Shifting rooms, shifting seasons

With Sebastian moving to Denver, we had some space to shuffle kids around to different rooms. Teddy moved out of Malachi's room and into Sebastian's old room. Ziggy moved downstairs to be with Teddy. Clementine moved out of the girls' room to go upstairs and share with Gus, where Ziggy used to be.

Daisy, Junie, and Goldie cleaned their room SO well. They cleared out every drawer, every shelf, every corner, and got rid of things they weren't using. Then they asked if they could paint their room and we said yes. They picked out the prettiest peachy-pink color!

It was amazing how tirelessly they worked! I didn't do anything—they taped off the baseboards and ceiling, covered the floor, and did all the painting themselves. They had most of it done in one day!

We also finally got a bed frame for Goldie's mattress. She's been sleeping on a mattress on the floor for…well, forever, I think! She did used to have a trundle bed, but that broke years ago. (That is Junie sitting on Goldie's bed, in case you're confused here.) Anyway, I'm glad she is up off the floor now!

The paint looks pretty in all kinds of light! The girls will put up these pictures soon and hopefully buy a few more pillows for Goldie's bed.

They are so happy with their "new" room!

This is what Sebastian's room looked like before he moved out. He had almost every inch of the walls covered! He took everything down before he moved, and it looked very sad and blank in there.

Ziggy and Teddy were excited to sleep in a big bed!

And they did a great job moving all their stuff downstairs and making everything look neat and tidy!

This tiny white desk arrived in a package at our house in Utah while we were in Quebec. It was addressed to Sebastian, so he put it together and was completely baffled as to where it came from or who sent it! He thought it might have been meant for Clementine, but we asked around and no one admitted to sending it. So it remains a mystery. But anyway, now Ziggy is enjoying it in his new room!

And here is Teddy with everything moved in and cleaned up!

And here is Clementine up in Gussy's room. She often ends up in Gus's bed…or mine…during the night, but she likes talking to Gus and laughing with him before they fall asleep. They are good little friends and I'm happy they're getting some time to share a room!

Clementine brought the doll bed up to this new room with her, and Gus immediately installed his Caws in it!

He also made a stern warning sign for the door

Speaking of Clementine and Gus, here they are after church one Sunday

Such a pretty tree in that corner!

Gus was drawing the "scary witch," which is in someone's yard down the street. You've probably seen them around—it's this witch:

She cackles and says things when you walk by her—I haven't heard it myself, but Clementine and Gus like to walk over there, and Clementine's version of what the witch says is: "You can run, but you can NOT hide. Hee hee hee hee!" Clementine is actually quite scared of her, but also fascinated, in that way kids sometimes are with what they fear. Anyway, Gus drew her, quite well I think:

You can see Clementine and Gus there on their bikes, and (according to Gus), Clementine is about to get off her bike and run away.

This was, according to Clementine, "Church." That giraffe is really holding everyone's attention!

And speaking of church, here is Clementine's picture of Jesus.

And the cutest earless pig, with a descriptive word underneath.

Clementine sleeping under my yellow blanket ("Wheaty," as we call her—the blanket, I mean. Do you name your blankets? It's Daisy's fault that we do.)

A pretty sunrise, in different stages

And another pretty one, this one an hour "later" thanks to Daylight Saving

Clementine was watching it with me from the porch

Her "wistful" smile

Another Sunday, at sunset this time. Daisy with a bright pink sky!

Twirling around

Pretty in all directions!

Goldie

Gus racing around

Shoulder rides

Probably unwise shoulder rides

Gus dancing an Irish jig?

Gus and Skelly

Moving on…here is Goldie heading in to the temple, looking very Jane Austen-ish

This is ten years old now, but I was in Sam's office looking at it the other day and thought you might like to see Sister Kristen Yee in her finest hour. Sam's friends and coworkers at Disney gave this wonderful picture to him when he quit Disney to go work at BYU. It's a prized possession.

Clementine's gnome scone

Beautiful red trees on the street heading toward the hill

We have had SUCH nice weather! Even into the first week of November now! It has been warm and sunny and just beautiful. I love to sit outside and enjoy it when I can.

Clementine wearing the green twirly dress. I have pictures of Junie in this dress doing the same thing!

How do girls just instinctively know how to twirl? I don't think anyone taught Clementine. She just does it.

Such a cutie!

Another cutie, wearing her Quebec shawl

Daisy's been very busy lately, working a lot (and getting her apron quite dirty, as you can see!)…

…and applying to BYU for next Fall! She got her application in by the early deadline and it was SUCH a weight off her mind! She worked really hard all summer, studying, taking the ACT three times, and writing all her essays. She did a great job and turned in a great application! Now…we'll just wait and see what happens!