October

I can not believe this is only our third post in the month of October. It has been a very busy month and I have thought almost every day about blogging but just have not made the time.  JP has started having Cyclocross practice once a week in the evenings and Bubba has been playing baseball this fall which has him and JP gone at least one night a week either practicing or at a game. I've been using that extra evening time to put in extra work time. It is also a busy time for me with Junior League as Nominating Chair.

Pickle has continued to challenge us in many ways.  Just as we turned the corner on getting her potty-trained, she got a little sick and I think that threw her off her game so we had several weeks of battling with her.  Knock on wood but the last week has been potty successful; however, her runny nose has progressed to a pretty nasty cough . . . .  She LOVES school and they say she is doing great.  She stays busy the whole morning and when you ask her if she did sandpaper letters or pouring work (or whatever) she says, I didn't have time.  Right now her favorite activity is coloring and she still loves doing puzzles.

Bubba got his first report card! Since Arizona does not fund all day Kindergarten I think they treat 1st graders as the entry-level students so they don't get the traditional A-B-C grades.  Instead they get an "E" for Excelling which is the equivalent of an A.  I am excited to brag that he had an E+ in all subjects! He continues to read voraciously and is working on multiplication.  Last month they studied Egypt in Social Studies and he really enjoyed that topic.  P.E. is his favorite "special" . . . not a fan of music and art.  His current obsession is Star Wars.

Baby C has had a progressive month too.  As JP posted last week she started on rice cereal and we moved today to oat cereal.  I think by her sixth month birthday we will begin vegetables!  She is moving all around the floor and started crawling on Friday.  There is definite purpose in her movement - one arm/ knee at a time, but she is still tentative.  I'm in no rush to encourage her to move faster and for now she seems to want to stay on the rug in the den.

This week we have International Festival at Pickle's school and a baseball game on Friday. Both kids are out of school on Friday and I plan to take the day off and hopefully we will do something fun.  Most likely we will be trying to figure out Halloween costumes as I have once again waited until the last minute . . . .