What a long and beautiful Autumn we are having! Leaves are still not all down yet and the sunshine this weekend was heaven sent. Just enough time to put the garden to bed for the winter. Snow possible this week? We hope so!
Girls have been extremely busy with learning all kinds of things. Juliet just learned to ride a 2-wheeler all by herself! Very exciting! She is also very focused on learning to write her letters and learning to draw different things like horses, birds and all sorts of animals
Ruby is really into learning and singing whole songs and of course trying/copying anything her sister does. The potty is our big milestone with Ruby right now. #1 is pretty much covered...but not the other. OY. I forgot how messy part two of the learning process is!
Derek has been as busy as ever with work and is back to traveling a bit here and there. I've been taking a Japanese class at Juliet's school which is going pretty well. Juliet and I shared our first real "mini conversation" yesterday. Juliet: "Nan Desuka?" (What's that), Me: "Kore wa hon desu." (This is a book). Simple, I know, but I still can't believe I'm having this conversation with my 4 year old.
Her birthday is right around the corner and I'm having some mixed feelings again. I was not the mom who felt sad when my child turned 1 -- I was so excited, but at 5 I'm started to get a little tinge of "my baby is growing up so fast" disbelief. I'm really starting be taken a back by how fast things are going! I know I know, that old chesnut!
Pump it Up!
Jake and his family recently travelled to Hawaii on vacation and rented a mini-van. Jake told his parents, "This will be the car I'll buy Juliet when we're married". (!) Such a practical guy. 
