Fabulous Fall

Dear Hannah and Nathan, 

The leaves have started to fall (without turning red) this year. I think the unseasonably warm weather have confused to trees a bit and now they are playing catch up. Except for the 2 days that it rained, we've spent every moment home outside. One afternoon after Daddy got off of work, he raked the leaves up in the front yard. You two decided to help out. 

 In fact, Nathan, you expressed that you like to "spread all the leaves back out" because you don't like the piles. I'm sure Daddy liked that a lot.

 Another morning, we went to a friend's house to play. They have horses for neighbors! Not only did we get to play, we got to feed the horses and even ride around in a tractor.

 One afternoon we went out for lunch. I just love messy eating faces!

 Spaghetti is always just so messy!

 Since the schools are out this week, we've taken advantage of cool mornings to go and play on the school playgrounds. Here, Nathan, you had an idea to recreate angry birds game. I just added the finger for fun.

 Auntie Momo is also in town for Thanksgiving. Today we walked around SoCo (South Congress) and had lunch at a restaurant with swing chairs! It was probably more hassle than fun, but it's not everyday we get to sit on swings for lunch.

Hannah, you are speaking more and more. Your sentences are closer to 5 words, both in English and Chinese. When I say phrases with 5 words or less, you can easily mimic them; but, when they get long, you slur some words together or leave some out all together. It's so interesting how our brains process language.

Nathan, you are pretty much obsessed with Transformers right now. You love to just sit down and play with your transformers for an hour at a time (sometimes more). We've started to watch the transformer bots, a kiddie version of transformers...they are kind of cool because instead of fighting evil bots, they fight social issues like pollution. I think in this case TV has helped spark your imagination because you now take on the personality of each character when you role play with your figures.

Hannah, you just love playing with your babies. It is just so sweet to watch you mimic our daily lives with the babies. Bedtime routines, bath time and even when baby gets hurt, the way you comfort it and talk to it makes me feel like at least I'm doing some things right.

Well, Thanksgiving is coming up soon and I'm sure we'll make lots of memories. Until next week,
Love,
Mommy