Eliza is 10 months and random October

 Eliza turned 10 months.

She has 8 teeth and eats just about anything.

Pom-poms from my craft room are her favorite, there is an orange on in her hands.

She can clap, wave and mimic her older siblings.

She is much too fast for pictures.

 Grace took her first field trip to the pumpkin patch.

She learned that the pumpkins were grown in New Mexico by the Navajo Indians.  

Very cool fact, I didn't know that.

Merry demonstrating the usefulness of a Ms. Sally's treasures costume.

Miss Sally's treasures

Merry and Grace's dance studio is owned by a lady named Miss Sally. She has a whole house full of costumes next to the studio that she rents for the recitals. Any way she had her annual costume sale this weekend and we scored some awesome $5 costumes.

Grace picked a white fluffy costume.

Jacob photo bombing Grace.

I guess I will take a picture of you too even though you are not in costume.

Merry scored this awesome Americana body suit. Did I mention that Miss Sally has been teaching since 1964?

Now I bet you are wondering where you could use an outfit like this. If you are 7 this is considered dance wear, lounge wear, out and about wear, pretty much anywhere. Don't worry we have lots more costumes to be featured at a later date. I did not get a picture of the Heidi tutu or pink and black rumba costume that went to Chile to my sister's girls. I will have to charge her with the task.

Where was Eliza during the photo shoot?

Entertaining herself with her reflection.

Does this count as washing the windows?

September Evening

Our backyard in September.

 Adam found a giant leaf from a house plant that was dumped outside and is now growing up the side of an oak tree.  He converted it into a make-shift umbrella.  Got to love this guy's creativity.

 This started as a fairy house at the base of an oak tree, but then Grace found a dead butterfly to occupy in the little house.

 She is pretty sure that the butterfly will turn into a fairy.

 Jacob and Merry climbing their favorite tree.  

 Somehow Merry with pruning shears does not seem like a good idea.

Finally, a fall-y sunset.

9 months old

 Happy 9 months Eliza

and happy beginning of fall.

Her eyes are still very blue, I keep waiting for them to change.

Super Eliza, saves the lego man.

Then promptly chews on his leg.

She is a tongue roller, she must be looking for her new teeth.

Come on Eliza show me your teeth.

This is the best I could get.  She has 6 teeth now.

She is vertical now, nothing is safe.

Note to self: add oiling chair legs to kid chore list.

He is jet pack free!

Adam's Jet pack and Grace hates Kindergarten

Adam tumbled off his bed last night and broke his collar bone.

We went to the urgent care to have him checked.   The nurse came in a gave him a brace, when she walked out Adam turned to me and said "I've got a jet pack."  Then as we were walking out he said to the nurse "Thanks for the jet pack."  Hopefully he does not try to fly off of anything.  The broken collar bone has not slowed him down at all.  The only time he pulls the broken collar bone card is when he does not want to eat his dinner or pick up his toys.

Merry and Grace came in my room at 2:00 AM on Saturday night.  Merry was screaming "Grace will not stop crying and she keeps waking me up. "  I asked Grace what was wrong and she said, " I hate kindergarten and I am never going back."  I was a little confused because Grace has been so excited about school and has loved it so far.  After prying a little, Merry finally said that Grace told her that she accidentally threw away her lunch tag on Friday.  She must have not remembered until Saturday night that she needed the tag.  Any way Merry had to reassure her that Mrs. McCarthy would not care and that she could get another tag.  I had to go find her lunch number in the binder in her book bag and show it to her before she would go back to bed.  Crisis averted, Grace loves kindergarten again.

Random Eliza

 I finally finished Eliza's baby quilt and we put her crib up and painted her room.

 Playing in her new room is pretty great.

 Especially in Grace's doll bed.

 All this playing wears a girl out.

Getting her to sleep here is a different matter.

Not nap time according to Eliza.

 

 "Please Mom, don't leave me here."

Labor day weekend

Over Labor Day weekend, we took a trip to the MOSI.

Wow, good shot Brian, Merry must have told me a really good joke.

We are waiting in line to ride the roller coaster simulator.  I would not recommend, I seriously wanted to puke half way through.

 The  girls and me playing with legos.

Eliza all worn out at the museum. 

We also hung out at home.

Eliza is  becoming a proficient crawler.

Here is a shot of her interesting teething pattern.  All my kids grow their lateral incisors before the centrals.

Grace with her favorite past time.

I think that the phrase "do not throw balls in the house" is what I might say to Jacob the most.

Tired Eliza being entertained by Jacob and Grace.

Mom with the little girls.

This is the only picture I could find of Brian from the whole weekend.

Good job Brian make it look like you were working the whole time.