and now we're having a hard time getting it out.

(guitar music)

Good morning, I am calling it.

It is officially Fall around here.

It was kind of chilly all weekend.

We've been grabbing our jackets

and it is really, really nice and cozy,

but this morning when I woke up,

I was freezing.

We haven't turned on our heater yet in our house

and I slept in long sleeve shirt, and long pants,

and socks, and a sweatshirt.

And I woke up and I was like oh it's so cold in our house.

But we're gonna tough it out,

we're not gonna turn on the heater quite yet.

We'll save some money this way.

Then I went and checked the temperature in our house,

it was 68 degrees!

That's embarrassing, that's not even a big deal.

Anyway, I don't know what that is in Celsius,

I'll have to look that up and put that in the video.

Essentially what I learned is

that I am not made of pioneer stock.

I just like to be apparently comfortable

in my little temperature.

We have not turned on the heat yet and we'll survive.

- I got one right there. - [Kendra] Did you find one?

They're hunting for the really red ones.

You found it in there?

Let's see, there it is.

They do. Even just the vines.

Nice pick buddy, let's see it.

- [Man] Just pull on it, there you go.

- Ooh good one, Lisse, you found one.

I have never seen brussel sprouts growing, check this out.

They look like little palm trees or something.

Do you wanna try some?

- No.

(children talking)

- It's too big.

- [Kendra] Cubby, what happened?

- My knee got hurt.

- [Kendra] Did your knee get stuck?

- Yeah.

- So he stuck his knee through the bars at the playground

and now we're having a hard time getting it out.

Okay, stretch out that leg and pull it through.

Is it really stuck?

Okay, here, let's see.

Okay, now make it long, make it straight Cubby.

Make it straight, there we go, now slide it out.

There we go.

(cheering)

We got it.

So last week the kids worked on drawing cows

as part of their handwriting

and this week they're learning to draw turkeys

and I just, I wasn't planning on vlogging it,

but I'm just loving watching them.

Here's Miss Lissey's.

Here's Mr. Isaac's.

You guys, I'm so proud of you.

(piano music)

- Good, can you not put your foot so far on the pedal?

Use the ball of your foot right on the edge of the pedal.

The ball, no that's that heel, there's the ball.

That's it.

- [Kendra] How did it go? - Good.

- [Kendra] Did you enjoy ballet?

- Uh huh. - [Kendra] And tap?

- Uh huh.

- [Kendra] Oh and you got a treat.

Caleb, didn't I tell you to get in your car seat?

- Yeah, this is how I do it.

- [Kendra] Alright Mister Man, you have to buckle up now.

No, not like that. (Caleb giggles)

In an effort to be friendly to our budget,

I am taking all four kids today shopping at ALDI

which is an awesome store.

It's super cheap, which is great,

and they always have great sales.

It's kind of fun to shop here.

It's just a little bit more stressful with the kids.

Alright, so one of the cool things about this store is

you have to put the quarter in

to get the, what's this called, a cart.

Okay Caleb, can you put it in?

It's going pretty well with all four of them.

We've found quite a few things

and I'm remembering how much money this place saves us.

Yeah, everybody's holding up okay.

Let's see if we can make it til the end.

(store music)

So at the end we get to bag your own groceries,

always a good time.

(upbeat music)

And this is how I got that done,

those three sat and watched through the camera

me doing that and were completely entertained.

Okay, let's go.

- [Jeremy] Kendra made these stuffed chicken pita happiness.

What's it actually called.

- It's called Crock Pot Chicken Pitas.

(Laura yelling)

- [Jeremy] What do you want?

- [Kendra] Need some chips? - No.

- She's like bring me the chips.

And she still, every time, no when she means yes.

It's so funny.

- Grapes, what are these called, snow peas,

parmesan chips and then this is chicken,

there's avocado, tomato, Parmesan cheese

and lettuce in there.

- I want chips already.

- [Kendra] Is that how we ask?

- Can I please have chips?

- [Jeremy] Thanks for asking nicer buddy.

- [Kendra] Let's get some chips for you all.

- [Jeremy] So you guys had a crazy day today.

You had piano,

you had dance, how did that go?

- Good.

- [Jeremy] Did you get some new songs?

- Oh yeah.

- [Jeremy] And Laura I heard you didn't take any nap today.

(Laura babbles)

Rumor has it that you haven't napped

and you're kind of acting crazy today.

Is that true? - [Kendra] Possessed.

- [Jeremy] Possessed is the word.

- I didn't even,

I didn't even go to the library story time.

I just go time piano.

- So we're out here at football practice.

Isaac has had two interceptions already

and these little kids are out here

just watching a friend who is skateboarding.

They're so cute.

(giggling)

- Go!

Go!

Go!

Go!

Go!

- [Jeremy] They really want you to do good.

They're excited. (chuckles)

- Yeah man.

I just picked up skating, it's my third day man.

- [Jeremy] Hey, looking good.

- I realize (chuckles) now how hard it is.

- [Laura] Wow.

- Wow.

(guitar music)

- So earlier today Caleb got in trouble

for smacking Laura so he was in timeout.

When he came out of timeout, I was holding him on my lap

like I usually do and I said,

hey buddy, let's talk about what happened.

What could we do different next time?

He gets all thoughtful and quiet

and he looks me in the eye

and he says, Mom I could smack her more softly next time.

It just cracked me up like he was looking

so sincere and thoughtful.

Anyway we talked about other things

we could do besides smacking people

and how we could come to Mom for help

or trade a toy with Laura,

or be patient with her.

But anyway, he just cracks me up.

I'm sorry guys, but there is nothing in the world

that is more attractive than a dad

teaching his son some home school logic in the evening.

- Then her dad stopped.

- Okay so which one is that?

So because we're not posting anymore on Sundays,

we keep running into this problem

where we capture something amazing over the weekend

and it doesn't really fit nicely into one of our vlogs.

And that happened this Sunday.

This moment happened.

- Can you say popcorn?

- Popcorn.

(Kendra giggles)

(exploding noise)

- Again! - Again?

What do you say?

- Thank you!

- Thank you.

- Anyway, I'm gonna post a more complete version of it

so you can see that on our Facebook page.

So that's at jhousevlogs on our Facebook page.

Go check it out.

Can you say J house out?

- J out out!