These Days

Slacking on my updates, I know. But it's not all too exciting this time of year...or maybe it's too exciting this time of year for me to keep up. School for boys, soccer, school for mom, Baba's business growing, chickens laying, family visiting....so today I just have a few snapshots to share from the past week or so.

 

The front of My Path Wellness gym...

 

Fall is here! My morning smoothie has been replaced with a hot cup of tea...

 

Gecko yoga. Downward dog?

 

Working on Halloween costumes...

 

Can you guess the costume?

 

On a visit to Spirit Halloween store...free baby sitting...

 

 

Possible costume?

 

Last night's sunset was gorgeous, thanks to some nearby fires...

 

A rainbow harvest - red, orange, yellow and green tomatoes along with a turquoise egg!

Cute, creepy, cool...

I'll throw cute at you first: Matthew before his first soccer game. What a rock star! He scored two goals and had an awesome block at the opponent's goal...all this WITH a nasty migraine. Poor dude was too nervous to eat a good dinner and it was 90 degrees out. He felt okay before bedtime, though. Fingers crossed for no more migraines!

 

How about cool next?

 

More tomatoes from our garden. I have yet to try a green zebra! Maybe I'll throw some into our taco salad tonight.

 

 

Mike and I had a picnic date dinner last night at the river. The sunset was spectacular, even from McLoughlin...

 

...a little more serene down by the river...

 

These flowers are stunning - they look fake! My mommy brought them to me on a particularly rough day earlier this week.

 

 

...and last, but not least, here's creepy:

 

What is that baby sucking on? It's amazingly disturbing for several different reasons. Kind of cute in its own creepy way though, no?

First Egg

FINALLY! The moment we've been waiting for has finally arrived, after waiting only 146 days!

 

Red laid an egg! Well, we think it was Red - Mike insists it was Red, as he's been stalking her for the past few days, reporting that she's been hanging out in the nest box and squatting.

 

Red was rewarded with 2 red cherry tomatoes for her good deed. (And then stole a HUGE red one later on while we weren't looking....grrr.)

 

We let the boys 'discover' this egg after school. Here's a quick video of the blessed event:

 

We just aren't getting many red tomatoes this year. The Sungolds are plentiful, and we finally got a ripe Green Zebra. Pretty funky looking tomato - no idea how it'll taste! I'm also extra proud of our red cherry tomatoes and yellow pear tomatoes as they were grown from seed...first time I've done that, and we were successful!

 

 

While these do nothing for sustainability, they're good for my soul. I love the colors in my garden.

First Grade, Fourth Grade

I can't even believe it. My babies are growing and growing and growing. (Somebody make it stop!)

 

Matthew reads (in Spanish) to Baba from his spot in the 1st grade classroom:

 

First (and probably last) time riding the bus home from school. Matthew insisted, Andrew acquiesced. When they crossed the street, one said, "That took too long." The other one said, "It's loud on the bus. I have a headache." Mom says it's just easier to hop in the car and pick them up. Besides, I get to know the other parents and teachers that way.

 

Along with the first days of school come the first days of soccer. Both kiddos got awesome new cleats - Andrew's are metallic red and Matthew's are crazy bright green. Interestingly enough, Andrew's uniform is green and Matthew's is red. Maybe we should get our Christmas card photo while they're in uniform.

 

 

This post is a little Matthew-heavy, but he's cute, so I'll just throw this one last shot in for good measure.

 

Lego Maniac!