Happy 10 month Em

There's one word to sum Miss Emily up--HAPPY--she has to be the happiest baby ever! Thankfully she's my last because if Dylan and Brynn were as happy as she is I would probably have a house full-Sweet Emme is 10 months today and I don't know where the time has gone. She is a little love and I cannot wait to see what the next month brings with her

Jack o laterns

We finally had time to cut up those pumpkins last night. Stephen and I were agonizing over this because now we have 3 children which means 3 pumpkins, tons of pumpkin guts and fighting over who was gonna go first...well my children surprised me--there was no arguing or fighting at all! Dylan refused to clean any guts out of his pumpkin (not surprising). Brynn got right in and ripped all of the goo out of her pumpkin. She LOVED every minute of it. Em was as happy as could be watching us and checking out her finished product--Stephen said her pumpkin's face looked just like Emme.

It was tons of fun!

The Poster Child for baby proofing

One of the last warm nights

Last week I think we saw the last of the warm Fall nights so the kids and I played and played. I was able to get a pic of all 3 kids on the swings. It's incredibly difficult trying to get 3 kids to look at you at the same time--They were too busy giggling at eachother

Pumpkins!

I really intended on going pumpkin picking at a pumpkin patch where there's activities to do, a hay ride, apple cider, the works but unfortunately time did not allow that to happen this year. I thought I would make a quick trip to the local pumpkin "patch" but I found out from friends that the pumpkins there were all pretty rotten so the best advice was to skip it.

There's a cute little country store/market down the road from the office that had some nice looking pumpkins outside. That's where I took the kids last year when I was way too pregnant to even think about humping my hiney around a pumpkin field. The kids were very excited that they got to pick 3 pumpkins. There was a wagon that Dylan got to pull and Brynn just wanted a "round one".

We all agreed on a tall skinny pumpkin for Miss Emily.

It was a quick, painless,fun experience for all of us and Sunday night the creative carving begins! (that's a DADDY project that I supervise)

Emily's 9 month well visit

This morning was a busy morning (typical). Emily had her 9 month well visit (little late since she'll be 10 months in a couple of days). She's 22 pounds, 28 3/4 inches "tall" and her head circumference is 17 3/4". She's a big girl and only weighs 5 pounds less than her big sister!

She's growing right on schedule and the pediatrician said his money is also on Emily being an early walker...oh brother!

Christopher Columbus

Boy oh boy I LOVE themed holidays! Today the school had a "dress up like Christopher Columbus" day! The dorky mom I am immediately went on-line and found a Chris Columbus hat, blow up globe and telescope. I found a red scarf in my closet and had him put on a polo shirt and khakis. He looked soooo cute this morning. On the way to school we did a quick crash-course lesson on Columbus (I was quite proud that I remembered so much about Columbus). Dylan went to school this morning dressed like Columbus and was going to tell the kids about the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria (and brought a pirate ship to show what the boats probably looked like). He was telling a little boy when I walked out of the room that "people then thought the world was flat and Chris Columbus (he called him), said no, no, no, the world is round....do you know Chris Columbus found America!" He's so smart that boy of mine!

Coloring

School is back in session which means Dylan gets "mommy homework". It's important to me to also educate Dylan at home. Homework last year used to be so much fun and Dylan couldn't wait to do it...this year it's a little more challenging. He's older and doesn't want to be bothered writing the alphabet after he's done it all of last year and again this year. We actually started READING!!! I'm beyond thrilled. Brynn is also into doing homework now which for her means sitting next to Dylan at the island in the kitchen and coloring whatever print out I bring home that day. Here's a rare picture of the two of them enjoying each other's company coloring---Dylan is instructing her in this pic "you must stay in the lines when you color!".

Pumpkin Party '09

The weather reports for this past Saturday were not the greatest. The forecast called for rain the entire day. What a bummer since the Pumpkin Party is the highlight of October. It marks the beginning of the month AND the start of the Halloween festivities for the entire month! When I woke up Saturday am, it looked a little dark out and I said to the kids let's go and see if it rains. Well it didn't rain, in fact it was incredibly humid and warm out. Dylan chose to be a knight this year (and I was thrilled when he didn't want to be a conductor), Brynn and Em were Little Bo Peep and her sheep. I met Nana Bridgette at the Library and we all had a fantastic yet exhausting day! I have to give props to the Daniel Pierce Library volunteers---they always make it a fun event!

Halloween's coming...

I attempted to get Em's pictures done yesterday when I made an unexpected quick trip to the mall. It didn't happen but I remembered I had a very cute Fall picture of Dylan when he was a baby from the Picture People...doesn't Emily look just like him?

Happy Birthday BP!

Happy Happy 4th Birthday to a little girl who my son is VERY fond of. We hope you have a wonderful birthday BP and we'll hopefully see you tomorrow!!!!

Holiday Shopping...

Here's another random thought... Today is October 1st. I've just decorated my house for Halloween (which my children have begged me to do since school started), I put the Thanksgiving decorations near the basement stairs so they are ready in a couple of weeks but I have this yearning to start Christmas shopping! Last year I had no choice but to start shopping early since we really didn't know when Emily would arrive. I have swore to myself that this year I am not going crazy buying the kids presents since they have so much stuff as it is and get so many gifts from friends and relatives. I'm posting this so when I go back and re read my posts in a couple of weeks or maybe next month, I'm reminded about the meaning of Christmas and to control my spending/buying habits....we'll see if I can keep myself in check!

Girls and phones

I had some playtime alone with just the girls last week. It's funny to see how the kids play differently with each other. Brynn and Emme were playing around with toys in Brynnie's room when they both kinda found phones at the same time. Brynn of course was chit chatting away and Em just chewed on it but phones must be a girl thing...

Knoebels

The rain last Saturday did not frighten me or my children (plus nephews and niece) from enjoying a fun day at Knoebels! I was freezing and ready to go home when the 5 little kiddies begged me to stay. I was a bit apprehensive about taking 6 kids under the age of 10 years old alone to an amusement park by myself but I gave them all the rules and threatened to leave if anyone misbehaved. I had 6 well behaved children with me all day long and they were all so pooped after being out in the rain all day, they slept all the way home. I'm gonna miss Knoebels until the Spring but I now have free ride passes for a day in May so we are excited about heading there maybe for Brynnie's birthday!