Mud Pie!!!

Brody is an interesting child and always likes to keep me guessing. His latest favorite thing to do is attack Austin while Austin is trying to play on the floor. He will then forcefully roll Austin over on his back and then pat his stomach and roll him from side to side while saying "MUD PIE! MUD PIE!". I have no idea where this came from or what the heck "mud pie" is supposed to mean. So strange! I always yell at Brody to stop because I'm afraid Austin is going to get hurt but I guess I don't need to because Austin seems to love this game and giggles like crazy. Silly boys.

Brody is still up to his shenanigans claiming he needs to "Go Pee!" in the middle of the night and then demanding "Mommy Bed!" Brody always wins the battle against me. Even though I sleep awful, I still enjoy snuggling him and I'm just too tired to fight him back to bed. Not Aaron though, he put his foot down and said HE will handle it from now on. So last night Brody did the usual "Go Pee! Mommy Bed!" and Aaron placed Brody back in bed and informed him that he would have to wait until he left for work before Brody could go snuggle mommy. So what did we listen to from 3am until 4:15am last night? "GO TO WORK, DADDY! GO TO WORK!"

Things are going great with Jacob. His tantrums from this summer have settled down a bit, thankfully. He's loving school and behaves so well there. His teacher lost her grown son a week ago, so his enrichment teacher has taken over teaching last week and this week and surprisingly the kids have all handled this adjustment very well, including Jacob. I really wasn't worried about Jacob though, since he is so familiar with her from enrichment. Our prayers are with Mrs. Render and her family and especially Mrs. Render's 9 year old granddaughter who has lost her father.

Every Friday in November the kids will be ice skating for enrichment with yesterday being our first day. I was prepared for some tears and refusing to get back on the ice after his first fall, so I'm thrilled to say that neither of those things happened! Right now he prefers to be hanging on to daddy while Aaron pulls him along but he will try on his own for a few seconds before purposely falling down. Next week we will bring a hockey stick and see if it helps for him to have something to hang on to.

Austin is growing up fast! He's 10 months old now and seems to have had a growth spurt (although still a peanut)! He can now go from a crawling position to a sitting position and can also pull himself up to his knees on furniture. It won't be long before he is pulling himself to a stand! He loves being outside and the cold does not bother him at all (we had our first snowfall yesterday!). He continues to be a great eater and sleeper and we are very grateful!

Aaron and I are doing great, although Aaron has come down with a mild cold. He's working today and picking up quite a few weekends & on call for his coworkers in the coming weeks so they can visit family, go hunting, etc. It will work out well since it will allow Aaron to attend all of Jacob's ice skating days and he will hunt on the adjacent State land here before & after work.