Pumpkin Carving!

Anna, Matt, & I carved our pumpkin today.

First, we separated the seeds from the glop so we could cook them

then we cut out the face

ta-da!

Exersaucer!

In the past few weeks Abby has been busy with a new toy:

I'm busy spinning the wheels, chewing, and making music!

Green Beans!

A few weeks ago I posted about Abby's first meal of rice cereal. We ended up taking a little break from the solid foods after she had a few nights of crying spells after her cereal. In the past few days Abby has tried a new food: green beans! She seemed to enjoy them 2 out of the 4 times I gave them to her - so I guess I would say we've had mixed reviews. But now that we've tried them for a few days we can move onto something new tomorrow!

Happy Halloween!

Anna, Abby, and I kicked off the Halloween celebrations today by attending our playgroup Halloween party. Anna was excited to wear her Mini Mouse costume. Given that it was a little warm here today and the party was inside, I decided not to stuff Abby into her furry horse suit (which she will be wearing Sunday night). Instead she went as Eli Manning:

Anna the Artist

Both at school and at home Anna has been busy painting:

apple prints

painting done with special paint brushes Anna got from Nana

water color

a sunflower

a pumpkin!

Milestones

On Monday Abby got up on her hands and knees for the first time! Yesterday and today she's been busy rocking back and forth.

On Monday I gave Anna a new sippy cup to use which had a picture of Tinkerbell on it. She asked me who it was. I told her. Then she looked at the other two fairies on the cup and asked me who they were. I said I didn't know. She said, "Look it up on the internet, Mommy." I couldn't believe that she thought to do this! In case you are curious, these fairies did have names. (I was skeptical). Apparently the modern Tinkerbell comes with a crew of 4 other fairies who all have identities - who knew?

On Tuesday we noticed that Abby knows her name! When you say "Abby," she turns and looks at you with a big smile!

On Tuesday Anna asked me, "What letter does the word, 'Dora,' start with?" After I told her, "D," she asked me about a whole bunch of other words.

AND today was a milestone for me. I actually did something productive with both girls in the double stroller. We went to the mall. Okay, I didn't actually buy anything except for a pretzel, but they both seemed to enjoy the trip. For Abby, she's just enjoying the stroller more because she can be in the sitting position instead of the reclined position. For Anna, it took some serious negotiation to get to the point where she was willing to do a whole mall trip in a stroller, BUT I think she actually had a good time.

Kieran John!

Yesterday Anna and Abby's new cousin was born: Kieran John! Congratulations to Aunt Becky, Uncle Jeff, and Liam! We're so excited for you and can't wait to meet our new family member!