Burton Halloween Party

We went to Burton's annual Halloween party tonight! Such a blast! I don't know who has more fun at these parties - the kids or the parents! Acadia bobbed for donuts, walked through the offices to get candy, colored and ended our night with pizza in their cafeteria :)

Our little bumble bee and princess!


Coloring

Bobbing for donuts

Some of the decorations:

Having pizza with some of our friends

More decorations:

Time to go home!

Buds

We had our friends Jon and Holly over for dinner tonight and our kids had so much fun together!! Acadia and C get along really well - they are both little princesses :) I love seeing them play!

Hate

Sooooo...the day I've been dreading is finally here. Acadia just said she hated something. OMG. Hate and stupid are two words I've been dreading hearing her say.

She was in her room with Emma and she said, No Emma! And I asked what was wrong and she said Emma was in her house (in her room) and she said, And I hate it when she's in my house!

So I told her to come into my room and told her that we never, ever, ever say that word and that she can say that she doesn't like Emma being in her house but she can not use the word hate, ever. And I asked her where she heard that word and she said, Ummmm.....my thumb! Yeah, he told me that word! And held up her thumb....LOL!!

Hmmm...she's covering for someone!

Trouble

Vermont Gardens

We met some friends from preschool at Vermont Gardens this morning. Even though our day was cut short with a little rain, it was SUCH a fun morning!! Vermonters - if you have never been here, you should! It's awesome and designed with kids in mind. It's really beautiful! Emma and Acadia had so much fun exploring :)

Adams

We went to Adam's for Acadia's very first school field trip! It was so much fun :) The girls had a blast and absolutely loved picking all the apples. They kids each were allowed to bring one apple home and at brought the rest to school to make homemade applesauce with the kids.

Having a snack after apple picking :)

Jennifer Paradee Photography

The ladies in my book group recently went to a local event, Cocktails Curing Cancer. I decided, fairly last minute, to donate a session to the cause. It occurred to me that I should take a picture of my GC, brochure and business card, in case they change over the years :)

Maggie May

Every once in a while, my kids will do something that stops my heart. That makes me tear up and just stop what I'm doing to just stare. And appreciate what amazing children they are...

I found Acadia reading this morning, which she does most days, so I didn't think much of it. But I went to check on her anyway and found her reading to my mom's dog. Not just reading to her, but covering her up with one of her baby doll blankets. Seriously. It might just have been the cutest thing I've ever seen!!

She's reading The Kissing Hand and putting her kissing hand on her heart - could that be any cuter?!

Just kickin' back

Sixteen

That's how many months I nursed you...

And I know in my heart we're through...

You have gone a week without nursing and I'm finally ready to say we're done.

You have no idea how special this past year has been for me. How much I have loved nursing you. Those special moments - throughout the day, early in the morning and even late at night when everyone was sleeping but us. I would stare down at you and marvel at the miracle you are. Your little hands...your little lips...your eye lashes. You would look at me with your big eyes and your hand would find mine in the dark. We would hold hands together, and were as close as two people can be to each other...and I just want you to know, that I have loved every minute of it...