September happenings

Oh Grrrrr....I just typed the longest blog post and it somehow vanished!!!! I'll recreate it, but it'll have to be the short version :) We have had a great September so far. We are settling into life with 3 kids. Miriam is getting on some sort of schedule (at least it seems that way during the day), I am feeling better, and the girls are settling into their school schedules. The weather has been great - a little cooler than normal - so we've been going on a lot of walks and enjoying outdoor activities. We went to the apple orchard for their Carmel Apple Festival. It was a lot of fun, but I neglected to get any pictures. Then Addy and I had a date to go see Lion King 3d. Most recently Lily and Addy and I went to the Children's Museum for the last day of the Barbie Exhibit and the opening of a new Frogs Exhibit.

Next week I go back to work one day per week through the end of October. On 10/24 I'll go back to my normal schedule of M, T, Thurs. I was feeling ready to start back, but as the time approaches I get more and more anxious about it. Ah well, I'm sure it'll be fine.

Here's some updates on the girlies. ...

Miriam - she's growing! At her one month appt she was already 8 lbs 15 ounces. She is so alert lately. She says "ah goo" all of the time, which is adorable, and has started paying attention to the little toys on her car seat and bouncy seat. She still isn't extending the time she sleeps at night, but I think that's b/c she's still pretty small. Hopefully once she fattens up a little more she'll stretch her slept times past 2 or 3 hours :) Either that, or she just likes to see us and say "ah goo" in the middle of the night.

Addison - Addy loves to tell people how busy she is lately. She'll meet someone and tell them that she has preschool on M, T, Thurs, Dance on Mondays and soccer on Tuesdays. It's pretty funny. She is proud of all of her activities :) She's doing great at preschool and loves her teacher, Mrs. Ferguson. I do wish we could send her every day like we did Lily, but she doesn't qualify for the older 4's program, so 3 days are our only option. Dance is her absolute favorite. She is doing just tap for now and has so much fun with it. Luckily for me, the school let her be in Lily's class, which is for 6-8 year olds. It really helps out schedule wise. She's not so keen on soccer. She does great at practice, but gets intimidated during the games. Who knows. She also rides without training wheels well enough to take rides around the neighborhood now. We're about to head out here shorty for a walk/stroller ride/bike ride.

Lilian - Lily is adjusting to life at Saint Simon really well. St. Simon is much more strict than Holy Cross was (or at least Lily's particular teacher is more strict). Lily's social ways get her in a little trouble at times. Ms. Sweeney uses smiley faces, straight line faces, and frowny faces to designate behavior each day. 3 times now Lily has gotten straight line faces for talking during class. The system seems to be pretty effective and she is really upset whenever she gets less than a smiley face. We're working on quieting down. Regardless, she loves school. She's making tons of new friends and loves wearing her school uniform. Her best buds are Chloe, Neely, Zoe, Ainsley, Mary and Quinn. That's the crew she wants to invite to her b-day. A few are friends from pre school and a few are new friends. Lily is also in dance and soccer. She is doing really well at both, which is great to see. A lot of her friends play soccer at the same place so she has fun seeing them on game day.

That's a run down of what is going on around here! We miss you all and hope to see you soon!