Fall is fast approaching

I know I have said this before, but we love our local library. The kids always have a great time at the library activities

 Sometimes we take the kids to WalMart in the evenings and let them run loose in the toy isles

 This cute little girl LOVES band aids. She can always find an owie that needs a band aid. She got a little scrape on her face and has insisted that she have a band aid on it. 

We joke that she is our little rapper

She looks even more cool with a unicorn bike helmet

 I think this mask suits her well

 What a baller

 Lyza invited her primary teacher to go to the library and the park with her

 She really loves sister Mitchell

 Last weekend I went to an estate planning conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. It is a little ski resort town two and a half hours north east of Boise. It was nice to see a different part of the state, but I don't like being away from my family.

 Kim has started doing pre-school activities with Lyza (and of course Nixon). They focus on a single letter and have lots of activities based on that letter

 She is doing a good job learning how to write her letters 

 Elmo starts with E

 We had a dryer malfunction this week and as I was in the laundry room fixing it Nixon was watching and talking to me underneath the door. Silly boy

 We had a great family home evening lesson this week on reverence at church. Lyza really enjoyed it

 Cute kids

 Nixon got his Halloween costume this week. Recently he has been crawling around and barking like a puppy all the time. When Kim had the kids in the store looking at costumes Nixon saw this puppy costume and FREAKED OUT. When Kim got him home and put it on him he was so happy. He was barking and crawling all over the place.

 Kim got crafty this week and made this new bow holder and stained a little Ikea book shelf to put Lyza's hair accessories in. This is now hanging in the bathroom out of reach of Mr. Nixon.

Kim babysat for some friends while I was away and Lyza and one of the girls who is 5 had the silliest conversations together. Here they are telling "jokes" to each other

Sometimes these kids get their second wind right when we think it is time for them to go to bed

That's all for now. Take care