The Night Before Halloween

The night before Halloween the girls and I took a walk with our flashlights around our neighborhood! We saw lots of great decorations but here were a few of the girls favorites. It was fun to see them have so much fun walking up to the decorations trying to figure them out. On the walk back to our house we ran into two high school boys with scary masks. They saw me and the girls and I was so thankful they removed their masks before the girls could see them. It is nice to know there are still young thoughful people in this world!

The girls with Frankenstein and the witch in the pot.

The girls and the big spider.

The girls and the skeleton on a motorcycle.

Trunk of Treat 2010

This year the girls decided to be Jesse and Abby Caddaby! I do have to say they chose perfect costumes. This year I helped work the Trunk or Treat so Nana and Papa had the privilege of escorting them around. Thank you Nana and Papa! The girls had a blast playing games, jumping on the bounce houses, and getting lots of candy! I plan on getting more close up pictures of the two on Halloween! Trick or Treat......

Where does the time go?

I didn't think life could get busier with a child in school. Boy, was I wrong. Where did the days go where I had Alexandra all to myself? When we could get up whenever we wanted and mope around the house until we were ready to go somewhere? Make doctor or dentist appointments any time and day of the week? I never understood how fast time flew by until we had kids. It is hard to believe 5 1/2 years ago God blessed us with a beautiful baby girl and now she is in Kindergarten. At the beginning of the school year, Alexandra had a terrible time with leaving me in the mornings before school. Alexandra finally let go and walked down the K hallway by herself with a smile on her face. Oct. 14. I am so PROUD of her. It was like the first day of school for me all over again! Seeing her walk down the hallway by herself and being so happy!

Alexandra has the sweetest friends! They know each other from dance, choir, and sunday school. Brooklyn and Grace were so proud of Alexandra that they greeted her with balloons and cards at choir Wednesday! Alexandra was so very excited to see them and so proud that those big balloons were hers. They made her day! She is blessed to have such thoughtful friends. They are like 3 peas in a pod. They spent the entire summer together having slumber parties at each others houses! I can't wait to see that friendship blossom! Not to mention, the mothers have a unique friendship, too! Thank you ladies for making my sweetie feel so special!!

Fair Day

Wednesday was Fair Day for RISD. Alexandra was thrilled to stay home and spend time with her family. We are not really big on the fair so we decided to take the girls to the Arboretum for fall pictures. The girls had a wonderful time running around and seeing the pumpkins. They enjoyed playing in the hay and being free. Not sure why the first few pictures are so small but they are. We are loving this cooler weather and plan on making many more trips to the Arboretum this year! Alexandra took the first picture! She had so much fun and wanted to take a picture of everything. Great job Alexandra!

School Carnival

This past Sunday Alexandra's school hosted a Carnival! We all had so much fun!! There were lots for the girls to do. Bounce houses, face painting, bing bag toss, hayrides, duck pond and lots of junk food to eat. We even spent some time on the playground. Needless to say, the girls were very east to put to bed that evening.

Alexandra on the bounce house.

Face paintings

Avery at the bing bag toss.

Avery at the duck pond.

Kindergarten Update

Alexandra LOVES Kindergarten but still continues to have a difficult time leaving me in the mornings at drop off. The first few weeks of school it was great! She would walk in the front doors of the school with friends and walk all the way to her classroom without looking back. I was standing outside the school wondering if she made it to class okay. It was an uneasy feeling but I knew she was in the building somewhere. I waited a moment to make sure she didn't come back out the front doors. The beginning of the 4th week of school, it must have hit Alexandra that this was her new normal. As we approached the front doors of the school I could see the anxiety on her face. She squeezes my hand and doesn't want to let go. We have been so blessed with other teachers and the assistant principal taking her hand and walking her to class. The staff has been amazing! Alexandra is now okay with walking with Mrs. McIntire, Mrs. Johnson, or Mr. Stewart down the hallway. Now, the challenge is for her to let them go and walk by herself. I know it will take time so I am just waiting. I was not expecting this at all from Alexandra. She really enjoys her teacher and we just got word that she maybe out on bed rest

until her twins are born which is Dec. 24th. This is another obstacle in her way but hopefully it will only make her stronger! We just take it one day at a time.

Lil Avery

Avery is adjusting to being an only child during the day. She has mentioned several times how much she misses her "sissy". Every morning we walk Alexandra to school and as soon as we get home she says "mommy, can we go get sissy, now"? I know exactly how she feels. Each day when we get home my goal is to keep Avery busy so she doesn't think about sissy. I have a schedule that we follow everyday! Avery loves it! She paints, makes crafts, learns with shaving cream, plays games, barbies, reads, naps, and then by the time she gets up from her nap it is time to pick sissy up from school. I can't believe how fast the days go by! Here are some pictures of Avery enjoying her day.