Quick takes.

1.  Leo had his first steps annual evaluation a few weeks ago and blew. them. away.  They couldn't believe the words he was saying, his sentence structure, the fact that he knows his letters and numbers, etc etc etc.  They ended up saying he is above average in every area except articulation.  We can work on that.  Pray for us as we decide the next step for him as he ages out of first steps in Dec.

2.  We just finished week 3 of first grade.  M is doing great.  It's such a blessing that she loves school.  She asks to do more and more every day.  I'm really amazed at how much she learns outside of our sit down school time.  And if she thinks anything is "school" she is all over it.  Baking bread, painting, etc.  The boys were REALLY into painting this week.  Btw I need some ideas to keep them busy during school.  Hooligans.

3.  Sarah crawls and sits up now.  It's like a full time job to keep the floor clean.  At least she takes 2 awesome naps ;)

4.  Ken built a fire pit in the backyard!  We have had a blast with "campfires" as Jp calls them and/or "fireworks" as L calls them :)  He thought the fire was going to be loud!  haha poor boy.

5.  So I am loving photography and editing my pics in lightroom as most of you see on fb.  LOVE it.  I try to learn a little more every day.  Hopefully I can keep improving.

6.  I downloaded the Lose it app this week and I'm already frustrated with it.  It's kinda hard to figure out the calories of stuff I make.  Like a serving of Brussels sprouts with bacon, olive oil, s&p?  It ain't in there.  Roasted chicken breast with skin?  They have every single possible chicken breast you can buy in a package on there but what if you roast the dang chicken yourself?  You're outta luck.  So I'm estimating a lot and not sure if that's gonna work or not.  But I'm down 2 lbs the first week so that's good I guess.  I'd really like to lose around 20.

(no chubby pic for this one)

7.  We went to the fair twice in the past few weeks.  The kids all rode their first fair rides and LOVED it.  We saw lots of fun animals and ate some delicious fair food.  Hence the reason for number 6 ;)