Sunday, September 30, 2012

keepin it real

i'll be honest, i am in a sleep deprived haze and am kind of in survival mode. ok, really in survival mode. i have been doing my best in keeping up with everything and consider it a success if i get my teeth brushed. as crazy as life is right now i am loving these two kids. (however, if you would have asked me last thursday i was on the verge of putting them both on craigslist. i am just keepin' it real--it was a really hard day.)

family home evening--griffon leading the music and nova and dan helping. it was super cute.

 nova started preschool. she is LOVING it. i am doing it with 2 good friends and they are the greatest group of kids. we take turns doing it at each of our houses and its going really well. nova on her first day.
 nova wrote preschool herself in this one---i told her the letters and she wrote them--she was really proud of her R----she has been working hard on that one.
 changing clothes after church
 this was the first day i had preschool. the kids got here and they were working on learning centers and LITERALLY 10 seconds after they started going on it.......
 THIS happened: thats, right---zoom in on that pic---out the nose and EVERYTHING. luckily i hurried and cleaned him up--and the floor while the kids were still occupied.
 johnny appleseed day 2012--griffon is second guessing his family selection---we told him tough cookies. :)
 last saturday we went down to the farmer's market and nova has been saving her money. she really wanted to buy something at the market. she chose flowers. dan and i kept trying to tell her that flowers die, and it really wasn't the best way to spend her money, but she was dead set on it. so we told her if it was something she loved, she should get it. so she did.
she selected carefully:
 dan talking about the money---her looking sort of forelorn about it

and paid for it by herself.

















and was super excited about it.
 also, in other news, nova is SUPER into super hero's lately. dan has taken her on dates to the comic book store and she really loves pretending to save the world. here she is as wonderwoman.
 but really, i think she just thinks its hilarious to wear her underwear on the outside of her pants. she giggles everytime she does it.


4 comments:

Margaret said...

Nova, awesome letters (and wonder woman outfit)! Love the pictures. Griffon is getting big. Can't wait to see you!

Heather said...

I know exactly how you feel. It took me quite a while after I had Ashlyn to feel like we had a normal again. I definitely had many days where I felt like you! You look like you are doing great though. . . you are ambitious to do preschool! Griffon is so cute. We can't wait to see him.

Anonymous said...

How adorable! Can't wait to see you guys! Nova is getting so big!

Angie said...

How kind of Griffon to choose a time period during preschool to chuck it all up when the kids were all occupied. Hilarious! Many more moments like that to come... Jack pooped twice during my first day teaching. What the? Oh well.