Outside in October

The weather has been so pretty the last few days and we've really enjoyed playing outside in the afternoon. With six kids, there's always someone to play with, so you don't really get bored! We're blessed to have a large backyard, pool, trampoline and a dock that connects to the lake, so there's always something fun to do.

Some Emma & Esther funnies:
On Saturday, Emma spewed her first four letter word. Thankfully, it wasn't anything bad at all. She dropped something and said "oh crap!" Yikes.. I can claim responsibility for that one! Let's hope thats the LAST word of that kind to come out of her mouth!
In the car today, I heard Esther tell Emma, "I hate you." I turned around and both girls had their arms crossed, facing away from each other. Emma returned with another "I hate you." So, we had a little lesson in being nice to each other and not using those kinds of words. And this time, it wasn't my fault!!
Esther just cracks up at the funniest things. I love to tease her and say "Esther, you're crazy" and she just laughs her head off and says, "No, Sera you're crazy!" It quickly becomes a contest to see who's crazier, and who can say it the loudest.. longest, etc. She's really funny and continues to blossom. She's sort of taken over the big sister role to Emma, and likes to help and especially loves to tell Emma when she's wrong. Whenever they get into something, and we confront them, Esther is the first to say, "It's Emma's fault!!!" She can get out of her carseat, which isn't good sometimes since she likes to take the straps off and turn on the lights while we're driving. But she can get herself out, and Emma out too.
Emma continues to be a little tornado! But she's a sweet tornado. Any room she's in quickly turns into a disaster after she's left. She's so fast! Her latest obsession has been a pink purse that has gone everywhere with her! Then, we found out that she uses the purse to steal food from the pantry and eat it later! So that didn't go over too well. I'd love to know where her secret stash is since she hides everything! Last week I had just bought a new pack of gum and put it in my purse. The next day I went to grab a piece and it was GONE!! Either she had eaten the whole package (which she has done before) or she's hidden it somewhere!! She's constantley on the go, which is why she is so skinny. I put a pair of 18 month size jeans on her today and they fell right off. Despite all this, she really is sweet and she loves to help you do anything.
The girls are always laughing at one another and are inseperable. You'd really never know they weren't *biologically* twins if you looked at them, because they act like sisters. We get asked all the time if they're twins and we just say nope, they're five weeks apart. That gets some pretty strange looks from people, but usually we'll go into detail. Most people assume they are just twins and always say how cute they are. And they are pretty cute!