Oct 1:
Kassi starts dancing while standing!!! Go girl!
Oct 3:
I get braces! I have only wanted them for over 15 years. And now that I finally have them. They hurt. Not fun. And I can't eat. Great diet.
Oct 4:
Auntie heads back home. :(
Kassi takes her FIRST STEP!!!!
Oct 5:
I walked into my entryway this afternoon to find Kassi and the floor completely covered in FLOUR! Who's to blame? Her two older sisters. Apparently Ally and Emmy decided to turn Kassi into a Snowman in honor of the skiff of snow we received on our lawn yesterday. The trail of flour stretched all the way to the kitchen cupboard and I wasn't able to wash all the flour out of Kassi's hair on the first try. Crazy kids.
Oct 6:
Gotta love Conference Weekend! I know the kids think it's long and rather boring but I have come to really appreciate the joy of being spiritually fed....while still in my pajamas.
Kassi takes two steps!!!!
Oct 7:
Emmy has her first filling while on a small dose of Valium and laughing gas at a Pediatric Dentist office. She does great and is totally cooperative (unlike her appointment in September with our regular dentist). When it's over she announces that she really likes her dentist. "He's cute! Can we have a play date?!" Yes, she was still a little drugged.
Kassi learns to bounce on the trampoline while standing! Still won't walk much though.... She thinks plopping after the first step or two is a fun game!
Oct 12:
We enjoy a very nice visit with GG and GP in Idaho. I'm glad we live close enough to visit often now and be able to make it a one night trip. We love Jeremy's grandparents!
Oct 16:
Kassi gets into Music Makers!! We have been going pretty much her whole life and she is finally starting to get into it! Ally loved it during her preschool days and this is Emmy's third year. Today, Kassi sang, danced, and even let out shrieks and screams of joy when we played with the parachute! Then she tried running like the bigger kids and took TEN STEPS!!! Go Kassi!!!!
Oct 17:
Kassi was up at 4am with a stuffy nose. Half awake, I rubbed some Vicks vapor rub on her chest. Then at 8:00 this morning when I still hadn't heard from her, I assumed she was sleeping in from being up. I was wrong. Kassi found the open container of Vicks sitting next to her crib and covered herself and her crib in it. Now she is going with the slicked back hair and shimmering face look for the day because I can't get it all washed off.
Oct 18:
UEA!!!! We didn't go far because we have soccer games tomorrow but we did have a very nice time staying the night in Park City! We went bowling (something we haven't done as a family since we moved to UT) and had so much fun! Then we went swimming in the "heated" pool in 35° weather. The girls loved it! I thought they would complain about being cold the whole time but we had to drag them back into the hotel in fear of them getting ear aches after about 30 minutes. They could have easily stayed another hour. Then this morning we watched a movie in our jammies with our breakfast. After packing up and leaving the hotel, we hit downtown Park City and had lunch at our favorite place--Bandit's-and sweets at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. I discovered the saddest thing: I can't have caramel apples with braces on!!!!
We have officially come to the decision that Kassi is a home body and hates the Pack N Play. Both last week and last night she was up for two hours in the night. She is currently crashed in her crib. Home Sweet Home!! We have sworn off traveling until April. And we will be getting a hotel crib at that time.
Oct 19:
Today was soccer. The team Ally played only had three players show so for the second half, Ally and her friend, Sydney, played for the other team. Ally played the full second half and did great! The other coach complimented our coach after the game saying that Ally has a natural sense for defense! She seems to always know where the ball is headed and is not afraid to get in the way. Go Ally!!!
BTW, Ally taught herself to whistle!! Funny how each of my girls are so talented in different ways.
The girls have taken to playing 20 questions in the car. When it's Emmy's turn, and her sisters get it right, she triumphantly says "Corrrrrrrrect!!!!"
Oct 21:
Kassi figures out how to climb onto the fireplace. Oh goody. A climber.
Oct 31....
What the!!! Where did the month go??? How did Halloween become such a production that life just got crazy busy! Parties, parades, costumes, and candy. It's exhausting!!! But oh so fun! I got Jeremy to dress as the Scarlett Pimpernel and I got to pretend to be glamorous Jane Seymour (as Lady Marguerite) for a night. I have the coolest husband ever!!! Kassi made an adorable bee, ladybug, and parrot! And she is up to something like 16 steps now!!!! Just quit sleeping on me....Anyway, Sami and Ally both took on different versions of Elizabeth Swann and Emmy made a marvelous Tinker Bell and Mermaid. We had a marvelous time!! Now comes the week long sugar high....
