Growth Spurts

Both boys are amazing us every day. I will start with Nate. Just this morning he said "Connor" starts with C "C-ONNOR" He has been doing this more lately. He will also say things like "bathroom starts with bath" etc. He is loving preschool. Not sure if this new line of thinking is coming from preschool since he just started, but ya never know. This is what his teacher had to say about him "Nate is doing great! He is easy going and goes with the flow. He loves sensory activitites and "science---exploratory" activities. He is very bright and has a lot to say. We talked about color mixing primary colors today into secondary colors. We read a book about color mixing. Ask him about the rabbit...he was white at the beginning and brown in the end. " We are so proud of him.
On to Mitchell. He is now crawling a lot. He also is into sitting up on his own. Now that he can do it he gets excited about doing it. He also gets excited about walking, with help of course. He also is very tickled with himself when he pulls himself up.
This past weekend we drove to Ohio to attend my parents annual party. My aunts boyfriend provides the music. It was an enjoyable time. Some high schoolers babysat for the boys. I think Mitchell didn't do to bad. It feels like his mood, since he can get around more, has brightened a bit more. He seems happier with others, unless of course he is tired and hungry. We also spent a lot of time on Saturday picking grapes, sorting them and making juice. I, Angie, had the joy of picking grapes in a downpour. We made over 40 quart. Now, I should be going to bed, but stayed up late to puree tomatoes to get them ready to cook tomorrow so I can can some more pizza sauce. We have really gotten into canning this year. So far we have made 21 pints of salsa, 11 quarts of green beans, 40 quart grape juice, 10 pints of pizza sauce and probably at least another 20 tomorrow. It feels so satisfying to put up ones own food.