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Axel started his first day of preschool today! He has been so excited!! 

Axel | First day of Preschool | Age: 5 yrs | Teacher: Ms. Jenn | School: Busy Bees Preschool | Favorite Book: "Big Book of Dinosaurs" | Favorite Color: Every color in the world | Favorite Food: Fish Tacos | When I grow up I want to be: A Paleontologist

Gosh I love these two! // Axel is fighting sleep so hard! We went to Idaho this weekend and Grandma and Grandpa took us up to their camp!

I love this bare foot boy! 

Matthew and I took a four wheeler ride! It was so fun! I really miss doing things like that! 

Dad tried to teach the kids how to start a fire with a magnifying glass. 

Good thing these guys like each other! Haha! 

 

I am the meanest mom!!! But this video makes me laugh every time! We went to Home Depot and they had their Halloween decorations out. We found this skeleton dog and Eli was terrified of it! 

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The girls started school this week! They have been so excited to start second grade! They are in the same class again this year and will be in Mrs. Nell's class. The second graders get to hatch chicks toward the end of the year and they are most excited for that, I think! 

Alya: 7 years old -- Favorite book: "I love all my books" -- Favorite color: "black" -- Favorite food: BLT -- When I grow up I want to be: "A paleontologist"

Lyla: 7 years old -- Favorite book: "Dino Mike" -- Favorite color: "purple, pink and red" -- Favorite food: "BLTs & lasagna" -- When I grow up I want to be: "a mom & a paleontologist" 

We met my dad and two of my sisters in Scofield to go fishing for a day. We got rained on pretty good, but look at that rainbow! And look at the size of that trout!! 

I walked in the boys' room and found Alya reading to Axel! So sweet! 

Eli thoroughly enjoyed his ice cream sandwich. Look at his little scrunched up nose! // I took the kids on one last hike before school starts. We have tried this hike before but couldn't find the trail so we tried again this week. 

We found it! It was a pretty good little hike! Well shaded, not too long, and there was a really cool arch at the end of it! 

These pictures make me chuckle. We took them at the beginning of our hike and Bullet is so excited to get going! // This picture makes me laugh the most. Axel must have stepped on Lyla's foot and her face cracks me up! I just really love these kids. I am glad we can go on all these adventures and even though sometimes it's hard, or cold, they are always excited for the next adventure. 

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The girls started 1st grade this week. Thanks to Covid, and as much as I don't like it, they have to wear masks to school. I think they are kind of a novelty though and they have been excited to have new accessories! I hope they don't have to wear them all school year, but I don't have high hopes. 

I am not used to having to get kids ready and looking cute and out the door by 8:00 a.m. so we were kind of in a rush to get pictures done! This year they have Mrs. Jarvis. Lyla's favorite book is "That's Not My Mermaid". Her favorite colors are red, pink and purple. Her favorite food is pigs-in-a-blanket and when she grows up she wants to be a "draw-er." 

Alya is also in Mrs. Jarvis's class. Her favorite books are books with tabs that she can flip. Her favorite color is black and her favorite foods are macaroni and cheese with bacon and BLTs. When she grows up she wants to be an inventor. 

It's been a big week at our house! We are officially done with binkies!!! Eli decided he wanted to cut his last binkie and now he wants absolutely nothing to do with them! And look at those lips!!!

Eli brought a stick inside that he has just been playing with. He got quiet for a minute so I went to see what he was doing. He had gone and pulled a marshmallow out of the pantry and piles some toys into his "fire pit" and roasted a mallow! So funny! // He has also been cooking me dinner every night. He goes to our drawer and pulls out all the toy food, puts it in the strainer and sets it very carefully into the oven. Then he waits a few seconds and says "hot" while he waits. After a bit he lets me know it's done, so he pulls it out, puts it back in his bowl and we pretend to eat, then he puts it back in the drawer. Except for the one day when he forgot to pull a couple pieces out and I preheated the oven before checking if anything was in there. Oops!! I caught it before anything caught fire, but it made me nervous. 

The boys have been wearing their jammie shirts up on their heads like this and they pretend to be long eared puppies. It's pretty funny! 

Getting in couple more trips to Palisades before the weather starts to cool off! // He's doing so good on his little bike! 

I love these happy boys! 

Axel became fast friends with another little boy we saw at the lake. I think this was our first time at the lake by ourselves. It's always more fun to have friends, so thank goodness Axel was able to find one! 

How cute is that face!? He's pretty excited about the new truck Nana got him for his birthday!