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!

Ellie is learning to Read

About a month before school started we really concentrated on teaching Ellie to read using flashcards and lots of reading. Over the past 5 weeks we have worked everyday for 1/2 hour or more having her read and sound out words and we have made strides. She is doing very well and really enjoys learning new words. We visited the library to get some new books (she learns the story very fast) and she gets so excited to read them. Sydney tries so hard to be like her big sister, having me read to her while pointing to the words and repeating what I read. I hope my love of books and reading passes down to all our kids and that they continue to enjoy a break from the reality. I hope working with her on reading will make it easier when they start to teach reading at school.

Sydney's first day of school!

Today was Sydney's first day of preschool. She was so happy her special day finally arrived. When I told her this morning she started singing "I'm going to preschool, I'm going to preschool" , over and over again. She was also excited to finally get to use her Barbie backpack. So we got Ellie off to school and she patiently waited for her time to go. When we got to her preschool she ran up to the sidewalk and kept saying she was "so happy".
Dad came to see her off and we weren't sure how she was going to handle going about it by herself (she has been a Mama's girl since she was born), but she did great, her teacher opened the door and off she ran, she didn't even want me to walk her in. I am so happy she did so well, made it very easy on Mom (I feel bad for one of the other moms their little girl was just crying terribly, I am sure her heart was just aching.)
Here are a few pictures from this morning.

Jace is 4 months old.

Jace is now 4 months old and continues to grow like a weed. He weighs in at 18 lbs (95%) and is 26 1/2 inches long (85%) and head circumference of 43 cm (50%). He grew 3 inches and gained about 2 pounds (Mom thought he was going to weigh more with all those cute rolls he has). He sleeps very well and the only time he cries is when he is hungry or tired. I wish I could take a nap like him! He is sitting up better each day, he loves being in his exercauser and the highchair and when you place him in the highchair he pulls himself forward, he doesn't want to lean back/reclined, it is the same with his infant carrier, looks like he just wants to get out of it. He has also found his voice and yells when the girls play with him, sometimes it gets pretty noisy here.

Jace eating cereal.

Jace tried cereal for the first time last night and he did very well with it,so well his bib was clean afterwards! I think he really liked the different texture, after the second or third spoon he was diving into it.

Ellie's First Day of School

Ellie started school today and she was so excited.
We can't believe our baby is in Kindergarten!!!!

Ellie