m.a.i.l. t. ime: October Days

We spent our October days busy with lots of fun and enjoying our little family. Here's a mix of pictures to show some of the highlights!

We hadn't had the Jeep out for most of the summer -- the battery was acting up and it wasn't going very fast and the boys got frustrated with it, but after playing on Evelyn's gator we got it out again. It seemed to be working better again and it brought many hours of fun!

We visited my sister to celebrate her birthday. We made a stop at their rec center's indoor park.

And then we stopped for a bite to eat -- let's just say things get crazy when you have 6 kids 7 and under :) (Kiara 12 months old, Titus 22 months, Elise 2, Liahna 4, Levi 5 and Isaiah 7). We may have broken a plate and spilled syrup all over the floor, oops!

The boys continued to enjoy Awana each Wednesday night. Levi sticking by his buddy Jonah.

One night Grandpa and Grandma invited the boys over to roast marshmellows - it happened to be the night Clifford got to come home with Isaiah. He got to enjoy the fire and then Isaiah wrote his story about it to share with his class!

That same night Levi got to do one of his favorite things at their house - feed Flash!

And then a game of The Hungry Caterpillar.

Our local library had a Legopalooza event where they had TONS and TONS of legos set up for kids to play with. Isaiah and I played a new Lego game and then he found some friends to build with.

Titus was WAY excited about the Lego Thomas the Train - he was willing to fight for it :) (literally -- sorry to the little kids who tried to take it from him! :)

Poor Levi was home with Mark with strep throat :(

We had lots of snuggles. I can't get this picture to flip around, but I don't make it in many so I thought I'd better post it :)

These boys have spent lots of time in this tree. Not the greatest picture, but its fun to see them being little boys in a tree!

Isaiah's school had a crazy hat day - Isaiah wore his Angry Birds, red bird hat.

Titus played lots and lots of choo choos. The other boys really didn't have a big interest in trains but Titus LOVES them!

We continued to have fun park time after school. As the days got colder, the hats and gloves came out...

We occasionally got smiles in the bathtub - usually it's fussing and whining and out as quickly as possible.

We have SOOOOOOOOOOOOO many leaves in our neighborhood. Thank goodness for my dad and our friend Kyle who have tractors that can help us out. Levi is in his footie jammies - he lives in the jammies, but puts shorts on to sleep :)

Levi (sort of) participated in the fall session of Kindergym. He is always so excited to sign up and even on the way there, but almost always refuses to participate...oh Levi. Isaiah loved going and always had fun with the activities (even though he was supposed to be sitting back watching!)