Growing up.

There are some days, I just can't wait for Dyleva to become more independent.

Tying shoes.

Putting on gloves.

Getting....anything themselves, really.

Cleaning up.

The list could go on.

Today was not that day.

Today was our annual Halloween party.  Because they are getting older, I stepped up some of the games; made them more challenging.

But today Eva had her first friend sleepover.

This is a milestone!

We got her bed all ready.

Pulled out extra blankets; Eva cleaned her room!

But when it was time to go to bed, they went to bed. 

We snuggle together every night.....I was unprepared for this!



I was downstairs processing, when Eva comes running down.
"Mommy," she asked "Can we say the rezas together?  
I held her in my lap, and we quickly said our nightly prayers.
I kissed her goodnight; and then she ran back upstairs.

I was happy I'm not completely out of the picture yet.  


And as Jeff pointed out, there is always Dylan.

He'll be sleeping with Mommy till he's 30.

Fall Festival

As much as we abhor the end of summer, we truly love autumn.

Apple cider, pumpkins, scarecrows, football,

football?

Anyway, we went with Tia Linda to a fall festival with our cousins.  We took a beautiful walk through nature to get there.  Then the ninos trick and treated their way through vendors.  Then, Dyleva got to ride in a lift of a fire truck- how stinking cool is that!!!

We ended the afternoon with sawing off a log, and a hayride.  

Never a dull moment with Tia Linda!


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Little Picassos

I really wanted to take a nature walk.


It was a long weekend, the weather had been beautiful.  
Things just kept popping up that we needed to take care of.

So we postponed our nature walk to Sunday.


Sunday morning we woke up to cold and rainy.


I told Dyleva; it will pass.  We will go after lunch.


No such luck.


What a great day to paint!  I miss painting!

And that's what we did.  We put the music on, opened all the windows to listen to the storm, and painted all afternoon.






And I must say, Dyleva has gotten pretty good at painting!


Just look at my little Picassos!