My Day Off

Three weeks ago when fall outreach was finally over, I told Logan I needed a day off. Just one. And of course, he said go for it. 

It started off with a cup of coffee, a good friend, a gorgeous sunrise, and an open road.

Six hours of uninterrupted conversation, and a little shopping at my favorite...

Dinner back home with the family and first-hand accounts of their day:

Then after bedtime, build time. 

The helmets don't fit in the drawers like I'd hoped, and it feels cluttered, so I'll mull it over a few days before we bolt it to the wall. 

It was a lovely day. Thanks Logan!

Working

Elias has been doing lots of work lately. He's been working on his super hero skills...or at least saying "beep" when he pushes the buttons on his brother's light saber. 

He's been intensely studying garbage trucks and how they dump trash. 

He's trying to figure out how to make this puzzle work. 

And he figured out this one...well, the concept of 1:1 ratio anyway. 

Still trying to figure it out. 

Made some progress!

Super Hero

I know it's kind of blurry, but I just love this picture of Augustine. He's so happy in it! He really enjoyed the super hero birthday party. 

The Country

Me: Who do you play with at school?

Lewis: Nobody. 

Me: Have you made any new friends, or remember some friends from your class last year?

Lewis: I miss Wyatt. 

Me: I know. I miss his mommy too. 

Lewis: Can we go visit him in the country soon?

Me: Yes. 

So we did on Friday! Augustine didn't have school, so we ditched everything else Friday morning and headed to the country. Lewis made the creation above for Wyatt as a birthday gift. 

We had a good drive down, played for a while, and then packed a lunch for the park. We drove by the kids school, Jason's work, and the new house. We I didn't last long in the heat at the park (why is it 96 in September?!), so we ate lunch and headed home. 

They sent some goodies home with us...a yellow watermelon (Lewis ate SO much of it!), three pumpkins, and we did a play doh toy exchange. It was a great day and we can't wait to visit again!

In the Kitchen

Big Boy Bike

Elias was so happy when I adjusted the balance bike for him today! Now that Lewis is on a petal bike we can pass this one down to Elias. He. Is. Thrilled. 

I've never had such a young one jump on and go, but Elias has had quite a bit of modeling so it doesn't surprise me. He's also the most adventurous of the three. 
He knew exactly what to do. I held on to the back of the seat while he steered and moved his feet. It takes some time to learn how to keep the bike steady. He went up to the corner and back with help!

More of the Things

I'm trying to figure out if he's as miserable at preschool as this photo depicts. 

E & E with their missionary daddies. ❤️

L: I'm going to sit on the porch with Elias. 

When Lewis says he's going to sit on the porch, just plan on him being no where in soght 30 seconds later. But this particular morning he and Elias (from next door) sat out there like old men chatting away for 10 minutes! I have no idea what the topic of discussion was. 

Fire trucks never get old for this one. 
Elias was SO excited to wear his rain gear like the big boys!

The Carlson sisters with cousin Jory. It had been a looooong time since we saw him last. It was so good to catch up!

The Carlson sisters with the Goldstrom brothers and the newest Goldstrom!

"This is for Bob (Newman Center maintenance supervisor). It's the geothermal well room." And the room really does look like that. 

We kept our Goddaughter for a day while mommy was sick and daddy was traveling for work, and we had a lot of fun! Girls are so different. 

We played lots of house. Shes a really impressive mommy. Her babies slept when SHE wanted them to. Her dishes were used but not dirty at all. Her babies were quiet through all of our meals, AND while we made the meals. 

Boy/Girl Difference observation:

Me: What's wrong?

Goddaughter: {in a teeny-tiny voice and big, welling up cartoon eyes} I'm hungry. 

Me: what's wrong?

Either of my big boys: {punches brother in the stomach and screams} IM HUNGRYYYYY! {more really loud voice noises}

You can't come to the Burdas and skip out on the fire fighting.