Quick Phots

Just a quick snippet of an entry with some accompanying phots.
Above: Ana, Megan and Isaac.
On Labor Day, we tried to go pick peaches at the Church orchard for a service project with Jonah's brother-in-law Jared and his kids, but the orchard had too many people! Good news for them, bad news for us, until we decided to just take the kids for a hike. The Dragon Hike is always good for a quick little red rock/slot canyon visit. Plus, the kids found a load of miniature frogs half way through the hike. Ana and her friend Megan brought home a couple dozen frogs and tadpoles, but the little guys didn't survive very long.

Cam is strange but loveable. The other day, he was making all sorts of machine noises while carrying a pillow around. We asked him what was going on, and he said he was a pillow Transformer. I laughed pretty hard. He asked why I was laughing. I said, "Well, because you could choose anything you wanted to transform into, and you chose a pillow." He said, "Well, the other things I can transform into, like a car or radio, can get broken. But when guys step on me, I only squish, and then I come back." He paused for a moment, "Also, when I am transformed into a pillow, guys just see me and say,'Hey, that's just a pillow'."

Master of transforming! I can't even see where he is! I'm thinking, "Hmm. That's just a pillow!"

Don't think we're too crazy, but we have been introducing elsie to the toilet. She actually loves it, but she's still a little freaked out when she starts "leaking". She's kind of getting the "number 2" thing down, and told us the other night she needed to go, and then she went! It'll still be a few months (or a year) before she's trained, but we thought we'd give it a try. I think she loves it because she gets to watch movies on the mini-DVD player while she's trying to go. Also, Jonah lets her wear her pants on her head.


Cam looked in the mirror the other day and exclaimed, "Hey! My eyes are still blue!!!"

Cam is a great kid and is loving preschool. But, he's also become very inquisitive and asks me random questions ALL day long. It never ends. Jonah blames it on me. We went camping last week and I asked Jonah, "What is fire made out of?", and he said he could see where Cam got it from.

We've accidentally filled up our fall with too many activities, especially Cam's soccer games. Ana has her first piano recital coming up on this Friday, which I'm excited about and she's dreading. She's also got a horse show some time next month, which she's excited about and I'm dreading. We're also doing a garage sale at the end of this month, which we're all excited about, except Jonah who'd rather just take all the stuff to the DI. And we're still trying to sell our house, still. Freakness.
Anyway, we can't leave St. G for a bit, so you might as well come and visit before its too late.