October - November 2012

This fall has been really fun! You are growing up and have such a fun personality. It's fun to watch you get so excited about all kinds of things. During these months we were able to take you to the Tulsa State Fair - which you loved. You were still talking about it for weeks afterwards. You weren't quite tall enough to ride any rides yet, but next year you will be and then you'll have even more fun!

You also started taking gymnastics class this month. You go to Tulsa World of Gymnastics and Zuri Dar is in the same class as you. It is the cutest little class and you have already learned several "positions" like pike, straddle, butterfly sit, etc. You're learning body control and form. You get to jump on little trampolines, jump into the foam pit, swing on a little bar, walk on a low balance beam, do forwards and backwards somersaults, jump from a little springboard, and all kinds of other cute things! I haven't been able to take any photos yet because the parents aren't allowed in the class. We watch on a TV monitor for now. But in December there is a special class the parents are invited to and I can't wait to take pictures and watch you show me what you've learned!

Here are some fun photos from these two months:

October 3 - You were so excited that your little plant was growing!

October 3 - bath time

October 5 - Ice cream and then "footy jammers"

October 8 - So much fun shopping at Lowe's with Daddy!

12 October - a trip to the pumpkin patch with the Dars

13 October - Jordan's 11th birthday party - Seeing you try to roller skate for the first time was absolutely hilarious!

 14 October - Trying to play on the teeter-totter with Jase, but he wasn't quite sure how it worked!

18 October - "putting on makeup"

19 October - Jordan left a surprise "boo" package for Halloween on our doorstep for you. These cute cat glasses were in it.  You were so excited about them!

19 October - You always have "snuggle time" with Daddy before bed. He asks you all about your day and you talk and snuggle for several minutes. It's the sweetest thing!

23 October - I made you some pretend makeup that you could play with without making a mess. You loved it and played with it for the longest time!

24 October - Ready to leave for gymnastics!

27 October – We went to a fun Halloween festival in Broken Arrow with “Aunt” Kelly, Hattie, Iola, and Draven. They had games and snacks and all kinds of fun things! You were Cinderella and Hattie was Princess Hattie.  J

28 October – You had a great time at our church’s Fall Festival – getting your face painted, riding the ponies, painting a pumpkin, playing games, and jumping on the inflatables! Your daddy and I had a great time spending the day with you!

31 October - Our church's first trunk-or-treat. You had a blast!

7 November – We started doing “school” at home. You LOVE it so much! We just do simple activities from an online curriculum I found. You work on letters, numbers, counting, patterns, size comparison, and puzzles. These pictures are from your very first day. You were so proud of yourself!

Pre-writing practice

And here you are on the same day singing the Puggles song from your AWANA class.

21 November - You got to go to "big church" with us for the Thanksgiving Chili Supper service. It was SO much fun to watch you trying to sing the hymns with us.

And here you are singing the alphabet that night.

22  November - Thanksgiving Day! You spent the longest time playing in the leaves at Grams & Pops' house with your cousins.

Thanksgiving night - You and Jase enjoyed feeding each other sweet potato casserole and it was pretty funny.

29 November - I caught you "exercising" in the kitchen. So hilarious!

Cute little things you said during these months:

 - "We're going to the place called Somewhere."

 - (Talking to your baby doll:) "Okay Baby, do NOT get out of bed. You listen for your name and you hurry to the bathroom. Yay Baby! You sleeped!"

 - You stopped saying "Cinda-Bella" and calling your Nana "Mana" - Now you say both words correctly. I was kind of sad to see these cute words disappear!

 - After hearing a song in the car with the lyrics, "You put this love in my heart, you put this love in my heart" you started singing "You put this stuff in my heart, you put this stuff in my heart." It was funny.

 - Daddy started a kitchen remodel in our house in October. The first night he had started ripping out all of the old cabinets we came home and you saw what he was doing and got very upset. You cried and said, "Oh no! The kitchen is gone! The kitchen is gone!" I had to reassure you that he would make a new kitchen.

 - You said, "Allie is at her house!" I asked, "Who's Allie?" You replied, "The bowling alley!" and then made a little face because you were so proud of your joke.

- "The weather man says it's time to wear footy jammers. Now it's cold!"

- "Can I have a candy for such a good doing that?" (after going potty)

- We went to Lowe's over and over during the kitchen remodel. One day on our way home you said excitedly, "Man, that was so fun! That was so fun going to Lowe's!"

- After watching Snow White for the first time I asked you what happened in the movie. You replied, "The bad queen got old hands!"

- When we bought cat litter at the store you kept calling it cat poop. It sounded funny when you kept talking about how we bought "cat poop" at the store.

- After we put the Christmas tree up you said at least five times a day, "Thank you for my Christmas tree!" And one day not long after it was up and there were a few presents already wrapped I caught you opening a present!