Leaves

Our one tree in the backyard is finally big enough that we had a pile of leaves in the backyard. We went out to play in it, but it was a little cold and the ball was just a little more interesting than the leaves. But, they played a little until Daddy mowed them up!

In other news, daylight savings time has kind of thrown us for a loop. They are still on the old schedule, and have been waking up at 6:00, which feels like 7:00 to them, but we are still putting them to bed at the right time, which feels like an hour later. That combined with still being a little sick, is not good. These colds are really hanging on, even mine. Will's cough is pretty bad, which may mean a trip to the doctor this week, we'll see. All three of them ran fevers at some point over the weekend, which meant they had been sick for a whole week! Today was a pretty grumpy day, as Mondays usually are. Hopefully they'll nap well this afternoon and we can work on getting on schedule at night.

Their obsession with Sesame Street was fueled this weekend when Grandma Ellen bought them stuffed Elmo, Cookie Monster and Ernie. They take them everywhere, including bed, and that talk about them almost incessantly. And if someone touches theirs, forget about it! A huge tantrum follows. Xander does a pretty funny impression of Cookie Monster now. He pretend that he eats cookies like Cookie Monster does, sounds and all. I died laughing when I saw him do it for the first time. New words include "truck", "car", "door", "outside", and "Ernie". They are also obsessed lately with one of my piano students named Audrey. Every day they ask for "Abby". If I tell them that "Yes, Audrey comes today" they run to the door and look for her. She's a 7th grader, so I'm thinking potential babysitter!!! Hopefully I'll have healthy news to report next week, along with less grumpy kids!