Boring.

I guess I'm kinda boring. I starting writing the menu planning posts because people were asking me about what we ate and what not. But other people complain about that stuff being on facebook so I thought I post it here. But it looks like the last 4-5 posts haven't been read by anyone, so I guess I'll stop wasting my time/energy on that.

Fall is in the air. I love all the changing colors of living up north. It's great having seasons. I grew up in AZ and never knew what I was missing out on. Hopefully we have a few more weeks of biking before the snow starts. DH will still be out in it all winter, but the boys and I just aren't equipped for it.

ODS decided not to do football this fall. His heart just wasn't in it anymore, and none of his friends were doing it. We didn't see the point in forcing him to do a sport with such a high injury rate. He's still staying active with his PE class, and opted to join the Key Club this year to stay involved at the school. I don't miss picking him up from practice, but I do miss going to the games to watch him play.

YDS is in preschool this fall and LOVING it. Except for the day they have gymnastics. He says he's not a fan of taking his shoes & socks off. Silly kid. He's learning new games, some spanish and sign language and how to sit and be a productive/active member of a class. Luckily we already had numbers/letters/colors/seasons etc down. He's doing really well with his reading. He can do the level one readers on his own,  Level 2 with minimal help, and level 3 with alternating pages. He can figure out most of the works, but gets overwhelmed with the quantity.

Nothing new for me so far this fall. At least not anything exciting. I'm staying active at the gym while YDS is at preschool trying to be healthier, I canned some tomatoes and I shredded/froze some zucc as new food to stock up on for the winter. A friend is coming over this week to see if we can master my new pressure canner for more tomatoes. The kitchen got really hot boiling the last batch for the 90 some odd minutes water bathing requires... Hoping to get started on applesauce soon too. I made a few batches, but kept giving them away as gifts...

And just cause everyone loves pictures. Here's one we got of YDS sleeping in his car bed. It's gone now and he's just loving being up so high in his IKEA KURA instead.