A Quick Recap

Lots and lots of things have been happening.  I have a ton of pictures to share and stories to tell.  The kids are both changing and learning new things every day.  Ryder is talking so much now... he is finally communicating in a way we can understand (most of the time, anyhow).  Oh and Savannah, she is excelling in school.  Her enthusiasm for school makes me so happy and pushes me to work even harder with her and her studies.  These last few months have been some of the craziest of my life, and some of the best.  

Savannah brought home this masterpiece from her art class at school.  I am in love with it.  It is a self portrait and I think she nailed it.  Beautiful Savannah.

We also had our first major homework assignment of the year... a community diorama.  Each kid had to choose an establishment in their community that they wanted to build a diorama of.  Little miss chose the library... and not just any library, a rainbow library where princess go to read.  Perfection.

We somehow managed to squeeze a trip to the State Fair in.  Same ol', same ol'... rides, fried food, animals, and lots of tractors.  Ryder loved all the tractors, especially the little ones that he got to ride on. Happy happy boy.

There hasn't been a whole lot of time for new house stuff.  The only two rooms I managed to get done are the kids' rooms.  Ryder's was easy... we just did a light grey, nothing fancy.  Savannah's was not so easy.  She wanted a whole new color scheme than her old room and I wanted something that was bright and bold.  This is what we ended up with.  It turned out fantastic!

Savannah before school one morning.  Every day I swear she looks older and older.  She is also getting better with the whole dressing yourself thing.

Post family pictures... a quick snapshot of the kids.  We haven't done pictures as a family since Ryder was born, so I was very excited about this session.  I can't wait to see the proofs.  

He is still doing well in his big boy bed.  As you can see he brings everything he possibly can to bed with him.  Boy loves his stuffed friends.

One of my favorite parts of Halloween... the carving of the pumpkins.  Savannah was a huge help cleaning out the pumpkins and choosing what we should carve.  Ryder had no interest at all.