This week's news...

Here is what we've been up to this week:

Sadie hosted her first playdateEllie had her first ballet / tap dance class ...

...which consisted of mostly sitting around eating junk food,

since this week's class was a Halloween party.

And Sadie learned how to sit in her new toy!

October is so fun here!

October is such a great month here. At night it is the perfect temperature for sleeping, mornings are cool and crisp, and days are sunny and warm. Here are some photos from this week:

We have several cat beds around the house. They are called "bouncy seat", "glider rocker" and "dipie changing table." Here's another one, called "bassinette."

We went to a fall festival the other day where Fairy Ellie saw an entertaining bubble demonstration. Here she is practicing her bubbles...

In case you are wondering, no, Ellie rarely wears regular clothes at home. She loves dress up!

We've all been battling a never-ending cold. Ellie especially has been putting up with a nighttime cough. For her, though, it seems to be not-so-bad - it is a great excuse for a spoonful of honey in the middle of the night. She looks pretty happy with her honey here and this was taken at about 1am.

Some pics of Sadie playing with her ball...

Oooh, this ball is fun!

Oh hey! There are my toes again!

This is so funny!

Toes!!

Sadie has developed two new obsessions this week. 1. Staring at her sister and 2. Grabbing her own toes. Every single time I put her down, Sadie grabs her toes with a huge grin. She is thrilled with this new skill and will practice any chance she gets:

First thing in the morning

All dressed up and ready to go

NaptimePlaytimeEven in the middle of the night

Random photos

All jeweled up and ready to goHi Sweet Pea!
We were home sick one day this week. Old Bunny caught our cold too and needed a lot of TLC.

Watching the Phillies with DaddyMama loves me

Apple picking!!

This weekend we went back to our favorite orchard and picked apples with Ellie's friend Genevieve. We came home with many many apples and we've been busy making pie, crisp and applesauce ever since.

Everyone ready to go??

Ready to start picking

I love apples

Sadie getting in on the action

Yum!

Of course we had to eat freshly made donuts...

Phew! That was exhausting!

giggles and arts

Last night - at 2:30am - Sadie had a giggle fest. We have no idea what was so funny but every thing we did (including nothing) set her off into peals of laughter. She probaby laughed for a good half hour!!

And now she's really tired after all that...

I know, another pic of Sadie sleeping? But I had to take this one. Check out her cool shoes. Thanks to Tracy, Sadie has the hippest baby shoes on the block.


We went to an art festival today. Ellie made a pumpkin and a tree with fall leaves. And we saw lots of cool local art.

Fairyland is EVERYWHERE!

We are SO into dress-up these days. Here's a pic of Ellie at playgroup, with her friend Nicholas and his little sister Analise. Yes, those are fairy flowers sprouting out of Ellie's hair. The wings didn't make it this time, but they often do. (Ever tried strapping fairy wings into a car seat? It doesn't work.)

Aaahh - three year olds...

We have a great neighborhood for kids. In our short block there are fourteen kids that play together on a regular basis. Now that the weather is cool enough for us to survive the outdoors, our block turns into a social hangout every night. There are two other three year olds and they both have new babies, just like Ellie. Whenever one child is out playing all the others pester thier parents until they can be out too.


Today we were out swinging and sliding when our next door three year old, Riley showed up in a mermaid dress. She promptly disappeared back into the house and returned with an extra mermaid outfit for Ellie to wear.

Here they are swinging...

And hunting for mushrooms... Can you believe that mermaid dress??? GAH!

Tonight Ellie's friend Genevieve came over to play. Here they are working with playdoh while Sadie watches. (Some day, Sadie, some day!) Yes, Ellie was STILL wearing the mermaid dress - we finally peeled it off her at bedtime!

Last swim of the season?

Our pool will be closing soon for the season. *sob* We've had so much fun there this year. Ellie has gone from being afraid of the water to totally fearless. Here are some pics of our last swim.

The water is getting chillier every time!

See what I mean - totally fearless

Sadie is a little less impressed by the pool