Trick or Treat!

This year Cullen was the grim reaper for Halloween since he decided he was big enough to be something scary. Carson was a cartoon character named Ben 10 (one of the lesser known characters amongst adults but he loves Ben 10!). Lila was going to be Princess Leia but she went down for a nap at 4:30 and as of now (8:30 p.m.) she is still sleeping. Being the smart mom I am this time around I let her sleep. We can stick her in her costume any day but naps are not a sure thing every day. The boys had fun and now I get to slowly get rid of their candy while they are sleeping. Seriously, what does the average family need twenty pounds of candy for? I wish I was still teaching because I would just give it to my students.

Getting so big!

Here is a picture of Lila on her belly (laying on the quilt Cathy Gaubert made for her... thanks, Cathy!). Doesn't Lila look so big? She is getting very long and heavy. I'm curious to see how much she weighs at her four month check-up! I tried weighing her and me while I was holding her on the scale then weighing me without holding her but I felt the need to take about 18 pounds off of MY weight for clothes and breastmilk and got distracted by all of that math...

First Grade or Med School?

Carson has to study a drawing of the human skeleton tonight and be able to name the following parts: skull (easy), ribs and elbow (easy), mandible, clavicle, humerus, femur, patella, phalanges... what the heck!?! I didn't know we were prepping for med school three months into first grade. I guess I will need to send up a stethoscope tomorrow and will be on the lookout for a permission slip allowing him to operate in a learning hospital. As I type this Carson is laying on the floor playing with Lila (per my instructions) and I hear him saying in a singsong voice "Lila, your skull protects your brain" and "Lila, your ribs protect your heart". That's good because at this rate in the Ascension schools she'll be expected to know that when she enters kindergarten.

November Classes

After two October classes, two October hostess clubs, and one adorable but needy baby, I need to take a bit of a breather so I won't be having any extra classes (beyond hostess club) in November. Please feel free to ask me if you need any ideas or help as you get ready for the holiday season, whether you plan to make your cards, tags, or gifts or if you just need a cute way to wrap something. Don't forget that if you wrap even the smallest present in a cute manner it will "wow" the recipient. Keep watching for gift ideas over the next few weeks. I will be stamping a lot of Christmas gifts this year and am also using a Simply Scrappin' Kit to make the most adorable baby gifts. Stay tuned!

Card Class

Here are the cards we did at my most recent card class. We did one more but I didn't get a good picture and I got tired of trying to get one. It was fun and I enjoyed making the extras to keep on hand for myself. I love having a stash of cards to pull out when I need them!

Lila's Deepest Desire

Trying so hard!
Beyond frustrated
Then back to normal!

Lila's deepest desire is to figure out how to suck her thumb again. Kevin took pictures of her sucking her thumb ten minutes after she was born so we assume she was sucking it in the womb as well. She's having great difficulty finding her thumb now, despite her admirable and never-ending efforts. She tries one fist at a time, she tries both fists at a time, she sucks her arm (in case she was totally wrong about the original location) and then cries. The $30 worth of pacifiers we own don't cut the mustard; she wants her thumb.

I have to share what I did today!

The mural is located to the side of the crib. She can look at it when she wakes up!

I painted a tree on Lila's wall today. The idea was my sister's; she painted a tree in her baby's nursery (she's due in November) with more of a jungle theme. I took her great idea and ran with it. It took me the whole day off and on during Lila's cat-naps and even some while she was awake. I can get about 20 minutes out of her if I talk and sing to her while she lays nearby (she likes various Elvis songs). Anyway, this is the result! I am pleased.