In our family, we very much enjoy football season and enjoy watching the girls get involved as well. Our team is Utah because that is where Jake graduated from. I love that the weather cools off and the days are warm and the nights cool. I love this time of year as the leaves change.
Our babies are steadily growing up. Ginny now wants to use deodorant and is out growing the toy stage. She is still excelling in school and is a huge help and blessing around the house. We are working on becoming more organized and responsible with her belongings. Ginny loves to read and reads very advanced for her age and beyond her grade level.
Aubree, oh Aubree. Aubree looks for opportunities to help with things, especially in the kitchen. She loves to help in the kitchen. She is working hard on being kind to her brother and sister. This morning, I went through her back pack and found papers in there from a week ago that she neglected to give me, even when I specifically asked if she had notes or papers for mom. Honestly, I think she purposely "forgot"because we have to go through and correct every one of them. For me this is hard, because I work every week with her on homework and things to help her to stay caught up with her class and avoid any special classes. After reviewing the papers, I think she just gets in a hurry because she is great at math and rhyming words. She is a witty child and loves to think of a plan for things or make a deal about something.
Will, he is two and a giant two. I believe we are finished potty training. Will is still a little boy of little words but creatively finds his way into everything. He still loves Toy Story and to be outside. He is currently 42 lbs and 39 inches tall.
Christopher will be 4 months old in a week and has learned to smile and giggle. I love when babies hit this stage. Overall, he is a very good baby and does not require to be held very much. He has acid reflux but it is not as bad as it could be and hopefully he will outgrow it soon.
Overall, we are a blessed little family and look forward to forever as a family.
It is 10:00 p.m. on Halloween night and I am sitting at the hospital with my boys for the night as a sleep test is done on Will. They are doing this test to check his resting oxygen levels to determine if he needs his tonsils or adenoids out. It took us a little while to fall asleep and I felt so bad for him with the wires coming out everywhere and socks on his hands to keep him from touching anything. He is such an active little boy. I got in the bed and laid with him after I got Christopher to sleep and he fell asleep a little quicker. He nestled into me and I loved it.
Today was Halloween but the kids did not go trick or treating because it is the Sabbath but they did attend the trunk or treat last night and had an enjoyable time. Ginny dressed up as a crazy, silly, good witch, Aubree dressed up Giselle from Enchanted, and Will was Scooby Doo. I had bought Will’s costume last year and got a size 4 but it was a little small, however, we just dealt with it. My friend, Haley, lent me a little dinosaur/dragon for Christopher but he fell asleep and I did not put him in it. We had an enjoyable evening last night at the trunk or treat.
After church today, we had a less active member whom had recently lost his wife for dinner and the girls enjoyed making him a card and Halloween gift bag. Oh, last night, as we were leaving the church, Aubree wanted to take some of her candy to the poor people to share and because it’s a “wo” food and not healthy. I think we had a great Halloween holiday between the last two evenings.
Also, last weekend (23rd), I attended my first Halloween party and it was quite enjoyable. I looked 100% ridiculous, but isn’t that part of the fun, and wore a tutu with crazy socks and leggings. Jake enjoyed it as well but I believe his favorite part of the evening was my mad skills in the games. I just dropped to the ground and acting like a rock because I was not hidden before the game started but my graceful skills scored me a safe trip to safety.
