Fall :: Transitions

Fall has come, even here in sunny orange county. The weather has cooled down quite a bit, enough to wear long pants and even a sweatshirt here and there! Still in my flip-flops every day though ;-) I love fall, always have. It feels homey and cozy to me. Calmer, in some way, then the hot days of summer. Fall is also a time of changes, changes in so many ways.

In the midst of all of my personal changes and turmoil, if you will, we have had some wonderfully amazing changes this fall also! Kalani has started school! He loves it!!! He started at North Huntington Beach Community Nursery School (NHBCNS) three weeks ago. This school is THE BEST! I hesitated for the past year plus about getting Kalani into preschool because I was just so uneasy about all of my options; too expensive, too "oc-ish", and most importantly, too against my beliefs and what I've worked SO hard at for the past almost 4 years. We have a few friends that have been going to NHBCNS for a while now and have always heard rave reviews. The distance was keeping me away; its about a 25 minute drive, each way. I still do not love the drive, especially 4 days a week, but it is so worth it! I can't even explain and go into detail about all the perfectness that this school is, because I wouldn't know where to start or stop. But it is perfect. Perfect for us anyway :-) Kalani's at school Mon-Thurs from 12:30-3:30 which is a pretty huge change from not being in school at all. He's adjusted wondefuly though and loves every minute of it. He woke up today (Friday) and asked if he was going to school today. I said no, not for the next three days, and he replied, " awwww, I really want to go to my school today. Let's go see if it's open anyway!" Enough said.

So no pictures of school yet, sorry. Lots of new pics of other fun fall stuff and those two adorable boys I've got though!

A Sunday family hike at Crystal Cove.


Great Grandpa Lincoln's swiss army knife...


...and a Star Wars spy watch. Kalani is ready to work!

Cutest hat on the cutest baby ever.

Soakin' up the early fall rays.


We took our annual trip to Tanaka Farms for the Pumpkin patch tour - but this time it was with Kalani's class from school! First field trip ever! :-) He still loves the wagon ride around the farm the best. But I think having all his buddies along for the adventure sure made the trip that much more fun.

Kalani's first ever "class picture".

picking pumpkins

D and a green bean.


hmmmm.... which one should I choose?



Found just the right one :-)


Dylan is sitting up on his own and LOVING it! He sits and plays for minutes on end! ;-)

and yes, he really is almost always this smiley :-)

the three of us.