I love the Fall season. The changing of colors outside, the cool crisp air and breeze, being able to hide my 3 month post baby flab behind layers or a sweater, the sound of football on the TV, (yes, I do enjoy football) baking in the kitchen, and holidays right around the corner.
This week we are gearing up for Halloween and the girls are very excited to dress up in their costumes. I let them pick out their own costume this year. Other years I have had a say in them or even picked them out for them. But this year, it was all there idea. Pictures of that to come this weekend.
The pumkin on the left was my winnings from my October's bunco night. I won it for most wins during the game! It is made out of wax and has a small candle you can light inside of it. Isn't it cute? The small pumpkin on the right is what Alyssa brought back from touring an apple orchard and pumkin patch on her class field trip. She was very proud of the one she picked as you can see. When I asked why she picked that one she told me, "Because I had to carry it all the way back to the bus, so I wanted it not too heavy." Smart girl right?
Some of the gals in my church got our small kiddos that aren't in school together at a park to play. We made sugar cookies and icing and had them ice them together. We all brought a finger food snack to share for lunch. It was a good 'ol time and I think the kids had fun too! :)
Alyssa has been on Fall break from school for a few days. I noticed the girls have kind of gotten on each other nerves, and have been bickering a lot. I think this is because Bella is used to being the queen bee of the house during the daytime now that Alyssa usually is gone to school. What ever the reason, it was ANNOYING! I just couldn't understand why they couldn't play nice together. Rob was out of town all last week to Minneapolis for business, so I was really ON MY OWN! One of the days seemed extra long and tiring, and I had about enough of being a single mom. Then there was one of God's tender mercies that He give me when I need it most. I went in to check on the girls at bedtime, and this next picture is what I saw. What this picture doesn't tell you is that Bella had been crying for me every few minutes and I was feeding the baby, so I just ignored her. When I got Layla down to sleep, I went in the check on them. Alyssa had crawled down from her bunkbed and let Bella snuggle up to her until they both fell asleep together. It made me smile and made me happy to see that they do love each other.
Layla has started picking her head up and looking around during tummy time. She does this for about 5 minutes, and then face plants into the ground and cries to let me know she has had enough work out for the day. She has also started to try to roll over. She can kind of get herself to one side or the other, but not roll all the way over yet. It is fun to watch her discover things, but I can't believe my baby is already showing signs of not being a baby anymore. It makes me sad. 
