Hello, October

Oh October, I am so happy you're finally here!! It hasn't been feeling much like Fall during the day with temps in the high 80's, but we are welcoming a Fall storm with open arms this weekend. Although the weather hasn't been cooperating, it hasn't stopped us from planting mums and scattering pumpkins all over the house. Although Gage thinks they're balls and has hulk smashed a few off our front porch to their shattering deaths. I'm terrified for our Christmas presents and tree this year. 

Baking, scary movies, apple picking and all things pumpkin are on the agenda for the rest of the week. 

Throwback to last Halloween when the boys dressed up like "Where The Wild Things Are." My favorite sibling costume of all time! Sadly, I think it was the last year that I was able to dress them in cute, matching costumes. Ryder is at that age where he wants to be a ninja turtle and don't even ask him to be anything different. End. Of. Story. 

Speaking of Fall, Our friends at Hello Sunday launched their new Fall line and we are so in love! My fondest memories as a kid are camping in the Fall and The Sunday Explorer line is speaking my love language.

There's just something magical about the start of the Holidays. Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas just fill the air with such an excitement and happiness. There is just nothing like it. 

"The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves,

We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves"

Learning in the Bath

With Ryder now in preschool we love practicing what he's learning throughout the day. We try to go over Colors, Numbers and ABC's multiple times a day. Lately we've been taking our learning to the bath tub using Nuby's Bath Letters and Numbers.  It includes all 26 letters and 10 numbers so we try to go over each one. I do need to get another set though because he just doesn't understand why he can't spell his name since their is only one R.  

 

 

 

They stick to the bath tub wall, Or little brother in Ryder's case. They float in the tub and are Phthalate and BPA Free which is always a must when it comes to children's toys. It makes for a super easy and fun learning experience. There's no happier place than the bathtub!!

 

Nuby Bath Letters and Numbers are available at

- Meijer
- Buy Baby Direct
- Baby Depot
- Amazon


I received this product as a part of the Nuby Parent Blogger program. All opinions are my own.

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Family Vacation

This past week/weekend we loaded up the boys and headed out for our first family vacation. We went to bear world, island park and Yellowstone. There were a few bumps in the road like a vomiting Ryder, wolves in our camp, bear spray in our cabin and heading to a hotel at midnight. But we had SO much fun! For the most part the boys did great during the drive and not sleeping in their own beds. Bear world was definitely my favorite and I think Ryder and Gage agree.

Beware...major photo overload. 

Our first stop at Yellowstone was full of foreigners who didn't speak English. As we walked to some hot pots we got swarmed by people taking pictures of the boys and filming them. It was the weirdest thing and someone even asked if they were famous or something. The next few stops went a lot smoother other than some lady yelling at me in Chinese to put jackets on the boys.... It was 80 degrees. 

Spending time away was so refreshing and the boys absolutely loved spending time with their cousins. But there's just no place like home. The boys are totally off schedule and Gage has decided that since he slept with us the whole trip, that he's no longer sleeping in his crib now that we're home. Wish us luck on that! So this week will be spent catching up on sleep, unpacking, lots of laundry and since we got welcomed back with 90 degree weather, you can find us in ice cream truck Jammie's all day. Guess we'll celebrate summer while it's still here! 

Have a great Monday