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Art time


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The kids are at super fun ages right now! They are starting to really play together, I find myself not having to intervene constantly...it's nice :) Clover's old enough now to play with and enjoy the types of things that Storey likes. For example, painting. They love to paint! We try to have at least 30 mins of art time a day, but it's usually a lot more than that since they like it so much. It's really fun to watch them explore the textures and colors. Play Dough is another favorite. Storey is into making monsters right now (not really sure where that came from...) and Clover really likes to put it in and out of the container. Clover still occasionally tries to eat everything, but she's gotten a lot better and we've been teaching her to pretend eat everything. That's helped a lot :)



We've started the potty training process with Cloves. She's really interested in watching people go to the bathroom, and once I put the little potty (recently retired to the closet) back in the bathroom she just sits on it all of the time. It's really cute and pretty funny to watch her try to take her paints and diaper off. She's not quite there yet. She has also been coming to me when her diaper is dirty and pointing to it while making grumpy noises! We change the diaper and she's good. :) I had her diaper off for a while the other day and she peed on the floor. She came and got me, showed me where the pee was and then when I gave her a rage she wiped it up. So, I think she's ready. I'm sure it'll a long process.

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Clear your plate


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Now that Clover is walking and has pretty good control over her limbs, we've been having her clear her plate after meals. She gets the choice to either put her food in the composter or she can give it Sage. She always chooses Sage (of course!).
She brings her plate to the laundry room, places it on the floor and then we call Sage. The funny part though is that she gets pretty mad as soon as Sage starts to eat the food. She then takes back the plate and runs the other way with it.
I guess it's all part of the learning process!

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Pumpkins


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Last week we took the kids to the Roloff farms (Big People Little World) to pick out their pumpkins. We had a good time. Storey especially liked the baby lion that they had there. They were able to pet the goats and cows.

Afterward we went to my brothers house for a pumpkin carving party. Storey had a really fun time helping David carve the pumpkins, and Clover enjoyed watching and occasionally eating pieces of pumpkin.








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Little Monkey


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Storey's been pretty sick for the last few weeks, it's been one thing after another. He started feeling better today, can you tell?

David was cooking him a before bed snack and he had him sitting on the counter. Storey had gotten into the flour while up there and I put some in a bowl for him so that he could play with it. I turned around and when I looked back he had his face in the bowl and was blowing. When he looked up I couldn't help but laugh! Then he started to laugh, and I went for the camera.
Good times.



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Clover's 1st birthday


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Clover's first birthday party was a week ago. We went to a park, had cupcakes (in the shape of a bear) and presents. Her Poppy (my dad) came from Reno for her party (and the other 407 birthday partied that weekend!) The typical party stuff, fun was had by most, I hope. Thanks to everyone for all of the presents she received, definitely not a deprived child...spoiled isn't quite yet the right word :)





Clover's a cute kid, although she's definitely not soft spoken like her brother was at that age. She's talking a lot these days, parroting back what you say to her, and she also has a pretty extensive vocabulary down for her age.
She's walking now, which is fun, and she's trying to learn how to run. Must be the older brother motivating her to move faster to get out of the way!


If I had to pick Clover's favorite things in this world I would say her stuffed "babies" (she has many that she loves) and always having something to eat in both hands. I think that milk would be a close third to those two.
We're having a great time with the kids, the older they get the more fun (and easier!) they become.


In un-Clover related news, my brother, Matt, and sister(in-law), Sarah (seen in the picture below) just found out that they are having a baby girl. My sisters Sara having a girl) and Courtney (a boy) are both coming up on their dues dates. Babies, babies, babies...


















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