I work in childcare, just look at my children.

Have you ever heard the saying that a carpenter's own house is always falling apart or a landscaper's own lawn is always overgrown...well I work in childcare. Take a good look at my own children.
I would never let a child I was watching look like this when in my care...but my own...well they wear pj's all day, take art work to a whole new level, and their faces are crusty as a general rule. Their hair is left unbrushed...and lately even their teeth in the mornings (gasp!) Most of the day they run around in underwear when they get tired of pajamas, or mismatched clothes inside out and backwards. Their socks don't match and sometimes not even their shoes.
So yeah, we are falling apart over here.

Even the baby spends the majority of the day in cloth diapers and drool. At this point it's like why get her dressed because her clothes are soaked in drool through her bib in less then five minutes. I have to say though that when she is dressed she looks pretty styling, probably because I am still dressing her myself...for now.

Soon she will be a ragamuffin just like the rest of them.

Fall fun

Precious......and absolutely perfect.
So we don't have any leaves in our backyard to rake into piles and jump into. I always loved to do that when I was a kid. My neighbor offered a couple bags of leaves, which I thought was a great idea, my husband... not so much. We dumped them out in the back yard and the kids had a blast, plus I got some cute pictures. Course they didn't stay in a pile for long as the kids ran giggling with joy around the yard throwing handfuls at each other and up into the air. It's a bit of a mess out there now, but boy did it make their fall! Memories matter more then messes right? Now I just have to remind myself of that when it comes time to clean all those leaves up (or remind my husband who will probably be the one to clean them, poor guy).

It really was amazing how long this leaf pile kept them entertained!

Happy Fall!