A whole month since my last post?! I'm ashamed of myself. If it helps, though, this is a picture of our calendar from September... we definitely haven't just been sitting around!


Conner's really been enjoying school, though it takes some heavy questioning to figure out what he does all day! I've found that I have to be pretty specific with my questions and he has to be in the right mood to answer. He's started bringing home homework on Mondays that he has all week to do; Monday has typically been the only night we don't have anything, so we've gotten into a pretty good habit of doing it then.








Audrey's definitely a terrible two - she has a mind of her own and no matter how many threats or spanks she gets on her bottom, she continues to do her own thing! I guess it's good that she has some independence, but I wish she would listen better! Her most recent frustrating activity has been at bedtime. Both kids go upstairs around 8:00 to get ready for bed; lately when I've gone up to go to bed at 10:00 or later she's still awake! Last night I laid down with her, but it was probably around 11:00 before she fell asleep. It was a difficult job waking her (and Conner, for that matter!) this morning.


We had a busy weekend, especially Saturday! Conner had a soccer game at 10 (they won 2-0) then went to a friend's birthday party at 1:00. It was his first party for a school friend, which was awesome for Conner but a little boring for Mommy! After we got home found Aud sleeping on the floor in the family room (see the above picture); she woke up just about as soon as we walked in the door! After Eric did a little running around we all jumped in the car and headed to the Brown County Fair (and you have to say that with a country drawl). There were a few animals (which freaked Audrey out - she likes the idea of animals but doesn't want to get too close!) and some rides. After enjoying an elephant ear (yum!) we went over to watch the tractor pull. Conner thought it was really cool (but loud). We didn't leave the fair until after 10 and got home around 11 - Conner was sacked out in his seat in the back, but I'm sure you can imagine who was wide awake when we got there... and stayed up for a little while even after that!





We went for lunch Sunday after church to a new diner in Amelia - it just opened up. It's modeled after a 50s-style diner and is very cute!