Football Fan

Addison likes to watch football with Matt. She likes to say "He runnin" "He fall down."

Football Themed Birthday Party

We went to a birthday party today and it was so cute. They made goal posts out of pvc pipe and the boys played football. They had a concessions stand where the kids gave tickets for their food. It was very creative, and way more than I could ever think up for my kids party. The "teams" were OU vs. LSU. They had t-shirts with OU on one side and LSU on the other. The parents are from Oklahoma. Of course, all of the kids had their t-shirts on the LSU side. I refuse to buy Regan an LSU cheerleading uniform (on principle), so she had a Saints cheerleading uniform.

Update on my camera: They have to send it off to see if they can fix. My mom very nicely let me borrow Ron's camera until then.

Addison's Doctor Visit

Addison has had a cough for a while. Since both of my kids have allergies, I didn't think that much of it. However, it started to get worse and then she had a fever. So, I kept her home from school on Thursday and took her to the doctor. She tolerated the medical assistant who asked questions, listened to her and took her temperature. But she started crying the minute the doctor walked in the room. I think she is still holding a grudge from the flu shot. Luckily she is getting to the age where I can somewhat reason with her and she will tolerate most things if you tell her that we are almost done. She will keep asking you if you are almost done, but she tolerates it. She cried through most of him listening to her lungs, but had calmed down by the time he was going to look in her ears and at her throat. She even let him look at her throat without him having to hold her tongue down with a stick. Which is a very big deal. Her left ear has fluid and is still retracted. She is now on antibiotics and I have made an appointment with her ENT. I'm pretty sure we will be having to have the left tube put back in. Nevertheless, she was feeling better today. But was still a little cranky.

Park

We took the girls to the park today. We went to the one without ducks, but Regan was excited because it's close to McDonalds. So, we got McDonalds for a picnic. The other day Addison was sliding by herself fine. The reason that I wanted to go to this park is that it has slides that she can slide on by herself. But, of course, today she didn't want to. She did want to swing on the big girl swings, though. Two year olds!

The bad news is, I dropped my camera and now it is not working. I think it is something with the shutter, and I am hoping that it can be fixed. But I am not holding out much hope. I wanted a new fancy camera for Christmas, anyway. But I was hoping to still have my smaller camera to keep in my purse. I'm taking it to the repair shop tomorrow. We'll see. In any case, these are the last pictures for a while.

Birthday Party

We went to a birthday party at the Children's Museum on Saturday. I am embarrassed to say that the last time we were there was for a birthday party. I used to take Regan all of the time, but I never think about it anymore. I really need to take Addison more, because she had a really good time. She particularly liked the bubbles. Matt would make one for her and she would pop it. The second picture is of her right after she popped a bubble. She also liked the restaurant. Regan, of course, liked making the craft. She also really liked the bubbles. Both girls had a lot of fun. The funniest thing was when they were having pizza and cake. The worker that was handing out the food didn't want to give Addison any food. She asked me if she would eat pizza. I felt like saying... yes, she will but her 4 year old sister won't. Then Addison was waiting patiently for her cake. The woman literally passed her over for cake. Now Addison's love for sugar is well documented. Finally, the woman must have noticed me giving her the eye and asked me if I wanted one with no icing. Again, I wanted to say to her... I don't care. It washes out. Just give her a piece before she hyperventilates. Luckily, Addison was pretty patient. Probably because there were a lot of people around. If we had been at home she would have been yelling that she wanted cake over and over. The teacher at school on Thursday told me that they had some extra gummies so they opened them to share between the kids. She said Addison was yelling for more. Yep. That's my girl.

p.s. Pay no attention to the fact that Addison's outfit is monogrammed wrong. The first time she wore it Matt asked me why it was monogrammed wrong. Thinking that men know nothing of these things, I explained to him in a somewhat exasperated way that they put the last initial in the middle. He says to me; I know that, Maggie, but her middle name is not Virginia. I don't know how it happened. All I know is I have a hard enough time keeping their birthdays straight. And now that it's done she is going to wear it anyway.

Halloween

I think that Addison has found her holiday. Except for the whole people with masks on, she LOVED halloween. Luckily not many of the neighborhood kids had masks on. So, she was able to happily trick or treat. She would not let me hold her bag of candy. I think she was afraid that if she gave it to me, that I wouldn't give it back. She walked right up to people and got her candy. There was even a dog at one of the houses and she didn't even notice. Nothing got between her and her candy. She wouldn't wear her ears, but she kept her costume on the whole night.

Regan had fun, too. Of course, every day is halloween for her (minus the candy) in that dressing up is her favorite thing to do besides drawing. In fact, towards the end of the night she had a costume change. Our neighbors have a party every year, so we walked down to that after we trick or treated. This year they got a fun jump and I think Regan stayed in it for two hours straight.

Dentist Visit

The girls went in for their semi-annual checkup today. Addison was excited about going to the dentist until we walked into the office and she realized what the dentist was. The whole time we were in the waiting area she was telling me that she wanted to go bye bye. This is after saying "Yay! Dentist!" in the car when we pulled into the parking lot. She did pretty well, though. Regan, as usual, was a very big girl and good big sister example. She got x-rays for the first time and the dentist showed her her grown up teeth that are in her gums. She also got her teeth scraped and polished. She was most excited about getting a new princess toothbrush. Addison let them put the polisher on her teeth (without flouride). They said they just wanted to get her used to it, since she had watched Regan do it. That was sitting up and she was fine with that. They put it on her finger first to show her it wouldn't hurt. She even let them brush her teeth. But then I layed her down for them to count her teeth and check for cavities and she didn't like that so much. However, I think it was better that she cried because then her mouth was open wide for them to really see in there. Both girls got a clean bill of health.

Big News!

Addison did not cry when I dropped her off at school yesterday. They said she still doesn't like it when they leave the room to go outside or to a bigger room to play. But it was major progress that she didn't cry when I dropped her off yesterday.

Quote of the Day

"Let's go see the sleeping lions." Said by Regan about the lions who are ALWAYS sleeping at our zoo.

Halloween Fun

One of Addison's best friend's had his birthday party this weekend. She is in kindermusic with him and they are in the same class at school. I think they think they are cousins. And now that I am looking at the pictures I can see why. She looks more like him than she does her own sister.

After the birthday party we all headed over to Addison's school for "trunk or treat." Most of the kids at the party either went there or go there now. The kids had a great time at both the party and the trunk or treat. Addison wasn't to keen on anyone wearing a mask, but she sure enjoyed taking her friends candy. One of her teacher's had a "trunk" and she didn't cry when she saw her. I think that made her teacher happy.

Dress up

After a small mishap with Regan trying to help Addison put her costume on, Addison played dress up with Regan for the first time today. The costume was a little big on Addison and Regan kept trying to pull up the sleeves. I finally told her to leave it alone that it was going to fall down because Addison is little. And Addison said to her "I little." They posed for pictures and then performed a little bit. It was very cute.

It was cold today and Addison refused to wear her jacket. She told me I'm not wearing that today. Her new word to use in a sentence is today. I'm a little concerned and I am thinking I should go buy her a couple of sweatshirts. Luckily for her we live in the south and it rarely gets cold enough for a jacket.

In other news.... they let Addison stay the whole day today. They said she did well, but she does not like when they leave their room. Usually it is to go outside, but today was yucky so they just went to a bigger room. They say that she plays for about 10 minutes and then she gets fussy. Regan did the same thing, so I am not worried. They said that she can start staying the whole day, but to leave my number just in case. I think we are over the hump and she is going to do fine from here on out. Fingers crossed.

Why Buy Toys?

Speech Therapy

Addison is finally going down to once a month for Speech Therapy. They kept telling me every week that the next week would be our last and that we would start going once a month. I was starting to get a little frustrated. I really think they were keeping her around for her adorable personality. And today I really thought that when the Speech Therapist said that she was sad that Addison was leaving and I really thought she was going to cry. We will have stuff to work on during the month and then I will bring her in once a month for them to evaluate her progress. They are really impressed with how she is speaking in sentences and that she can spell her name. I have been really happy with her progress over the last couple of months. I think it helps that she has a big sister who talks constantly.

Addison = Funny

Addison is a funny kid. She is always making expressions or doing things that make us laugh. And sometimes I think she does it on purpose. She is also getting smarter by the day. Today after we came in from playing Regan said something (that I can't remember at the moment) that I didn't approve of. So, I said "Regan" in my disapproving mom voice. And Addison said "that not nice." Then we were in Regan's room after their bath (it's where we moisturize the kids) and Matt came in and Addison said "What's up, Daddy?"

Regan in her Skates

Pumpkin Patch

We took the girls to the local Pumpkin Patch today. They have really expanded it since we first started going three years ago. At that time they basically just had pumpkins, unless you went with a school as a field trip. Now they have a hay ride, a fun jump, you can decorate your pumpkin and they have small farm animals on display. The girls had fun, but Addison was rubbing her eyes on the hay ride. She had a late nap today, and by the time we got home she was letting us know that she did not appreciate having her nap pushed back.

In other news.... I took Regan to a skating party yesterday. It was a workout for me and I have no idea how to teach her how to skate. If I remember correctly, my grandfather taught my cousins and I how to skate. Skate parties were the big thing when we were kids. Todays fun jumps, if you will. Anyway, I didn't have my camera but our friends are supposed to be sending pictures. So, when I get them I will post them. Now Regan is saying that she wants a pair of skates for Christmas. We'll see about that.

School

We had Regan's Parent/Teacher Conference yesterday. It went very well. She got the highest marks (which is a C for Consistently) on everything that they evaluated her on. Her teacher also had nothing but nice things to say about her. In her remarks she said "Regan is a joy to teach! She is friendly, easy going, and very cheerful. Regan takes part in our class activities with enthusiasm and she follows our classroom schedule with respect. I appreciate her creativity and love of learning. Regan is a nice addition to my class and I am happy to be teaching her."

Addison is also doing much better in School. She had done well on the Monday before we left. So well that they called me and told me that she was having a great day. I think because I had called them on that Friday and expressed concern about pulling her out. Not because I was worried about her, but because I felt bad for the teachers. So, we thought she might have a hard day yesterday because she didn't go on Thursday. But they said she had a good day, except that I forgot her blankie and she was not happy about that. However, they said that she didn't cry for very long after I left and that other than the blankie she had a good day. I promised that I wouldn't forget her blankie next time.

More Disney Pictures

In case you didn't see enough pictures in the last post, here are the ones my mom took.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=mbfh4e1.bx5pvdgp&x=1&y=-kukswt&localeid=en_US

Also, the username for the photo account is maggie.manning@gmail.com and the password is disney1