catching up a bit

So, time to catch up.
Let's do a quick recap of the past two months.

Perhaps I stopped writing because I was too exhausted mentally, emotionally, physically- the whole nine yards- after that first couple weeks of kindergarten. Man, is that an adjustment. For all of us.

I started flexing my time at work to help so we don't have to pay for before and after care. Secretly, it's just because I wanted to spend more time with my kids and less time at work. I somehow managed to package the best of both worlds into one amazing scenario- get Jaxon on the bus in the morning at 9, work from home or go to work at 9:30, be home in time to get Jaxon off the bus at 4.

It's been great, most days. Except those first couple weeks, but I seem to have blocked them out.

Here's a quick recap from my iphone.

Jaxon grew a mustache. He thought he would practice for MoVember.

 

I visited Jaxon for lunch at school. He is doing so well by the way. Did I mention he is reading? He read a book to us tonight and I think I helped with one or two words. I'm just amazed and dumbfounded at how quickly he is learning to read, do math, and so many other things. It is AMAZING.

Um, oh yeah, we bought and moved into a new house. It was a little dicey, and probably the most stressful closing we've been a part of, but so, so exciting to finally have a place of our own again. And what's even better is that it really is our own. I feel a sense of pride in knowing we built it, picked the selections, etc. Now, do I wish we'd have done some things differently? Sure. But it sure feels like home and I love what we've been able to do together.

 
Kiley really enjoys dressing up and choosing her own clothes these days. This is just what she wore to school on a typical Wednesday. I'm sure she paired it with her winter boots too, even though it was end of summer when I took this.

 We've also discovered that Kiley's favorite vegetable (this month) is edamame.

 And, this Halloween, we had a Beuticorn and a Race Car Driver visit us. Kiley, for weeks, was saying she wanted to be a Beauticorn. I'm not sure if she just couldn't say Unicorn or if she really made up her own word to be a Beautiful Unicorn. Either way, I loved it. And Jaxon decided to be a race car driver because he's just so fast.

 Okay, and this one is just because she is so darn cute. I bought her this vest and skinny jeans for family photos, which we had scheduled in October but the kids were both sick so we cancelled. But she is just my sweet little beauty and I captured this one day when she was watching me get ready. She loves to guess which makeup is going to be next and then use my brushes to put on her own.

 

And that's about it. Well, I'm sure there is so much more, but that will be for another day, hopefully not too far away!