Boo at the zoo

Saturday late afternoon we went to boo at the zoo. It's a big trick or treating event that the zoo puts on. It's really cute and the kids love it. Grown ups not so much but we do it every year for the kids. It's just really crowded and kinda long but they have tons and tons of characters and different parts of the zoo decorated with different themes. C is SO afraid of people dressed up in costumes or mascot type people. She flips out. Poor thing. So every few minutes I would have a C clawing up my leg trying to jump into my arms away from these things. heheh She did take a picture with Snow White though. I guess the princesses are not scary. All and all they LOVED it though. C said, "trick or treating is fun!" like it was something new I came up with to entertain her. Av thanked us over and over, "for bringing me here." So sweet. All and all a great time was had by all. E even tolerated his costume well. He was so cute. When J saw him he laughed and then said, "I'm sorry buddy." He will hate these pics someday but for now they are CUTE. C thought you ate each piece of candy as it as given to you. That was a fight. In a way it does kind of seem mean. Here is a piece of candy but don't eat it. They had their first Twix ever. Big fans now. hehehh We went to Riley, Jack, Abby, Emory, Jake and Quinn.

cheer camp

Av and her friend at the cheer camp.

Overall she had a great time. She was really excited and woke up at 7 today ready to go. When we got there Makayla was not there yet but as soon as the girls saw each other they got so excited. I stayed for a little while. They all got together and started to learn a cheer. It was a middle school cheerleading team along with a spirit company that puts these on. They worked for awhile on the cheer. I left about 50 minutes into it leaving Makayla's mom with the girls. I was kinda worried about Av bc although she was doing it she was starting to look bored and it was a little hard for her. As soon as I got home I got a text saying Av was not happy. I got back there as soon as I could and the kids were trying to learn a dance that was way too advanced for the little ones. Av was not into it. Half the other kids were not either. Av sat with me for a while and then it was snack time. I didn't want Av to quite so I talked her into having snack. After that it was time for gymnastics. They had several different stations and half of them were stuff Av could do from gymnastics. I talked her into going out with her friend and finishing it up. She did and as soon as she did some of the things she could do she was happy and excited again. After that it was time to preform the cheer and dance. Av participated in that as well. When she got home J asked her what her fav part was. She said, "cheering at first w momma there and the gymnastics at the end with momma." oops. Could she have made me feel worse about leaving? Man. So proud of her for sticking with it and having fun.

Oct. 28th

One week from today we have a crazy day planned. Not sure we will make it. Thank goodness J is taking the day off work to help. Yes its that bad that he has to take a vacation day. C has a field trip in the am that I am going with her on. It is to a pumpkin patch and she is so excited for her first field trip. Then she starts gymnastics at 1. Av has a few things at school going on that don't involve me but they are making my head spin just thinking about them. She won a few prizes from her walk-a-thon. The first one is lunch at Red Robin with her principal. I just heard about this today and I do not have any of the details so I am freaking a little (how many kids are going? any other young kids like her? how many adults?). J says it will be fine and stop being silly but come on, it's my baby. What if she's the only 5 year old with a bunch of older kids??? After that the school has a carnival for the kids as a prize for raising money. That's from 1 to 2 that day. After that she has her fall class party which I am co-planning that. That night is the fall festival at her school and I have to be back at her school at 4 to help set up. J and the kids will come at 6 for a fun filled night. I hope we have nothing the next day bc Av will probably be a mess coming down from her sugar high.

I will be on a field trip from 9-Noon, then gymnastics at 1. J will have to go w us so he can take E and C home from that. I will leave there and head to Av's class party. I will prob drive her home and then head right back to the school for set up. CRAZY DAY!!

spirit clinic

Tomorrow Av will be headed to her first school sport/activity. She was asked by a friend (Makayla) to go with her to a cheer and tumble clinic. I am nervous about it but she is so excited. I hope she is open to it and will just embrace it and have fun with it. She loved gymnastics and really wants to go so I'm sure she will have a great time. I'm just happy she is making friends and wanting to do new things with them.

week

We have had a good week. Busy but good. Nothing out of the ordinary but things are good. Av is still loving school. She comes home tired but still all she can talk about is school. Sometimes if you ask her a question she will answer or she will tell you she is too tired. So I let her go for a minute and next thing you know she is telling me something about it. She just seems to love it so much. Monday we had the bouncy up from the weekend and knew the cold weather was coming so we had friends over after school for one last season bounce. Av was surprised when she got home from school and loved it. Tuesday night we had a fam fun night at C's school. It has finally set in that it is her school and not Av's. She was SOOOOO excited. She walked into that school so tall, proud and excited to show her dad and her big sis her cubbie and her room. She showed them the yellow sand and the trucks in the sensory table first. Av kind of stole some of the thunder though. Everyone was so happy to see her. They loved her hair cut and her uniform. Everyone wanted to know how she was doing. She was shy at first but came out of her shell. It was very fun. Wed night we just played and had a family night. Last night was horse and Chick Fila. It was a nice night Thursday though. Thursdays are usually so hard with horse and everyone being SO hungry and tired by the end but we all were in a good mood and had a great time playing. By the end the kids were all wound up. I told them it was time to calm down and get ready for bed. Av said, "I am trying to calm it down." heheheh that is a phrase straight out of her teacher's (ms. roth) mouth. Av says she tells the class to "calm it down" a lot. I bet she has to with 24 6 year olds. E has been REALLY fussy. J didn't believe me one day when I told him E had cried all day. So not him. But then Wed night E did the same thing. Nothing makes him happy and he just wants to be held. I knew he was not feeling the best and suspected teeth were to blame too. Last night we found it. Yep a back tooth is coming in. Sure it has 3 friends following it so we will have a fun month. Camille is Tamille. Cute and spunky as ever. Never know what is going to come from her month. She woke up today saying, "can I take this stinky pull up off?" hehehhe This weekend is FULL of halloween stuff. Can't wait!!

Stats

I was able to take both C and E to the MD together and get both well checks done at once! Now that is an awesome reason to have your kids bdays so close together.

At 1 Everett is 21 lbs and 13 ounces. He is 29.5 inches long. That puts him in the 50% for height and 25% for weight. He dropped in weight but the MD said that was bc he was walking so early.

At 3 Camille is 31 lbs and 3 ounces. She is 38 inches long. That puts her in 50% for both.

They are both growing well and everything checked out great!

Everett's bday pics

He got a basketball goal and a blue plastic chair (he loves the girl's pink ones) from mom and dad. He loved his cake!