September in a nutshell

We have been keeping really busy around here. With the 2 boys before school, one after school and other various babysitting jobs during the day, we are filling up our spare time. It has been a lot quieter around the day here, with just Ethan home. He has Joy-school once a week, playgroup (for church that I'm in charge of) once a week, and then we have daily activities and grocery shopping, etc. that fill up our time. He also has weekly play dates with friends and then I help out at the school in Dylan and Lauren's classrooms. It has been really nice to help their teachers out with some of the daily tasks that need done. Plus, Lauren enjoys seeing me in her classroom.

 My mom has been helping out with the kids a lot lately, Thanks mom! I really love living close to my family. She took them to the Celery Bog and they had a blast.

Jared and Lenell (Ricky's brother and wife) had their twin girls on September 1st. We were at my parent's house for the weekend helping them paint, so we stopped by to see them on the 2nd. We couldn't see the girls, because they were 6 weeks premature and in the NICU at the hospital.  They were 3 and 4 pounds when born. I've never seen such a tiny little baby, but they sure are cute! I've been able to go back 2 times without the kids to give the girls some love and snuggles. (Thanks to my mom and friend.) They are adorable and getting better by the day. Hopefully they will be going home soon.

Olivia

Alexa

Dylan started soccer this month, with practices on Monday and Wednesday nights and games mostly on Saturdays. He is doing so much better this year. He headed the ball at the game the other day and then the boys are passing the ball more each game. It has been so much fun seeing the improvements he has made over the past couple of years. Last week, he even scored a goal! We are so proud of his improvements.  

Lauren started dance class again in September. She wanted to do Ballet, until she found out that her old teacher was teaching Jazz this year. It has been fun for her to learn more dance moves this year. 

 We had dentist appointments for Lauren and me, and Lauren did great this time. We talked about it a lot more this time (and I bribed her with nail polish) and she did so much better than last time! The next day, she had to get her kindergarten shots. (I had taken her to the specialist in Indy, but forgot to take her to her yearly exam!) She was not too happy about these and hobbled around for 2 days after getting the shots. Girls! She is doing fine, now. Luckily, the flu shot can now be given through the nasal mist. 

September 14th, Ricky called me and said his boss had 2 free tickets to the Purdue game. I found a sitter and we got to go to the game for free! Awesome! We had never been to a game together, so it was really fun. Then, the people standing next to us gave us a $10 coupon for concessions. Doesn't get any better than that! We were in row 16, and the stadium was packed. It was an 8pm game and it was televised, so it was an intense game. Everyone in the stadium was standing the entire game. We played Notre Dame, and it was really close until the end of the game when we lost. On the way home, traffic was horrible and then a car in front of us died. We helped them out and jump started their car at 12:30 in the morning! Overall, it was a great date night with the hubby!

 

September 20th, we headed to my sister's house for Landen's birthday party/dinner. We left the house by 5pm to pick Ricky up on our way, and didn't get there until 7:30pm! That was the longest drive ever, since it normally only takes an hour and 20 mins. to get there! Crazy, but we had a great time visiting with family. On the way home, we picked up our nephew, Keegan, for the weekend. Ethan was so excited to see him and play with him, but ended up getting sick Saturday morning. Poor little guy had the 24 hour bug. Luckily no one else ended up getting it this time around. We'll just have to get together with Keegan again soon so Ethan can play with him. Everyone, but me, fell asleep on the way there.

For Christmas, my mom gave each of the kids a ticket for a one-on-one day with each kid. Lauren chose to go horseback riding and to Chuck E Cheese. She didn't care for the horseback riding this time because she had to sit on the back of the horse. She still had a great time with grandma! 

 

 Ethan got his special day with grandma while Ricky and I were on vacation. They went to Chuck E Cheese, the zoo with a train ride, and Purdue for the Boilermaker train ride. Apparently, the Purdue train is too loud for him.

 

 That's all I can think of right now, so I guess this is September from my memory! Enjoy!