October wrap-up

The month of October was blissfully a bit cooler than September, though it still had its days. I feel like I need to remember and prepare myself for next year that fall doesn't really start until the end of October/early November. The month was a marathon of appointments between at least three doctors appointments for me/the twins, the girls each had their annual check up, Eleanor and I both had to go to the dentist this month, and Eleanor visited the optometrist. Thankfully we only have one appointment scheduled so far in the month of November! The other big thing for us is that we know November is the month when we will meet the twins, so the fact that October is over is both a big milestone (we made it this far!) and also just exciting for our family. October was the last month that we had anything scheduled (soccer for Eleanor, work for me, family plans, etc.) so we will play this coming month by ear.

Our neighbors' chickens started laying so we have had fresh eggs recently, which has been so fun!

We had a visit from Eleanor's friend's dad (and also Chris' good friend) who moved away this summer, which was very fun and special but also a bummer for Eleanor because she was hoping her friend would be able to come, too!

Eleanor has Chapel every other week at school (and music classes on the off weeks). Families are invited to attend chapel, so we have gone a couple times this month and Jane has enjoyed joining in.

We have been loving getting outside for walks, bike rides, bubbles, chalk - whatever we can now that the weather isn't so hot. I even rode my bike around the neighborhood once this month with Eleanor on her own bike and Jane in tow, though that will definitely not be happening again until these babies arrive.

We had a friend's birthday party this month which was dinosaur themed. It was at least two weeks ago, but Eleanor and Jane both still have dinosaur tattoos on their arms to prove they were there...

I have done lots of laying on the couch with my four babies.

Eleanor out of the blue painted a picture for the twins and went and hung it up in their future room - it was very cute.

We have been to our local Chick-fil-A's Mommy and Me days a couple times this month as I try to find fun stuff for Jane to do while Eleanor is in school.

The girls are so silly in the mornings and sometimes Chris sends me pictures while I'm at work that are rather hilarious before he takes them to daycare.

Eleanor decided one morning that she wanted to get Jane dressed and change her diaper all by herself so we let her and it was actually quite successful!

Eleanor had to go to the optometrist this month because she initially failed a vision screen. All ended up being well and she has great vision so they think it was a fluke, but it was still an interesting appointment. At one point they were having her identify black and white pictures. As soon as the one of a rotary phone popped up, I knew there was no way she'd know what it was. Sure enough she sat there thinking for awhile and eventually said, "umm...shirt!" and we all started laughing. The optometrist said she enjoys using that one with kids because she likes hearing what they come up with - hah!

The girls are also enjoying helping with cooking recently so we have had to get creative with what kinds of things they can do as most of it involves either fire, ovens, or sharp knives...yikes!

The girls got silly hats in the mail from Grandma and Dave and Eleanor likes hers so much she slept in it one night and another day she hid it in her bag and put it on after we dropped her off at church so that we wouldn't know she wore it, haha.

Overall it was a pretty busy month that seemed rather long to me, but we are welcoming November with open arms. Life is about to get crazy.