Halloween

"Happy Halloween!"
Or was that, "I hope your Halloween is better than mine"?

Here they are, Belle and Cinderella, all dressed up and ready to go get some candy!

Has This Happened to You?

I went outside one morning, and this is what I found on our front walkway:


We don't know where they came from or why they were there. It was the strangest thing!

A Rainy Day and a Wedding

Here's a picture of Emily and Carinn during the first "rainfall" of the season. (It only sprinkled I think.) They were very excited to stand out in the rain.
And here they are getting married one morning. They love to dress up and play make believe. This was their choice of the day. If you'll notice, Carinn already has a baby too. I think we'll have some work to do, teaching her the correct order of things!

Diaper Trouble

One of Carinn's many "talents" is getting all her clothes and her diaper off, usually only when she's in bed (when we can't see her). Well, sometimes this results in a wet bed, and sometimes it results in a really messy bed. Not my idea of fun!! We started putting her in a onesie for her naps, and under her pajamas at night. That worked for about a week. Then we got even smaller onesies that are really tight and hard to get out of. She figured how to get those off without even unsnapping the bottom! Well, I asked a friend if she had any helpful advice, and she knew the answer right away! (She has five sons and lots of nieces and nephews.) The answer is (drumroll, please): zipper jammies put on backwards. I'm so grateful for parents with experience!! Anyway, this has worked so far. I hope it works for good. Meanwhile, Carinn doesn't mind at all. She just likes her new pajamas.

County Fair

We went to the fair last week. We were all set to spend the afternoon there. We tried putting Carinn down for an early nap. She fell asleep after just a little while, but the problem was that before she went to sleep she took off her clothes and her diaper. When I went to check on her I decided to turn her over and put her diaper on so we wouldn't have to change her bedding later. Well, that woke her up, and she didn't fall back to sleep.

We picked Emily up from preschool and drove straight to the fair. First we looked at the animals. The kids got to see some cows walking right next to them in the stroller. They saw the sheep and some pigs. They loved seeing all the animals. Then we went to the carnival area. The kids got to pick some rides to go on. They each got to go on a pony ride. Emily rode all by herself, only a little tentatively. She even leaned over near the end to pet the pony. Carinn insisted on holding my hand the whole time, and was content with that. (I guess I can count that as exercise right?) They also went on the kid train and a little canoe ride in real water. Everything was going well until then. Emily was happy and Carinn was happy but tired. Well, Carinn loved, loved, LOVED the canoe ride, but I guess it was just too short for her. She started screaming as soon as we took her off the ride, and she just kept screaming. We got into the stroller, left the fair, changed her diaper, got into the van, and drove halfway home before she finally fell asleep. It was fun while it lasted!

Good News!

For those of you who haven't heard, I'm pregnant again. I'm already 20 weeks along - just 20 more to go! We found out last week that we're having a boy this time. Adam was so happy he was almost crying. (I can't say he was crying because he never admits that he was.) He's been happy for several days now too. It's been awfully nice. Emily, on the other hand, was very sad. She wants another girl baby. She pouted a lot that day, and almost cried when we would mention it. But we went to Build-a-Bear a couple of days ago to make a bear for the new baby. I think that helped a little bit. No news on a name, except that Adam wants to name him Clark, and I don't. He's due January 16th. We're looking forward to his arrival.
(Sorry there aren't any pictures. We got some good ones from the ultrasound, I just don't have a scanner to put them on the computer.)

First Day of School

Emily started preschool two weeks ago. She goes two mornings a week and is really enjoying it there. She is learning to cut and paste and draw straight lines among other things. She is also making some friends there. She gets to make her lunch and pack her lunchbox each morning. She's growing up so much!