It's been a busy fall!!!

And I obviously have not been keeping up very well with my posts!  I'll do my best to give you the readers digest version of the past 3 months, and then bombard you with photos.  :)

First of all, both girls started a new preschool program in September that we've been extremely pleased with.  They go on the same days, at the same time, but are in different classes which is the perfect combination!!!  They have an hour of art time, an hour of circle time stuff and an hour of gymnastics.  The somersaults around this joint are getting pretty good!  They girls also began dance lessons in September, where they go for an hour every week.  It's a combo of tap/ballet/baton and they are LOVING it.  And the boys are becoming regular dance junkies watching through the windows.

Next, Sweet Eve Elisabeth officially turned 3.  HOLY.  MOLY.  I'm still getting my mind wrapped around it.  She is soooo clearly 3 years old in behavior, but she's still pretty pint size and can still get incredibly small when she wants to curl up in your lap.  I think she gets funnier every day and is pretty hilarious to talk to...if you can get her to sit still for a conversation.

Erik also celebrated a birthday in October, turning a whopping 34.  Man, that boy is old. :)  And as a special birthday present for Erik, Isaac began crawling "properly".  Pretty darn sweet.  But he is officially into EVERYTHING at this point, so we've been working on some baby gate solutions.  Levi isn't crawling just yet, but is rolling like a tumbleweed every which way.  He very rarely stops rolling when you put him down and just the other day started popping up to all 4's and rocking back and forth. So probably come Christmas we'll have some roving little elves.

Halloween was a BLAST around here!  Iris went dressed as a Lalaoopsy girl, Evie was a beautiful butterfly, Levi was Superman and Ike was Clark Kent.  Everyone looked amazing!!!  We went trick-or-treating late afternoon at Country Village where every shop was handing out treats, came home for a quick dinner and then sent the girls back out with Daddy around the neighborhood.  They RAKED in the candy, and we're all still enjoying their spoils.  :)

The boys are officially 9 months at this point and are eating food like champs.  I've quit pureeing anything and most of their meals are comprised of finger foods at this point, which is really fun and really messy.  Their current favorites are chicken, sweet potatoes and cheese.  Last week we made a trip to the doc (it's been a cold bug infested fall around here) and Ike was up to 20lb 15oz and Levi was 20lb 10oz!!!  Our rolls overfloweth.   (9 month official appt is in a few days, so we'll see how they stack up in height!)

Erik has been traveling A LOT for various meetings and is hot on the interview trail for his first "real job" following this fellowship.  We've got a few places that we're heavily considering, so cross your fingers we find a great offer that we can both agree on.  Hopefully we'll have news to share on that front after the new year.

Now.  A flood of photos.  :)