October 2012

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October seems to have flown by as well!

We are starting to get into a natural rhythm with our school schedule, sort of.  It seems we see the doctor, and sometimes miss school about once a week, for one sort of illness or another.  Thankfully, we have mostly just had colds or slight fevers this month.  The last weekend of the month, Christopher had two trips to the ER for breathing treatments for a nasty case of croup, but he was all better by Halloween! But we’ve had lots of fun on our extra days at home with Mommy and Daddy!   

We have enjoyed going to the farmer’s market, the park, and Meadowlark Gardens on the weekends, and getting to know our friends in our new Sunday School class.  We got to play with our playgroup friends and enjoy a music class at Colton’s birthday party, and then saw everyone again for play group on Columbus Day.  Toward the end of the month, we went to the multiples Halloween party, where we watched a concert, enjoyed snacks, ran around, and made a sticker Halloween scene.  And the weekend before Halloween, we got to decorate pumpkins and play with neighbors at a fun party on our street.

At school, we are getting to know our new teacher, Ms. Mayosha, and a lot of new classmates this month. We're practicing colors, numbers, and shapes.  And we had a really fun field trip to the pumpkin patch!  Our class walked to the farm next to our school. We went on a hayride, got to see the vegetables and animals, and picked out our very own pumpkins to take home with us!

We are doing a LOT of talking!  We are using two and three word phrases a lot, and Katharine is even stringing several word phrases together, which she is finding very effective for getting what she wants – sometimes.  Now our communication is sounding more like “I want my milk”, “I’ll get it”, and “I want this one” (and sometimes even “please”!).  And we are both really enjoying singing along to our favorite songs, counting, and naming colors and sound we hear.  Car trips and meals are frequently accompanied by sections of songs.  We both surprised Mommy and Daddy this week with spontaneous segments of “Starlight, Starbright” and “Happy Birthday”.  We’re also becoming really good runners!  Christopher keeps Mommy and Daddy on their toes when we explore at Meadowlark Gardens, as he loves to run down the hills.  And Katharine is doing a really great power-walking-almost-run now too!

At the end of the month, we had a beautiful day to take family photos at Meadowlark Gardens.  We were thankful for the ten-day forecast, and for our photographer’s flexibility – we had been scheduled for photos on the day Hurricane Sandy arrived!  Fortunately, we were able to move it up a few days, and had a perfect day, with just enough color and leaves left to get some beautiful fall photos.  And as always, we had a great time running around at Meadowlark in the process! 

We got two extra days off to play at home with Mommy and Daddy during Hurricane Sandy.  We were very thankful for only a 16 hour power outage this time!  While all the storm and power outage preparation and cleanup is a lot of work, a couple of extra days at home together are exactly what we needed! 

And the rain and sogginess dried up just in time for a fun Halloween!  Katharine was Raggedy Ann, and Christopher was a brave lion.  We visited our neighborhood kick-off party, and then went home to answer the door for trick-or-treaters.  We had so much fun snacking and playing while we waited, then running to the door to see all the neat visitors we had.  Even after we turned our lights off for bath time, we enjoyed hearing the kids playing outside, and saying “ding-dong”.  :)

We hope you enjoy the photos we took this month!   

We’re also sharing a link for the proof gallery from our fall photo session below. Enjoy! 

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With Love,

Christopher and Katharine