Halloween 2008

We had a great Halloween! Caroline was Dorothy and Sarah Anne was Toto from the Wizard of Oz. This afternoon the girls and I went to the square in downtown Woodstock for a Kids Halloween Festival. We went with some friends and their children. This evening Ben and I took Caroline trick-or-treating. She loved it! We thought we would hit some houses on our street and be done, but Caroline had other ideas! She wanted to keep going. :) She walked part of the time, and part of the time she rode in her wagon (with a big comfy blanket to help keep her warm!).

XYZ....Examine Your Zipper

I would just like to take this opportunity to thank the woman in the voting line this morning who so kindly pointed out that my zipper was down. :) Thank goodness I was behind the stroller. Somedays....most days....I worry about myself! lol

9 out of 10 dentists do NOT recommend this!

Caroline likes to sit on the bathroom counter in the mornings while Ben gets ready for work. She likes to pretend she is brushing her teeth...a great habit to start now! This morning Ben had his cup of coffee sitting on the counter. Caroline took her toothbrush, dipped it in Ben's coffee, then proceeded to brush her teeth. The taste was shocking to her....although I'm not sure why b/c she drank Ben's coffee last weekend (see earlier post). :)

We have a DVD player in our car for the girls. It was originally going to be for long car rides ONLY, however, we have kept it in the car despite our original intentions. Caroline started getting dizzy and car sick in the car. I think a lot of it has to do with her equilibrium problems that she has had associated with her ears. I noticed that when she would look out of the window, then look back in the car, she would get really dizzy and upset. The DVD player has solved that problem b/c she only looks forward now. I don't always turn it on, but I do use it when I know we will be in the car for a while. I definitely think kids should not be "attached" to tv's, dvd players, etc. In this case, it seems to help Caroline. With all of this said, I have been playing the the Charlie Brown Great Pumpkin DVD for the girls. The show came on tv last night, and although Caroline has seen it a million and one times, we let her watch it before bed. I was upstairs with Sarah Anne, Ben was on the computer, and Caroline was sitting like a big girl in her big pink chair watching the Charlie Brown special. After about 10 min, Caroline went to get Ben and kept saying "Daddy fix, Daddy fix". At first Ben didn't realize what she wanted. He went to investigate and found that her Charlie Brown movie had been interrupted by commercials. :) All she knew was that when she watched the movie in the car, there were no commercials, therefore something must be wrong! Ben convinced her the movie was fine and that they were only commercials.:)

Sarah Anne has been having trouble eating and sleeping. She hasn't had a fever, but I am going to take her to the doctor tomorrow (after Caroline's Halloween party at school!)to see if it may be her ears. The girls are going to my parent's house next week (I'm going to do some painting downstairs), and I don't want her to be sick while she is gone. She is sitting up by herself for short periods of time, and she is getting better about pushing up on her arms. She really doesn't like to be on her tummy and always rolls over. Overall she is doing great!

Pumpkin Patch 2008

Morning Coffee

This morning Ben left his coffee in the middle of the kitchen table. Apparently, while Ben was cooking breakfast, Caroline climbed into a chair, grabbed his coffee mug and took a drink. Thankfully the coffee was not hot! We realized what had happened when we noticed coffee all over the newspater that was sitting by the mug and from the coffee all over Caroline's hands. :) As I've said before, monkey see, monkey do!

Mommy's Helper

Caroline loves to help....with everything! She helps me load and unload the washer and dryer, she helps me load and unload the dishwasher, she dusts, she sweeps, she throws things away, she finds my shoes for me, picks out my clothes, and loves to help with anything to do with Sarah Anne. What a sweetheart! Last night she was helping me give Sarah Anne a bath. When we were finished I took SA into her room to get her ready for bed. I asked Caroline to take SA's wet towel into the bathroom. Later, when I was giving Caroline her bath, I opened the cabinet to take out a clean towel for her. There, on top of all of the clean towels, was SA's towel from her bath. Caroline had put it away in the cabinet! Although I didn't mean for her to put it in the cabinet, I did think that she was really clever to put it in the cabinet. :) She is so observant. I wonder how many more years she will enjoy helping? I figure before she turns 10 the novelty will wear off. :)

Green Means Go

Today while running errands with the girls, we were playing a children's cd in the car. There is one song in particular that is very up beat, and Caroline loves dancing to it! We stopped a red light just as the song came on, so I looked back at Caroline and "danced" (as much as you can driving the car!) with her. She was pointing towards the front seat, and I thought she was just excited about the song. So, trying to show her I was enjoying the song as much as she was, I continued to "dance". Finally I realized that she was pointing to the traffic light...which had turned green. Cars were passing us on the left, and cars were impatiently waiting for me to go behind us. :) Oopps! There's nothing like taking driving directions from a 2 year old. Who knew they could be backseat drivers so young!

Youth Day Parade -Sat. Oct. 11, 2008

We took the girls to the 58th annual Roswell Youth Parade. We all had a great time! Caroline was nicely accessorized with her Tennesee purse. :) It came in handy for collecting candy thrown from the floats....just what a sassy two year old needs...sugar! Sarah Anne was as good as gold....as usual!

A post....finally!

I know, I know.....I have been a blog slacker. By the time I have a peaceful moment to reflect on the day, I am exhausted! We are busy with preschool (Caroline), physical therapy (Sarah Anne), Bible Studies (me!),volunteering at Caroline's school/our church, and playdates. Everyone is doing well, and I promise to blog more later....I'm too tired right now! :)