2 Weeks of “nastics”, Play Dates, and Play Doh

We have a lot to catch up on so here is the start of my catch up game! Addilynn is still doing gymnastics and is getting better about controlling her urge to be a two year old. She really loves going but has been having a hard time staying focused and is scared of a lot of things the older kids aren’t. I just hope that the more she does it the better she will get. She still loves it and that is the most important thing!

 

We have been trying to enjoy the weather the last couple weeks it has been beautiful here. Addilynn loves playing at the park and any chance we can we get out and play with her friend Kelby. It is really an escape for the moms we just like to pretend it is for the kids for merit points!!!

Addilynn has recently discovered Play Doh. I haven’t broke down and bought it yet, it was her Grammy that got it for her and she hasn’t stopped playing with it yet. It is quite messy, but she loves it so much.

Some of Addilynn’s gymnastics. She is getting really good at her table tops, so hopefully someday she will be able to do a bridge!

Addilynn in her twin sandwich. The boys in her class love to be right next to her so you can bet you will find my little princess legs sandwiched between four boy legs at least once during the class! 

I thought the action shot of a cartwheel gone wrong was super funny! She completely missed her cartwheel and tumbled right off onto the floor! Addilynn worked so hard she had to do another one of her favorite things… get water out of the machine ALL BY HERSELF!!! We should have some more updates this weekend since we have had so many things going all of my followers will get a picture overload over the next few days! Stay tuned….

This may have been “The End”

Let me just start by saying I FAIL at the 31 for 21 challenge. I should have known better!

This last weekend may have been the end of our camping season. Our camper isn’t home yet so there is a chance we may get to stay once more, but it isn’t likely since our weekends are booked clean into November! I thought this picture was fitting because she is all alone at the fire. Usually there would be two campers in the background but as you can see there is no one! I even had her chair so close to being put away and she insisted she drag it out one last time for her final “fake'” fire. She doesn’t want to say goodbye just as much as her mommy and daddy. Here are some pictures from our last full weekend of camping.

Addilynn was pretending to chop wood like her daddy! She had a roasting stick and was hitting it on the wood. It was so cold and wet it took forever to get the fire going. The other pictures are from an unsuspected walk we took to find our wondering Chihuahua. If I would have known it was going to be a perfect opportunity for a photo shoot I would have dressed her a little nicer and fixer her hair. The fall colors were amazing!  Addilynn had to stop a couple times and yell for Bruiser.

Addilynn was working on her posing skills. These were the two poses she gave me when I told her to “Strike a pose.” At first she looked at me funny then I had to show her what striking a pose was. Oh to be a bug on a tree that day! She has the head tilt down, but we are working on the famous “Michelle” pose! I obviously don’t demonstrate it very well. We are going to have to ask Michelle for some help on this one.

We had a great weekend together. We got to go on a couple grouse hunts, sit by uncle Greg’s fire, have a dance party in the wall tent (Addilynn even sweet talked Greg into dancing with her), play games in the warm camper, listen to obnoxious kids riding through our camp, count numerous out of state campers coming in to hunt, visit great grandparents, and hang out just the three of us enjoying the crisp fall air. We are very sad it is ending but are very grateful we got to spend as much time in the woods as we did. We definitely put our camper to good use this year!

Waiting for the fire to start going and playing in the camper trying to stay warm! Addilynn is sure going to miss all of her toys in her very own room. By next year she will have out grown them which is so sad for me to think about.

Addilynn giving me some attitude. I’m pretty sure she was sick of me taking pictures by this point. It isn’t the first glare and I know it wont be the last.

31 for 21 challenge…

So… I am already failing at this challenge. Let’s see if I can catch up and continue to post once a day. This is a challenge that Alaina posted on her blog it is to raise awareness for down syndrome. If you don’t already know, this month is down syndrome awareness month. The challenge is to post one post a day for the month of October. Lets see if I can finish strong.

Oct. 1 2011… I would have wrote about our Friday night. Addilynn and I hung out at home while daddy tried to find a big elk. He didn’t succeed, but hopefully during rifle or late bow he will get lucky. Addilynn keeps asking where the elk went that was in Dustin’s pickup. It was my dads so it didn’t stay in there long and now she says “daddy doesn’t have an elk” way to put salt in the wound kid!!! 

Oct. 2, 2011… Saturday which was the 1st we went to auntie Jaylee’s volleyball game in Post Falls then went out to dinner with Kyle, Alaina, and Beau.

Oct. 3rd 2011.. Sunday (the 2nd) we went to take Dr. Kelly her baby gift. While the girls chatted inside Addilynn went on a nature hike with Trask. This is what she came back looking like! I really hope he has a girl because he is great at accessorizing! Addilynn also got her first dog bite. She got bit by Trask and Kelly’s old dog in the face twice. Thank goodness she wasn’t hurt just a couple welts and a small bruise below her right eye. It could have been so much worse we are very glad Sierra was just warning her to stop getting by her face. I didn’t even know what was going on I wish I would have been paying more attention. It could have been prevented.

Finally… finishing my post from tonight Addilynn went to Izabel’s birthday party! She ate lots of pizza and cake and had lots of fun celebrating with Izabel.

Step up for DS walk and Camp weekend!

Dustin, Addilynn, and I had a very busy weekend once again. We participated in our second Step up for Down Syndrome walk formerly the Buddy Walk. We had a blast and the kids had fun too! We got to stay the night with our good friends Kyle, Alaina, and Beau Friday night in their new house. We enjoyed getting to spend some time with them all. Auntie Paige and Auntie Doe Doe even did the walk. Hopefully they come back next year.

My little kitty cat! Addilynn and I went on a ride just the two of us when we got to camp and we had so much fun! She did not want me to wipe off her kitty face, so I had to sneak wash her face in the tub she didn’t know it was gone until we brushed teeth last night in the mirror and she was devastated. My poor little baby girl didn’t understand why she had to be a toddler and not a kitty. 

This may be my favorite picture ever taken! I love the colors and it makes my heart melt to see the two of them together. I think this one needs to be on the cover of a magazine. Addilynn was trying to see more elk after papa got his elk this weekend! We were so excited for him now hopefully they wont starve this winter.

Best day of the week! 9/21/11

Wednesday is my favorite day of the week! I love having a day off in the middle of the week to enjoy my fast moving and not to mention fast growing toddler! Auntie Kadee let me borrow her camera and we had lots of fun taking pictures with it. Thanks Auntie you may not get it back for a bit! This Wednesday Addilynn and I were busy busy girls. We had a play date with Kelby at the park, visited great grandparents, and celebrated Auntie Doe Doe’s 21st birthday by going out to dinner at Casa. Here are few pictures of our week

Addilynn and Kelby playing ball! It is very hard to get a picture of two two year olds!

Addilynn on her second ice cream cone from her great grandma Mary boy does this kid love her ice cream. Addilynn got to enjoy the newspaper with grandma and even got to see her family in there. She even got to pick some veggies out of the garden with her great grandpa Murl.

Addilynn was sporting her new boots from Janie (which are about 6 sizes to big), and her new S.T.E.P.S. hat from her Grammy. I think her Grammy won this hat at her Omoksee last weekend. Addilynn was in heaven she is my future cowgirl! I can’t wait. We had to hide the boots from her for a bit until they fit because if they are in her line of sight she will wear them all day even to bed which ends in a lot of tears.