Dalanie is now 3 months old. Can you believe it? We feel pretty blessed to have her in our family. She is such a pleasant baby. She's learning and growing every day. Here are some 3 months milestones:
Oh yeah--Brent "gets" to be a scout for Halloween. More like he HAS to be one since he is attending a scouting/leadership course this week. None of us are real excited about this "opportunity," but this too shall pass. When he accepted the call as YM president in the ward, it was conditional upon his compliance to attend this course. Since we don't turn down callings, he kinda had no choice. Wood Badge is offered 5 times a year but since the other ones are during the summer, they weren't much of an option. Personally, I think he makes an adorable scout.
Nikkala asked me to come to their ward's Super Saturday to teach a class on dipping chocolates. Since it's been a few years since actually working at the candy shop, I spent the majority of Friday brushing up on a few of my skills and making some truffles and other treats for the ladies to sample. The class was very basic, but I wanted it that way. We stayed away from the technical side of tempering chocolates (I need to practice doing it without a tempering machine) and focused primarily on the fun things you can do with chocolate-- it can dress anything up and make it look gourmet. After all, who doesn't like chocolate?
Hudson can't tell time, but he is pretty good at taking cues from the sun. For example, when it begins to get dark he knows it's bathtime and when it is dark he knows it's time for stories and bed and that Brent will be getting home soon. "Dark Mom," he'll say. When things start slowing down this time of year, I find myself relying on the sun a little more too. I get tired by 8:00 at night and I don't think it's at all appropriate to be up before the sun comes up. I forget just how "dark" this time of year gets. **On a side note, I've been loving the full harvest moon.
Since the weather was gorgeous, I took the kids outside to snap a few pictures. Hudson was fairly cooperative. I kept bribing him with the promise to be able to rake leaves once we were finished. The sun was casting an amber tint which is great for pictures. Here are some of my favorites.
Gets dessert. We had some friends over for Sunday dinner. After we finished eating, we sat around and visited. During this time Hudson got the ice cream out of the freezer, got his bowl and spoon, sat down to the table and dished some up. Once he had a few tiny scoops in the bowl, he shut the carton and ran to put it away. He came back and ate the ice cream. Before I knew it, he was running to the bathroom bowl and spoon in hand. No sooner than I heard the water running, it was turned off and he was running back to the cupboard saying "wash, wash." He put the bowl and spoon up and came to join our conversation as if no ice cream eating or dessert had ever occurred.
For awhile now (harvest permitting) I've been going to an aerobics class held at a local church. We have been doing floor aerobics and strength and core training using bands and balls. It's been fun. The instructor is energetic and I've gotten to know some fun girls, but I still missed my step aerobics at Logan Rec. But today I walked in to they gym to find about 25 Reebok steps. HOORAY!! Finally, my long lost step aerobics.
A barrel of BOY. Since the weather was gorgeous today, I decided to do some yard work. Hudson was a great helper. We cleaned up some of our flower beds and started cleaning up the garden. By the end, he was getting silly. I was busy pulling out the zinnias when he tried to get my attention. Before I knew it, he was next to me saying "Mom." When I finally looked this is what I saw. It wasn't enough for me just to see him in the buckets, he kept playing in them. It was hilarious to watch him try to get up once he fell down. It was so nice today, Dalanie even got to come out with us.
