The Swenson Family: Yay for great weather!

October is here, and the weather is beautiful. We've been spending a ton of time at the park lately, which is totally the kids' favorite place on earth. I know this because they both scream bloody murder whenever we have to leave. Yes, even Juliet will throw an impressive tantrum when it's time to go home. Which is frustrating to me because HELLO, you are only 11 months old, you don't even know where you are half the time.

Scott is practically gleeful.

He loves hanging out at the bottom of the slide. Which can be kind of a hazard. Hello, roadblock.

Juliet is a huge fan of the swings.

She's also really into climbing all over EVERYTHING. Little monkey.

Scott went through a phase where he absolutely loved the swings. And then he hated them and would scream whenever we tried to put him in one. Now he's back to loving them. See?

As you can tell, Scott is wearing a bib almost all of the time these days. Unfortunately, the medication the ENT prescribed to help diminish his drooling doesn't seem to be working as well as it once was. He definitely drools less while on the meds than he does off them, but I'm longing for the day when I don't have to change my kid's bib once an hour. *sigh*

In other Scott news, Mother's Day Out is proving to be a big adjustment for him. His school is wonderful, and his teachers are great, but being away from home from 9-1 just wears the kid out - by the end of the day, he's a weepy mess. I've talked about it with his teachers, and we've decided to do a shorter day with Scott - he'll continue to go Tues/Thurs, but I'll pick him up at noon instead of 1. We'll do lunch here at home instead of at school, since Scott wasn't eating a thing while there, anyway.

Scott tends to have really great mornings at school, so I think this shorter schedule will work well for him. We'll reevaluate in a month and see if we can try pushing him through until 1 and offering him lunch with his class again. I hope it works out because I'd really like to have that extra hour of free time!

As for Juliet, she accompanied us to a wedding in Natchez last weekend while Scott stayed behind with Nana and Grampa. Travis and I would have liked to have left Juliet, too, but seeing as I'm her main source of beverage at this time (girlfriend is such a pill about drinking out of a cup!), that wasn't a possibility. Oh, well - there's always next time. Not that I'm trying to ditch my kids or anything. Okay, fine, maybe I am.

She looked awfully cute, though, didn't she? Her daddy's not bad, either.

She was a real trooper - did great during the ceremony (well, she hung out in the cry room and banged toys around, but whatever), and powered through the reception until a little after 9, when she started getting really droopy. Travis, best husband EVER, took her back to the hotel and put her to bed so I could enjoy an evening with old friends. It was a really nice weekend.

And this weekend was a good one, too, capped off with a pumpkin painting party at a friend's house. Scott had a good time, as is evidenced by the fact that he is covered in food and juice.