5 months and starting Fall

Well, its been a busy end of summer and start of the "school" year.  We spent Labor Day weekend down in waco with the fam and spent 6 hrs a day, 3 days in a row on the boat with 6 adults and 5 kids under 5!  Wheww!  Crazy but fun!  This was Chase's first outing on the boat as well and he did SO well and loved cruising!  He even got a little farmer tan :)  Im glad both my kids like the water!  Chase (or Chaser or Chasey) as he is know to us has grown into quite the little charmer and is just full of smiles and laughs.  His disposition is so happy and I love that he loves to smile so much!  We had our first Kindermusik class today and he just grinned and smiled through the whole thing.  I think he is really going to enjoy this special mommy time! J always says "Chase smile on demand" and Chase just smiles right back at him with that double chin! He can now sit up for extended periods without falling over and likes this new view of the world.  He is now eating 5 times day and down to 2.5 naps. yea! Sleeping like a champ.  Zoe had her first day of school this week and already has her teachers playing 'babies" with her.  We also had her first day of ballet clas and she LOVED it.  She walked out and said "Can we do that again momma?"  It was so adorable to watch all those little pink clad ballerinas!  She did really well and was very intently following her teacher (like was right behind her whenever she moved!)  and listening to what she said.  She has since shown me how to go "back and forth like this momma" and "flap your wings like a butterfly." like they did in class.  I am constantly entertained by our conversations.  The other day she told me "Thats actually pretty good momma!"  Thanks Zoe.  She loves her little bro and asks where he is if he is not with us.  She likes to hold him and sing Jesus loves me to him. "awww Chasey he so sweet" "he so sweet to me"  This weekend we took her to this event where they had country western dancers and that night when we said our prayers (her new best stall tactic) she said... "thank God for pink clouds (sunset), havin fun, and dancers wearin lipstick..."  She was enthralled.. "those dancers had red lipstick and bows in their hair, and boots!" she told me today.