to the Clay School Fall Festival one afternoon after church as is our yearly tradition. This year was even more fun because we actually know people that go there!

Dada took the kids to Reedley Beach to finish out a fun month!

Life of a Big Sister

Clarita continues to be an awesome big sister (most of the time). The two have definitely started fighting more as Emmett isn't as easy going as before and doesn't just let her do whatever she wants, but they generally love each other. She continues to exclaim that he is so cute and always talks about how she loves her baby brother. Clara likes to "read" to Emmett and teach him things in her preschool. If he's scared of something she generally helps him out and gives him hugs. They really are sweet together!

And, when Emmett is taking three hour naps Clara has lots of time to do fun big sister things like baking with Dada. He is much more patient and less of a control freak than me so it's more fun!

Using Great Grandma Reva's super old mixer

Licking the beaters=most important part!

One day one of Dada's giant sunflowers fell down, but don't worry, Builder Clarita to the rescue!

We managed to get in one more Mama Clara doughnut date in before preschool ended!

Clara got prepared for her wedding to Reed (she has literally been talking about how she is going to marry him).

Clarita got Dada a scooter for Father's Day and they go on rides together!

We took the big girls to a princess event while the little ones napped and they could not have been more excited! 

Big sisters get to help Dada make dinner. (It may have been a little spicy/salty in spots but still good!)