Happy Birthday Terry

We celebrated Terry's birthday the other day. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband. I don't think I would be sane without him. He can always tell when I am having a hard time and is willing to do the dishes or make dinner for me. He is always putting others need ahead of himself. He is a wonderful father, and my children absolutely adore him. I am looking forward to the Christmas break when we can be together without the stress of work or school.

Sleeping Time

Abbie has decided not to take naps anymore. As she told Riley the other day, "I am not taking anymore naps." It has been quite the adjustment at our house. Not only does she refuse to take a nap, but she has a hard time falling asleep at night. At first she was also waking up about every hour during the night, and than having a hard time going back to sleep. Everyone in the house was cranky. Things are getting better though. She still gets a little fussy around 4-5 o'clock in the afternoon, but after dinner she is full of energy again. Here are some pictures of Abbie sleeping.

Occasionally the kids refuse to go to sleep, so we have to take Riley and put him in our bed. The other night when this happened Abbie proceeded to fall asleep in Riley's Bed
This is Abbie and Daddy sleeping after church. One of the last naps Abbie took!

This is Abbie falling asleep at 6pm in her high chair. This was the during the whole phasing out of her nap time.

Those who know my daughter, know she loves books. She always takes at least one book to bed with her. There was a time she had about ten books with her at bed time. We quickly learned to limit it to just two books, or she would never go to bed because she would be to busy reading her books. The worst was when she woke everyone up in the house at 3 am singing Twinkle Little Star at the top of her lungs from one of her books.

ABC song

I was helping Abbie eat breakfast one morning and was singing the ABC song to her. The next thing I knew she was singing it with me. I didn't even realize she could sing it, so I had to get it on video while she still wanted to sing. The next video is of her counting the numbers on the refrigerator.

Halloween

He is some cute pictures of Halloween. We had a fun time. Our town does a big trick-or-treating down town on Main street with all of the businesses. So we went down town and than went to the trunk-or-treat at our church. You would think they would have been worn out by the time we got home, but no they were pretty worked up. We put in a fun Halloween movie and popped popcorn. The kids had a blast. Riley had the perfect teeth for his pirate costume, because he has recently lost is bottom two baby teeth.

Pumpkin Patch

Okay so I am a little behind on my blog page. I am going to try and get caught up.
For FHE the Monday before Halloween we made a trip to the pumpkin patch. The kids were so excited. They had been asking for quite some time to go their. I think we have a pretty cool pumpkin patch. They have a stack of straw and a slide coming down the stack. The kids love to go down the slide. Of coarse you can't go their without getting an ice cream cone. The kids have fun with the wagons they provide to put your pumpkins in as well. All in all we had a fun time. The next day we craved our pumpkin. We actually only got a small pumpkin we used to make a pumpkin pie, because a friend of mine gave us a big pumpkin from her garden. Riley had fun helping me make the pie and insisted we roast the pumpkin seeds. Which Abbie loved. Thanks Kristine for the recipe.