familyofjoys: October 2012

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Cutest people ever...they have been running around saying 'power is out in the b

Cutest people ever...they have been running around saying "power is out in the bathroom." "Oh it is out in the bedroom...and the tv" they aren't getting this- apparently they forgot last year.

Monday, October 29, 2012

She sounded out 'bear' (to write it) with only a little help from me!! This girl

She sounded out "bear" (to write it) with only a little help from me!! This girl is well on her way to reading.

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Friday, October 26, 2012

Piper 9months: "mama", "mooooa!!!" ( translation: "more"- usually shrieked while standing at my knee mooching from my plate), "yeah", yssshhtsss (yes), "baww" (ball), "Yay Yay Yay" (in a high squeaky voice with her hands raised above her head), waves hi/bye. She also says "muuumuuu" when she is about to have some milk. She occasionally points at things. She can stand alone for up to 10 seconds, and has been working on standing up with out holding onto anything (fun to watch as the older 2 didnt do that until well after they walked)...she gets up to one knee and her foot before dropping. She has almost 5 teeth, I seriously love the baby stage so so much. I hate that it goes so fast. :( A few 9month pictures to come..

Thursday, October 25, 2012

It's official: she rides a two wheeler!

And she is off on an official 2-wheeler! She is borrowing AJ's 12" to practice and we will be putting the pedals on her "big bike" asap!

We have lone lane to ourselves- apparently cool and dreary isn't a big draw.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

out?

She was trying to climb out- scary when she got her other foot out and was trying to stand. :doh

A more attractive expression. <3

A great shot of the hard- won top teeth

From story time

Doing her craft @ 3yo class

With friends @ story time.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Kid Of The Day

"Kid of the Day" is some thing I started a couple of months ago...I can't take credit for the genius, an older Mom suggested it for disagreements and wow! Life saver!

How it works in our house: when there is a disagreement, kid of the day makes the final call. When they are fighting over a toy (and it's a general "family toy"/doesn't belong specifically to some one else): kid of the day gets the toy. Kid of the day gets to make special decisions (where we go, what kind of crafts we do, etc).

Kid of the day is special. So special every other day is marked on the calender with the KOTD's first initial (because I can never remember).

Friendly lives for Kid of the Day. Her first words to me every morning are, "Am I the kid of the day? Let's go check the calender!" If she is The Kid she proudly announces (several times) "I am the kid of the day R! I am The Kid today!!!!"
If it is not her day she says, "I am the kid of the day tomorrow! The next day I will be the Kid of the Day!!! Tomorrow, ok??"

Every single day is either Friendly's Day or -soon-be-Friendly's Day. She relishes in the decision power. Roo on the other hand, in her manner- doesn't really care...I mean she appreciates it when it comes to disagreements. But she doesn't relish in the power like her younger sister. When Roo is The Kid I have to be really intentional in making it a a "thing" for her ("ooh, look Roo is KOTD so she gets to go first for this game" etc). She does appreciate when it sides an argument in her favor, I have noticed that!

I love how different they are. And I love when it is Friendly's day: those days are easier in so many ways.

Kid of the day Lesson: Three year olds love having *power*- real or imagined.

Story time @ the library this morning

From out late evening walk...it has been a crazy day.

The girls made this mostly by themselves

Monday, October 22, 2012

dining room set...blessing!

Our new (to us) dining room set...some one blessed us with this beautiful 6 seat dining room set a couple weeks ago! (one chair is @ the desk)such a huge blessing.

By Roo

Yesterday at the pumpkin patch: wearing the head dress Hehe.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

it is all about the accessories ...

I was feeling frustrated trying to get everyone ready for the pumpkin patch- no cute "farmy" outfits this year. Everyone dressed a bit frumpy...except for this child: Yeah...pumpkin hat, headress, glitzy sunglasses.

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Rainy October Craft

October 19, 2012

A week or so ago we bought 2 big things of salt. Ever since the girls have been looking forward to a free-rainy day do a "salt dough" craft...Yesterday was the day.

It was messy...difficult (gf flour and starch)- but we managed! I think the painting part (next rainy day!) will be more fun!

It didn't help that Pip cried to be up with us at the table, but can't really do that unless I hold her...She sat in her high chair for 2 mintues while we finished up. Roo gave her a teddy bear to make her feel better.

Roo and Friendly's hand prints

Pip's hand nad our other crafts.

baking!

And now I am finally done catching up the blog. woohooo for me!

Field Trip To Pumpkin Festival

October 18, 2012 we went with some friends to a local farm that has a Pumpkin festival...We went on a hay ride...got pumpkins... Well the pictures say it all!