At Vala's Pumpking Patch with Izzy's class.
lunch time!
Izzy and Katelyn.
Bounce pillows!
Enjoying one of our last few nice days outside.
Addie and Cletus. It's a love hate relationship.
The "King" and Queen Bees.
She got caught!
Mark and I took the girls to the children's museum for a day of fun.
light up piano on the floor.
My little EMT.
clay time fun.
We went to the Life Time Fitness Spooktacular.
Loving the sandbox.
Sisterly love. Izzy is so good with Addie. I am always seeing her give Addie little kisses on the head and she is the first to go to Addie when she wants something. She's a great big sis.
Happy Halloween! Ella, Avery, Emery, Izzy, and Addie.
Court, Heather and Me before we went door to door.
Our last house.
Livie, Izzy, and Addie at the school Halloween party.
Addie being funny. That's her new saying. "Addie funny"
The cold weather is around the corner and I don't even want to think about it. It is so nice to be able to throw the kids outside and blow the stink off. Izzy is already being a little stinker. Her listening skills are lacking a ton. I have to threaten her constantly with taking toys, eliminating play dates, no snacks, etc. I can't wait until she grows out of this stage. In saying this though she definitely has a sweet side. The hugs and I love yous help smooth the rough edges.
We had parent teacher conferences for Izzy this month and she is doing pretty good. We have a few things to work on, but I think she will be ready come next Fall to be a big kindergartener. She is still enjoying swimming lessons and we started gymnastics and she is liking that too. I don't know what I'm going to do when Addie starts with activities. I need a clone.
Izzy is still saying funny things. It makes you wonder where in that little mind of hers she pulled it from. She told me it was ok for me to go to work because then I could buy her toys. Also, one day on our way to school Izzy heard the Robin Thicke song and said she liked it and wanted me to turn it up. Upon turning it up I started dancing and had my hands in the air and from the back seat Izzy says, "Mom, put your hands back on the handles....both of them." I died. Such a little boss.
Addie is doing well too. She is my little cuddle buddy and attached to my hip. She cries and cries any time I leave without her. She got a diaper rash at the beginning of the month and it took us the whole month to get rid of it. We were treating as yeast and it turned out to be bacterial. We got it cleared and another showed up 2 days after treatment. It looked different so I just covered it with everything. Something had to kill it, right? She also got the flu in the middle of the month and threw up for 24 hours. It was awful. She couldn't keep anything down and just laid around the whole time. This little peanut is going to be one healthy child someday.
We had a great Halloween this year. Mark and I went as the "King" and queen bee to our neighbors' Halloween party. We had a ton of fun. This year the girls went as a monarch butterfly (Gamma made it) and a peacock. Gamma came up to go to the girls' Halloween parties at school and then helped us hand out candy so we could trick or treat as a family .Our friends the Mulligans and Snodgrass's came to trick or treat with us. The older girls had so much fun running from house to house. They did really good until who got to ring the doorbell became an issue. Happens every year! Addie was mesmerized by the whole process. I was constantly dragging her because the other girls would be 2 houses ahead of us. Addie would literally stop and stare at all the things around her.
I love these little girls and everything I get to experience with them. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I just wish it didn't go so fast.
