Girl Scouts

Ellie started Girl Scouts this fall and is having lots of fun. The had their Fall Harvest Dance last Friday and Ellie was able to bring Sydney with. They did a Halloween craft, ate yummy Halloween treats and danced to a DJ. They did the Macarena, the Locomotion and the Hokey Pokey. It was lots of fun to watch the girls dance to the songs. Sydney however wasn't too fond of the loud music. And for attending the dance Ellie received her first patch. Here are a few pics from the dance.

Addiction

Addiction means something different to everyone, for me one of my addictions is picture frames, I am not sure how it started, just a few short years ago my Aunt Dee was telling me I need to put something on my walls. Now as I walk from room to room I don't see much of the walls I so carefully painted. Our children have become our works of art, each picture beautiful and unique. A picture is worth a thousand words, that's what they say but the most important word that comes to my mind is Love.
And so I challenged myself to count the picture frames that have been added since our first baby arrived and if you think this is not an addiction, it is, the grand total 76. So the next time I visit the craft store I plan to skip the frame aisle and go right to the paper aisle, another of my addictions, however that is an addiction I can conceal in folders, boxes and even the closet. :)

Dear Santa

Last night Sydney went potty and couldn't go back to sleep so she called out for me and I went in by her - half asleep - it was 2 am afterall, she was upset she couldn't sleep. So I gave her a big hug, tucked her in tight, gave her her Bear and told her to think about wonderful things, like her toys, dance class, and puppies. She replied with "I am going to think about 'my computer Santa is going to bring me'"! So back to sleep we went. This morning at breakfast she said she had fun dreaming about her computer and can't wait for Christmas. So note to Santa, make sure you get her that computer!

Sydney's field trip to the Pumpkin Patch.

Sydney had her first field trip last week, they went to the Pumpkin Patch. She had so much fun, I think the best part for her was riding a school bus like her big sister. At the farm they went through a small corn maze, a train ride, a haunted house and a haunted hayride. She also was able to pick her very own pumpkin and gourds! It was the perfect thing to put us in the Halloween mood!

Jace is 5 months old!

Jace is doing great, we have moved him to a bath seat in the big bath tub and he loves it. Just hangs out, the girls love taking baths with him, although he sometimes looks terrified of them. And Mom feels like she needs a relaxing bath afterwards :) ! The Klumb kids are all doing great, Sydney is enjoying Preschool, Dance and Storytime, Ellie is enjoying Kindergarten, the bus ride especially, Dance and her first girl scout meeting is next week - she is very excited. And Jace is loving having Mom to himself for a few short hours a week. We are very sad to see the warm weather go but with the chill outside and the cookies in the oven the kids find a way to survive with books and yummy sugar cookies!