What's Been Happening

 Life has  been so crazy lately. I feel like I can hardly stay on top of things. Mommy started babysitting for a family in our neighborhood a couple of days a week. So, on those days I am a mother of 7 and that keeps me busy! Mommy also got another calling (another, not new) and is now the Bear Den Leader for Cub Scouts. I love being with Adam, but this calling is a lot of work and I am trying to figure out the new program, which is taking some time. Our den is huge too, which makes things...interesting. Hopefully it will get easier as the weeks go by. Keeping 15 nine year old boys focused for an hour is not for the faint of heart. 

 So far, the kids are loving school this year and are learning so much. This past week, Tessa and her class recited the Preamble at their weekly assembly. 

 Gwen is still not a fan of Mommy School because we she doesn't get to go away to school. She is always so happy to have Tessa home in the afternoon to play with. They love playing make believe together. Gwen and Tessa's best friends have both moved away in the last few weeks. They are both pretty bummed about losing their friends, but have grown closer having each other to play with. 

 We had a lot of extra kids at our house last week and one of them was Baby Gia. Gwen was so happy to babysit her favorite cousin. 

 Caleb has had a rough couple of weeks. He was sick for like a week and a half with a tummy bug and then his molars all started coming in. He has been really fussy and not eating great and pretty much stopped sleeping again. I seriously am at a loss as to how to teach this child to sleep. But, he loves books and I find him a couple of times a day with his basket of books, just looking at pictures. He loves books with animals in them and gets so excited when someone reads to him.

We ended our crazy week by watching an awesome Lunar Eclipse on Sunday night. We were all amazed to watch it and see the moon turn red. Our earth is amazing!

The kids are anxious for General Conference weekend (mainly for the candy, I am sure) and for Halloween time! They have been saving milk cartons for weeks to make some special decorations for Halloween this year. Life is always exciting at our house!