Big Sister

Katie has really taken on the role as big sister. She helps me all the time. I saw her go get a burp cloth and wipe Anna's bubbles off her mouth. It was so cute. Katie tells me all the time that she is going to school. She even packs one of her purses. We had "school" one day while I was feeding Anna. She said she wanted me to be the teacher. (That's not too hard to pretend.) We sang some songs and then she drew on one of her notepads then we read a story. Here are some other things she likes to do.

She loves picnics at the park. We found a park with swings and ducks. That's really all she needs. It's not your eyes, the pictures are fuzzy. I didn't realize it until I downloaded these pictures. Katie has been using the camera lately.


We went to a birthday party for one of her friends. I was so happy that they were painting. She has been asking to do that for months now, but I have not had the energy to get them out. She painted a cement mixer. It was a Bob the Builder theme. She was also very excited about the hat they got. When I told her that we were going to Andrew's birthday party, she said, "where's my hat?" (meaning birthday hat).

Anna's Blessing

We blessed Anna a few weeks ago. Here she is in her beautiful dress.

Our new addition

Anna was born Jan 9, 2011. She was 7 lbs 10 oz and 21" long. We are so happy to have her here. Here are some of our favorite pictures.

Katie finding a lot of exciting things in the hospital room. These are her binoculars.

Halloween

Here she is at our ward's trunk or treat. She was really shy about saying "trick or treat" when we got to each car, but as we were walking away she would say it. She would say thank you though when they gave her a treat.


Two of her Halloween books mention candy apples. She has been wanting one all month. So, finally after the trunk or treat we stopped at the grocery store and got a pumpkin and a caramel apple. She was so excited. She tried to take a bite of it, but it was too hard. So, we cut it up to share. She actually asked for one for breakfast this morning. It was yummy!

Halloween Party

My sister-in-laws and I had a Halloween party for the cousins (the ones who don't go to school). Everyone wore their costumes. They sang songs, had a Halloween snack, played games, danced, and made spiders with their hands using black paint. Here are some pictures of the festivities. Katie was very excited to be a lamb. Unfortunately, it is such a warm costume for Arizona and all that running and dancing, she was sweating by the end.

Here they are pretending to be Halloween animals. I think they are creeping like a cat.


Pin the nose on the Jack-o-lantern.


Dancing!

October Fun

We got a list of fun Halloween activities from my friend. Of course we checked out Halloween books from the library and read them everyday. She can now read them to her animals. Here are just a few of the other things we did this month.

I made pumpkin playdough. Basically it smells like pumpkin pie. Then we made them orange and green.


We made pumpkin shaped jell-o with mini marshmallows for the face. We found this activity in the Friend magazine to make Valentine hearts.


We used red and yellow paint to make jack-o-lanterns on plates. She did a purple one too because she got a purple pumpkin container for Halloween.


We worked on making patterns. Using Apple Jacks (orange and green for Halloween). She sorted them into the 2 big circles first and then I drew 2 different patterns at the bottom for her to match. Of course her favorite part was eating the the circles.

Pumpkin Waffles

I can't believe how fast October has come and gone. We started off the month with some yummy pumpkin waffles and apple cider syrup. I found the recipe on dealstomeals.blogspot.com. The recipe made a ton so we froze them and got to eat them all month. Yum!