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| unfortunately, Halloween in Chicago is often cold...I'll have to remember to get them both warmer costumes next year! |
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| Gabe (dinosaur), Madden (m&m), Josh (spiderman) Emery (just happy to be trick or treating!) |
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Halloween
the day had finally come, and it was time to trick or Treat!
Surprisingly, at 4:30, when we went out, not many people were there...maybe it was too cold...we didn't give away most of our candy!
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Halloween at school
Trying to catch a picture before school
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| I just thought her expression was so cute! |
Parade at school
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| performing some songs |
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| Class picture |
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| yup, 5 spidermans! |
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| playing with the drums and maracas before class started |
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| Maraca in the mouth! |
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| playing the bell |
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| checking out what someone else is doing |
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| At the end, Miss Michelle let the kids play with an inflatible pumpkin... |
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| Caitlyn was persistent enough to be the last playing with it! |
Monday, October 29, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Creepy Castle
Neighboring Wheeling had a free event for the kids. Kids were invited to come dressed in costume. they had set up some bounce houses in the gym, had pumpkin decorating in one room and storytelling in another...
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| waiting in line for the bounce house |
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| wouldn't pose for the picture after decorating the pumpkin |
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| Caitlyn seemed...interested? |
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| Caitlyn and Josh at storytime |
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
October 23
just playing with the car race track one evening...really I was playing with our new camera
We cleared off the train table and set up the racetrack
Monday, October 22, 2012
Updates
Well, I finally took nap time today to update the blog...sorry it seems I haven't adequately posted since September 30th!
My brother's wedding will be updated later, as we have some pictures to edit still. The other update in our world is how much Caitlyn is developing...She's this close to crawling on her own, preferring instead to scoot on her belly, using both her hands and her feet. She'll go up on her feet, and put her head down, kind of like a downward dog yoga move, but then fall to her belly to propel herself forward. She also really likes to stand up, holding on to furniture, which is about the same as what Josh was doing at this age. She likes to stand at the jumperoo, which I don't recall Josh doing. She will take a few hesitant "steps" with her walker, but they are really more like sliding her feet.
She laughs...Smiles so much...Scrunches her nose. Still uses a raking grasp to pick up food, but wants to eat everything and is rarely satisfied. Often wants to eat what is on my plate, even if it is the same as on her tray. Sometimes if she is tired, she'll let me spoon feed her, but often she wants it NOW! Grapes are her favorite food, close second is banana, and I think she really loves breads. She was a big fan of lasagna the other night. She claps and wants to play with Josh's toys...there's no distinction between her toys and Josh's toys, except of course the ones that we don't let her play with because of choking hazards. She'll start sitting, army crawl somewhere else and then push herself back to sitting. She sleeps through the nights, most nights, but still usually wakes up about 11pm looking for her pacifier. Usually asleep by 8pm and is our alarm clock at 7am almost. every. morning. She is such a joy and of course a blessing. And it is amazing to watch her grow up. Fun to watch them play together. She has a few favorite books, Princess Baby is one of them. And understands "So Big" raising her arms above her head.
Click below to see a bunch of recent pictures.
My brother's wedding will be updated later, as we have some pictures to edit still. The other update in our world is how much Caitlyn is developing...She's this close to crawling on her own, preferring instead to scoot on her belly, using both her hands and her feet. She'll go up on her feet, and put her head down, kind of like a downward dog yoga move, but then fall to her belly to propel herself forward. She also really likes to stand up, holding on to furniture, which is about the same as what Josh was doing at this age. She likes to stand at the jumperoo, which I don't recall Josh doing. She will take a few hesitant "steps" with her walker, but they are really more like sliding her feet.
She laughs...Smiles so much...Scrunches her nose. Still uses a raking grasp to pick up food, but wants to eat everything and is rarely satisfied. Often wants to eat what is on my plate, even if it is the same as on her tray. Sometimes if she is tired, she'll let me spoon feed her, but often she wants it NOW! Grapes are her favorite food, close second is banana, and I think she really loves breads. She was a big fan of lasagna the other night. She claps and wants to play with Josh's toys...there's no distinction between her toys and Josh's toys, except of course the ones that we don't let her play with because of choking hazards. She'll start sitting, army crawl somewhere else and then push herself back to sitting. She sleeps through the nights, most nights, but still usually wakes up about 11pm looking for her pacifier. Usually asleep by 8pm and is our alarm clock at 7am almost. every. morning. She is such a joy and of course a blessing. And it is amazing to watch her grow up. Fun to watch them play together. She has a few favorite books, Princess Baby is one of them. And understands "So Big" raising her arms above her head.
Click below to see a bunch of recent pictures.
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| Caitlyn photos |
Friday, October 19, 2012
Pumpkin Splash
The park district has this even each year. they fill the indoor zero depth pool with plastic pumpkins filled with treats (kind of like an Easter Egg Hunt). Josh was finally old enough to participate this year.
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| Bringing his haul...in fact, he got 10 spider rings...one for each finger! |
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| Caitlyn wasn't old enough to participate, but they did have a free swim, and isn't this bikini from my friend Mandy the cutest! |
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