Catching up - this and that . . .

I know, I'm one holiday behind at this point. When we went to the pumpkin patch in October, I forgot my camera so took this picture with my phone and happened across it today. Look how helpful Cass was being getting Celena's pumpkin for her. They definitely have their moments when neither one of them wants to share, but then there are some times when they are really sweet too.

Here's one of those times . . . Celena loves to chase Cass around trying to kiss him. He usually runs from her, but once in a while he'll give in. Oh, and yes, she is wearing his hand me down jammies. I really do dress her like a girl as much as I can, but can't justify buying a ton of new pink jammies that she is going to outgrow in a couple months anyway.

Speaking of growing, she had her 15 month doctor appointment a few weeks ago. Here are the stats . . .

- Height: 32 inches (90th percentile)
- Weight: 23.5 lbs (55th percentile)
- Head: 48 cm (95th percentile)

So, it continues to appear that she'll be tall. I think Chris's genes were definitely more dominant when it comes to this kid.

First snowflakes

For the first time EVER, I am actually looking forward to the winter months. I think it's because I'm no longer working in public accounting, so I will actually be able to enjoy the first few months of the year in 2011! Or, maybe I'm just officially old now - I used to be sad to see summer go, but this year I've enjoyed the cooler fall weather.

Anyway, Cass is getting good with his little safety scissors, so we decided to make snowflakes today. As we were cutting, I realized that it has been years since I've done this. This is obvious based on the final product in the pictures above - the first one that I guided Cass in making looks more like a football than a snowflake, and apparently when I did the one on the right I cut the wrong edges because it was close to turning out to be 2 separate snowflakes. We finally go the hang of it by the time we made the last couple ones!

Our big boy

Guess who finally went pee-pee in the potty tonight??!!! We haven't pushed him too much to get potty trained with all of the life changes he's been going through (moving twice in 4 months, starting a new preschool), but I was starting to get a little more focused on it. Tonight he finally did it! We'll see if he keeps it up. Woo-hoo!!!!!!!!!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from our little flower and cow!

Around the house

We've been cooped up in the house the last couple weeks - first Cass brought home a cold, then Celena caught it. She was having a hard time sleeping a couple weekends ago, so I took her to urgent care on a Saturday to get her ears checked. A few days later, I ended up with what seemed to be the flu (likely a virus I picked up after waiting 2 hours at Urgent Care), then Celena got it, then Cass got it, and after he was sick for several days I took him to the doctor to find out that instead of the flu it was a stomach bug that seems like the flu but actually lasts longer than the flu (ugh!). Fortunately Chris stayed healthy through all of this and was able to take care of us. We're all healthy again now, but with all of the illness it means there isn't anything too exciting recently to post pictures of. So, here are just a couple pics from around the house while we were working on getting everyone nursed back to good health.

This is rare - the kids were playing NICELY TOGETHER! I'm glad I got a picture of it, because it doesn't happen often! Celena loves these flashcards (by the way, they are Usborne flashcards, very sturdy and withstand the kids carrying them around, dropping them, chewing on them, etc. . . thanks Tiffany!). Of course Cass took a renewed interest in them after he saw that Celena was interested in them.

Here's our little Go Getter! She overestimates her motor skills - she tried to ride this tricycle. Her little legs aren't quite long enough to reach the peddles. I just had to snap a picture but I had to be quick - don't worry, I caught her before she fell!

Celena Birthday

I finally got around to figuring out how to get the videos from our new video camera downloaded. So, I'm finally posting a clip from Celena's birthday back in July. Here she is opening presents. Notice what Cass is doing. Poor Celena, this is just a typical day in the life.

My Mom Rocks

Guess who bought him this shirt? :) I'm going to miss these days when he proudly wears a shirt about his mom and runs around saying "My Mommy Rocks!".