First week of November 2016

Pajama day at school (and Maxwell participated!)

Playing at the park

Look who is wearing big girl panties!

With Grandma Donna (I think during the day with Britt)

My friend Beth at work

My friend Andrea came to my work and helped about 50 of us make these signs.  I made one with a "G" so I could give it to Maxwell's kinder teacher - Garza.

Crazy hair day at school

It certainly looked crazy :)

Emmalyn joined in the fun too

Playing at the mall during the day with Britt

"cheese face"

Yup, cheese face again.  Those ringlets!  No curling iron needed for this one.

Cuddled up with the kiddos

Maxwell practicing his Kindermusic rhythm cards.  He's doing a great job.

We took the kids to the "Festival at the Switchyard" in downtown Carrolton.  The kids had fun playing games.  (They took turns though because we were standing in a silly line waiting for face painting.  While I'm glad to see my kids now enjoy it, face painting is the WORST line wherever you go.  You spend at least an hour just waiting and then trying to entertain the kids while you wait.  This new trend of total face painting instead of the old way with a ghost on a cheek or a rainbow takes so much time!!!!

Maxwell waited in the stroller more than Emmalyn did

Emmalyn got some flowers (mom's choice) and Maxwell is the Pokemon Pikachu

We took the kids home and left them with a new babysitter - girl down the street and then we headed back to the concert for a free Barenaked Ladies Concert!

First we went out to dinner and while we were eating fireworks went off behind us - it was great show!

The concert was so fun!  The last time we saw these guys was at an Medal Ceremony Concert during the 2002 SLC Olympic games.

Being silly with dad outside of Costco

Loving the smiles and giggles

We had Souper Salad for dinner.  Peter and I used to go all the time when we lived in SLC so it was a little nostalgic.

So, we have been sort of potty training all week.  Emmalyn does great with pooping on the potty but then she will sometimes sit on the potty, do nothing, and then pee on the floor a minute later.  If she's in pull-ups she treats it like a diaper so that choice is out.  It's either panties, nude, or diaper.  She's having multiple accidents a day.  :(  When we went to the festival I just put her in a pull-up because I didn't want to deal with it.  That night with the babysitter she was in diapers but then asked to go potty before going to bed.  The next morning she said she needed to go pee and she actually did so that's a win!

Mornings are good.  Maxwell gets up around 6 am.  Peter will give him cereal or will leave a bowl with cereal in it and put a cup of milk in the fridge so he can do it himself.  Emmalyn wakes around the same time but I try to get her to cuddle with me in bed for an extra half hour.  She immediately asks for milk when she wakes up by saying, "your milk" and I'm still telling her it's empty.  After about a half hour she'll go to the kitchen and Peter will get her cereal.  Both kids watch their iPad while eating and can be independent which means we can get a few more minutes of sleep!mo

Second week of October 2016

We sure do a lot of fun things in the fall!

Maxwell creating a drawing with a shape template.

Big girl playing at the mall on the toys while the boys were in school.

Melissa and I kidnapped Mary Ann one night and took her to get a reflexology massage.  She was totally surprised and clearly nervous as we were driving there and she had no idea what we were doing.  It was Melissa and her first time getting this type of massage and they loved it (of course - they are great!).

Pumpkin painting!

Maxwell was very detailed in his painting this time  (he puts a date on everything now).  He kept saying he was "doing more details" as he'd paint other things.   That must be something he's hearing in Kindergarten.

Ditching the paintbrushes

Emmalyn had her 30 month check up with her pediatrician.  She was so excited to see and talk to Dr. Nail.  She let him check everything with no problem.  pin prick to check her iron and she said ouch that tickles :) it was awesome. He thinks she will be 5 ft 3-4 inches tall when she grows up. 

The results of the questionnaire

She had her finger pricked so they could check her iron levels in her blood.  When they pricked her finger, she said "ouch, that tickles". :) It was awesome. 

Emmalyn's 30 month stats:

Weight - 26 lbs 7 oz 32nd %

Height - 35.3 in 39th %

(huge jump from 17th at 24 months.  I doubt this will last)

Head Circumference - 19 in 58th %

Playing at the park

Maxwell made friends and rode his bike around.  Now that he's in public school, he always seems to know someone at the park.

Emmalyn touching a butterfly (I hope that doesn't really kill them)

Aunt Tammy was so kind and sent the kids a Halloween card.  They were VERY excited.

Cool glow in the dark stickers

I got a little adventurous with her hair

At Kindermusik, they were doing a song about cleaning up and so we were "scrubbing" the walls.

We had a play date with a bunch of the boys from Maxwell's class at Castle Montessori and their teacher Mrs. Cynthia even came.  They were ALL so excited to be around each other.

Dylan, Preston, Joshua, Mrs. Cynthia, Maxwell, and Lucas

She was the best!  I can't wait for Emmalyn to be old enough next year to go to school and be in her class.

Me wearing Maxwell's glasses.  Yes, I have a child size head. (but yet oh so round...yuck - not a good picture!)

I got out all of Maxwell's winter clothes to get them washed and ready for cooler temps that will be here eventually.  This kid has quite a lot of clothes.

Blowing bubbles

She loves pretending to be a doctor.

Emmalyn still wants to nurse, she asks for milk each morning or will point to my boob and say "it works momma" and I tell her it doesn't  Sometimes she's okay with that and other times she loses it.

Peter bribed Emmalyn with a sticker for going pee in the potty and a sticker AND a sucker for going poop.  So she pooped (at night!) two nights in a row!  The next day I got her to pee on the potty. But she still doesn't have it all the way because then the next day, she peed in potty then came over and peed on the floor, showered, and peed on the floor again.