The Month of October

Wow! I just got done writing a huge post. I began it by saying how much I love the blogger app and it should help me keep with posting easier. Then, the blogger app ate my whole post and sent it to the Internet cyber dump. Wow. Wow. Ok. Let us start again. I need to take a deep breath.

There are lots of things that happen in October that make it special us. First is Izzie's birthday. Second is the fair. Third is Halloween. However, this month of October we had some other events that made it even more memorable. We had Izzie's preschool fall festival and a visit from the great grandparents. Izzie and Garrett call them Grandma and Grandpa, even thought they technically are great ;).

Izzie turned three. At the pediatrician's, she weighed 36lbs and 39" tall. She also wears 4T and has a size 9 foot. Ok... Izzie's birthday was so wonderful. We had a hard time deciding what to do, but I'm so glad we decided on the Kona ice truck. She loved it. I know she felt special. We had our close friends and family come over to our house. We had the typical pizza and snacks. Then, the truck came. Izzie didn't have a clue. She got to go on the truck and help make everyone's snowcones. She then had her own complete with a gummy shark. She threw some snowballs at her dad, too. We went back in to open presents. Izzie really knows how to tear them open fast, that way she can start playing faster. She wasn't happy when "baby brother," as she calls him, tried to play as well. I wouldn't be happy either if I had a mini Godzilla trying to chunk my dolls all over the place. She can get a little rough sometimes. Most of the time they do great together though.

Her third birthday was over quickly. So bittersweet, she's growing so fast. Preschool has really matured her. I still try to steal some hugs and cuddles when I can. I think that's why I haven't forced her out of our bed. I hope she just realizes one day that she wants her own bed more than mine. I hope that's before 10 haha.

The fair was great, too. Izzie rode everything like a professional. She is a little daredevil and nothing scares her. She rode everything they would let her. Garrett rode a choo choo train and a carousel, too! We saw the worst poodle magic show ever. Ok, we haven't ever seen one before but I'm sure this had to be the worst ever. Haha. The kids didn't even like it. Izzie liked the lemonade and Garrett preferred the fries.

Halloween, woooo! Well, Garrett's bedtime is 7:30 most nights. Any day that requires much time beyond that is a little rough. It will be better next year. I was hoping to have them wear matching costumes, but Izzie wanted to be a witch. She was the cutest, good witch ever. Garrett was a pretty cool pirate. Mom and dad enjoyed their candy. Ok, I won't lie, they enjoyed a few pieces as well.

Our kids are such a blessing to us. All of these holidays and birthdays would be nowhere near as much fun without them. They make us laugh so many times a day. They bring us so much love and joy.

The Fun Months

Garrett is just shy of 18 months old. I remember these days with Izzie and how things became even more fun than ever before. Garrett has always been a little ham, but now he is making us all giggle and smile even more. He's been so lovey dovey. He loves for me to sneak up to his room when he whines. I could just rock him forever and he would let me. It seems to be the only time that he lets me just hold him and hug him and kiss on him until my heart is overflowing. He's growing up so fast. 18 months is special to me. It's a sweet little age.

Wood chips

Funny. One day this past month, Todd picked Izzie up from preschool. We always ask her what she did that day and if she had fun. Most of the time, before she even walks out of the church she tells us as loud as she can, "I had fun mommy!! I want to do it again!" Well, Todd asked her this particular day and when he did she gave him an ear full. She normally won't tell us what she exactly did. However, this time she did. It started like this, " Daddy, Bennett Farmer put wood chips in my HAIR! I told him no, no, no! Then, he got time out and I left my bow at school." Todd had to take a couple minutes to digest all the information. We noticed her bow was missing. The next day when she went to school, her teacher have me the now and I giggled as I told her our story. The other teacher chimed in saying Izzie had two of the boys' names mixed up. It was actually a boy named Asher. They didn't deny the happenings, which doesn't bother us because we find it a bit funny. Izzie loves telling everyone about Bennett Farmer and the wood chips. Haha. We definitely don't instigate her telling the stories ;). I'm thinking Bennett Farmer is actually one of her favorites at school, since it seems she brings him up all the time whether it is a story about wood chips or not. These moments make our days full of laughter and smiles.