Would you believe that I got a picture of my three smiling in their pumpkin shirts? I printed off a bunch of copies, so just remind me to give one to you. I'm a little forgetful these days.
Here are the last few years' pictures to see how they've grown.
Here are the kids before the party, getting their costumes on for the first time.
Ashley is not going to be a bride for Halloween, just for today. Her Genie costume hasn't gotten here yet, well, the first one got here and it was too small. We ordered a new one, but it should be here this weekend. So she volunteered to wear this to be a bride.
Birdie loved her little dress and was a little doll. Daniel really wanted to be a Coogar Football player (UH), but it is next to impossible to find UH stuff. So he settled for being a Texan. He was fine with it as long as he got to wear a "real" football helmet.
Tonight we had our first Halloween Party of the year. Granny's assisted living facility does a great event every year with a one man band, dinner, costumes, games and trick or treating for the kids. We all had a good time.
You know the kids were the life of the party. They loved it.
Most parents can't wait for their little one to say MaMa or DaDa. Well, someone in our house is very happy and someone isn't. Below is the video of what happens when you try to get Birdie to say MaMa. Sorry, I'm a total dork and took the video sideways again.
Can you guess which of us is gloating? And YES, she does this EVERY time you say MaMa.
With Ashley's Fall soccer season almost over, I finally managed to get her scoring a goal on video. It was a great score.
She and the rest of the Cheetah's played really well this weekend. After talking about how she isn't that fast, Ashley managed to outrun some of the other teams fastest players to steal the ball. Talk about excited. I did miss getting video of a her beating a girl down the field to block the score at the last minute. It was great - everyone cheered for her.
She is doing so well. I hate to see the season come to a close. Only 3 games left!
Course, I think we might have a few more soccer players in the family.
Daniel & Ashley taught the Birdie how to say No! Funny, she always screams it or actually, she shrieks it.
This went on for quite a while, over and over.
She also says DaDa quite clearly and gives us the sign for Daddy. Birdie only manages to say MaMa when she wants to get my attention, so it is usually very loud.
So much for Scream-Free Parenting. I haven't even finished the book yet (which is a pretty good book). Daniel cleaned up the playroom by himself so he could play Webkinz on the computer this afternoon. Well, I couldn't get the internet to work, so I decided to load one of their computer games, which takes a few minutes. He went upstairs to play with Ashley while it loaded. Next thing I hear is Ashley shrieking for him to get out of her room. Naturally, like the 3 year old he is, he didn't get out. More screaming and hitting sounds from both of them. Then it got worse, so I decided to go check on them. They were in Daniel's room - evidently Daniel had grabbed a hostage - a 12 dancing princesses Barbie, and run off with it - Ashley laid chase. When I walked in, Ashley had him in a headlock, biting his head. Yikes. Needless to say, there was no Scream Free Parenting going on at the moment.
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