The Carlos Family: Welcome Everything Fall

September was a month full of changes at our house...

Mommy went back to work teaching every day 1-3:30. Hard transition for all, especially the twins this year. They have become very attached to me lately. Easton sleeps the entire time I am gone, so it's no biggie for him. It has been much easier for me this year than last. Last year was tough because I was running on broken up sleep with Easton being so little, so the majority of my planning, lesson creation, and grading was done on the weekends during nap time leaving me no "me time." That was hard. I now do all of my work early in the morning before the monkeys get up, so I get my "me time" (translation = laundry, cleaning, organizing, etc.) on the weekends.
Clayton and Chloe started pre school at Messiah Lutheran in Yorba Linda. They absolutely love it! There teacher's name is Mrs. Hererra and there are 12 students total in their class. Clayton didn't even look back when we left on the first full day (9-1). Chloe stayed close at first, but had no trouble adjusting. Clayton talks about playing with his friends Rhett and Ben and Chloe adores her friend Sadie (though she calls her Saadie with a short a). So cute! We are excited to watch them grow, learn, and make little friends.
Easton is loving his special one on one time with Mommy. He has never had that. He started My Gym on Tuesdays and is his typical fearless self. His smile lights up the room. Ryan and I can't get enough of it.
Mommy loves the time with Easton and time to exercise a bit, get errands done, and do some things around the house. It's incredible how much easier it is to do those things with just one, though, I do think Easton is more challenging with out his brother and sister around, which doesn't make much sense!
We went on a lovely family vacation to Kauai. My parents were so generous with this vacation. They completely paid for our flight and two-bedroom condo. It was a lot of work and not the typical relaxing vacation, but beautiful memories were made and lots of fun was had. The plane ride was crazy, especially going there and it took a couple of nights for Clayton and Chloe to comfortably adjust to their beds for the week, but all in all we had a wonderful time.
Easton had another first--his first set of stitches. We hadn't been in the hotel room for more than 15 minutes before we were headed back out to the ER. He ran into the corner of the coffee table. It didn't stop him though, and the cut is healing beautifully.
Trio Personality Update:

Clayton- persistant, athletic, super handsome, and very smart
Chloe- dramatic, exploring her limits, artistic, dancer, and just beautiful
Easton- fearless, extremely happy as long as everything is right in his world, thinks and acts like he's three (very dangerous), jibber jabber language (has a few words--mostly sounds "choo choo," "woo woo" for fire truck, "cockadoodle doo", and "woo woo" for a dog barking), athletic, and simply adorable

Here's some pictures of our fun...

Chloe Grace's first day of Preschool at Messiah Lutheran

Clayton Joseph's first day of Preschool at Messiah Lutheran

Their first full day with their lunches...complete with a little note from Mommy!

Clearly Easton is following Clayton's footsteps with an absolute LOVE for Dick's Sporting Goods!

Now that the duo is in Preschool, Easton Boy gets to have fun at My Gym!

My "Fall" front door...each year I'll add something new,

but quite pleased with my homemade banner and wreaths!

Picture Perfect: Why Chloe is enrolled in dance class and not t-ball!

Clayton's first day of the City of YL T-ball program--he likes it; Mommy isn't so thrilled. They spend more than half of the class running. It's T-ball, not track!