Where did I leave off...

Well, clearly, it's been a while.  We have so much going on, and I have some other creative outlets lately, I haven't found the need or frankly the inspiration to write.  But since we've started getting excited for Christmas, and the boys recently turned 18 months (What the what??!! I know!!) I have to get an update going.

I think I will concentrate on one thing at a time, meaning there will be other posts after this one.  First on the list of updates is Halloween.  Lilli is to the age where she wants to pick her costume. And the princess obsession has begun (I personally can't relate because I was never into it as a kid), so she wanted to be Belle from Beauty and the Beast.

 I found the need to make her costume, as well as the boys.  Will and Sam wanted to be the Yip Yips, from Sesame Street days of old (note mommy and daddy both agreed that this is what they "wanted" to be).  I think the costumes came out ok, however, only one child would wear theirs - this I should have guessed in advance.

Will kept his on at a party for about a minute and a half, until he tried to wander up the stairs in it.  And Sam didn't even really get his on.  This photo is mid attempt at dressing him. At which point he started to get mad and we said 'maybe next year'.  For trick or treating they ended up huddled up in the wagon as 'a house divided' - one wearing a KU sweatshirt and the other a K-State sweatshirt.  People actually guessed this costume quicker than the Yip Yips.  Seriously, did no one watch Sesame Street in the late 70's, early 80's??

So this brings me to an update on the little guys.  The really are not so little anymore.  I LOVE 18 months.  It is the BEST age.  They are little budding personalities full of giggles, spit, and orneriness.  Granted, it is hard still because they don't talk much, they are a little behind (not enough for me to worry too much just yet), so it's not always easy to figure out what they need.  They grunt a lot and cry a lot, but the rest of it totally makes up for this.

Their tiny little bodies walking around just crack me up.  They try to dance and run and do anything their sister does.  And then they try to climb the furniture and pull food off the counter tops and I start to sweat.  But you have to take the bad with the good right?  And there is soooo much good!

Then there is the little girl...She is so sweet.  At almost 3 1/2, I feel most days she is going on 16.  The things she says and does are very mature, maybe that's the nature of the oldest child.  She dresses herself, insisting on picking out her own outfits.  The potty training situation is resolved (other than she still won't go at school all day).  And everyday she seems to grow just a little bit more into a young lady.  I can't even believe she was my baby just three short years ago. 

Next on the agenda: the basement demolition and Christmas excitement.