October

We went to the farm early in the month. The girls love the playground there and it was the first time they've seen it all decked out for Halloween. They loved it even more.The twins really liked the jail, especially.



I usually try to paint the girls' nails once a week. Since it was now October, Adia wanted Halloween colors. She picked purple, orange, black, lime green and blood red. I then got the idea to add some extra detail, so she ended up with jack-o-lanterns and Frankenstein stitches. She wanted cats and witches. I'm good, but I'm not sure I'm that good. Maybe the next time we do nails I'll attempt those.


The girls all wore bows in the their hair last week as well. They love watching Matilda and it certainly reminded me of that. I need to buy some other ribbons though.


Adia's school just had McTeacher night and not only did I need to go to take pictures for the yearbook, but Adia was desperate to go. The twins have never been to McDonalds and Adia's only been once, as a baby. We ended up getting a hot fudge sundae for Adia, an ice cream cone for Mira and a fruit and yogurt parfait for Leia. It's pretty sad that we can't even order fries because their fries contain wheat! It was Mira's first soft serve ice cream cone and she love it.


After picking Adia up from school today, we went to Walmart to buy Cinderella on DVD since the girls have been begging to watch it. While walking through the produce section, Adia saw a pie pumpkin. She asked if we could get it and make a pumpkin pie. I haven't attempted making a pumpkin pie from a pumpkin since I was a kid and it didn't end well. I figured, hey, why not. Let's try it. She was so incredibly excited. When we got home, I roasted the pumpkin. She then helped make the pumpkin pie. I think her favorite part was mashing the pumpkin. After dinner, they each had a slice of pumpkin pie. Mira ate most of hers and then said she didn't like it. Adia ate most of hers and said she prefers it with a crust. Leia ate the ice cream and then used the pie like modeling clay. It was everywhere and the plate she handed me had pumpkin pie embossed hand prints. Yep, that's my Leia. It was good and insanely easy to do.


 

Buddy Bear

Adia got to take home the class bear. She was the first one and super excited about it. He spent the night and then we had to write in Buddy's journal about his time with us. It was cute and I remember DiDi used to do the same thing with a stuffed frog in her class. I decided I'd also take pictures and send them back to school with the journal. Adia's teacher thought it was cute.

  Grocery Store Trip      Playing Doctor      Shoulder Rides      Quiet Time      Driving Around       Bedtime and someone was seriously grumpy   The twins started soccer last week. To my surprise, Mira absolutely loved soccer. She was completely in her element and didn't want to stop. Leia was done halfway through. She spent most of her time throwing the ball down the field. I think we'll sign her up for tumbling once soccer is over. At least it's only 4 weeks.


This weekend, our local police department had their annual open house. They have all sorts of activities for kids, there's tours, take pictures with the K9 unites and you can check out the SWAT vehicle, patrol cars and motorcycles. The girls loved getting to crawl all over the vehicles and pet the K9.

Survival

We survived our first full week of school! Phew. I was a nervous wreck making sure I got Adia and Mira to school and picked up on time. I'm always worried I'll be late to pick them up so we end up being insanely early. Leia will spend her time looking in the window asking "Where's Mira Moo? I can't find Mira Moo! Oh, dere she is." Then we repeat the procedure at Adia's school, but this time it's in stereo and they are desperate to find Adia.

Leia also survived 2 days this week of being home with just me for 2.5 hours. She asked for Mira several times, but when it came time to put shoes on to go get her sisters, she didn't want to leave. She was enjoying the quiet (yes, it was crazy quiet!) and make believe play without anyone stealing her toys or pestering her.

On Wednesday, when Daddy was home, Adia and I rode bikes to her school. She did a terrific job staying on the sidewalk and she only crashed twice. She's actually really good at catching herself before crashing. She did fall on the playground and skinned her knee. She told me she didn't cry and her teacher was shocked that she didn't. She's a tough cookie and it was a pretty bad scrape. I told her she was taking after me. All the scars on my knees were from accidents on the playground.


The twins enjoyed some quiet time today while Adia was at school. We rode bikes to school and I pulled the twins in the bike trailer. When we got back, the twins watched Care Bears (their newest obsession) while I got on the elliptical. And this is how my children like to watch TV.


Our life is about to get even crazier. The twins start soccer next week and I have another PTO meeting. Adia also wants to take a drawing class, which I'm considering. I think she'd be good at it and it would be good for her eye hand coordination. Her tumbling class doesn't start until next month.

And our guinea pig is still around. He's been ignored lately, but I did need to clean his cage. Since Adia and Leia were busy watching Avatar: The Last Airbender with Daddy, Mira got to hold the piggie. She was one happy girl. However, when I was done cleaning the cage, I walked out into the living room to find the cat sitting next to her on the couch. Yikes! He's been trying to find away into the pig cage and spends a lot of time sitting on top of the cage.