Um, well, that was an unexpected break from this here blog. Oopsies! I AM still here; I feel the need to reintroduce myself lol Hello again! Life has been about as crazy & busy as ever. In 9 years, I have never taken a break from the blog, even when my kids were born I was still here. But this fall has been something else, and I have not had a post in three weeks! Ahhhhh! I cannot even pinpoint a specific thing keeping us busy other than the demands of life. So I'm back & ready to share about the things we've been living. When I was going through the pictures from September for this post, it was clear to me how much learning we did during the month; Dutch also started reading this month. Come to think of it, that is probably where I was instead of writing blog posts lol In addition to Ellis' First Tea Party, we learned all about fall, apples, mushrooms, acorns, pumpkins, & leaves. It was a busy but very fun (and exhausting) month.