Staples

I got a stapler for my birthday. It was on my list because we do not have a working stapler in our house and I want to have one. I know it's something simple and cheap I can buy myself on my next shopping trip, but I can never remember to put it on my list. My sister gave me a stapler for my birthday and it turns out that Lucy loved it as much as I did! She had the best time stapling this piece of paper. :)

Lucy Follows Directions

Lucy has been going to gymnastics since late August and had been doing a good job with it. She really likes it, too. At the beginning of each class the students have to run laps around the gym for part of their warm-up. It always cracks me up to watch Lucy run. I know it's not her favorite thing to do, but she certainly follows directions. She runs right on the white line and always runs the number of laps the coach says to run. You can watch her run here. :)

Halloween 2018

We had a fun Halloween this year! Ross' work puts on a big Halloween/trick or treating event and the girls got a ton of candy that day. We carved a pumpkin and drew on another pumpkin. I made my traditional Halloween cinnamon rolls and chili and we also got a Papa Murphy's Jack-O-Lantern pizza for Halloween dinner. My parents came over to trick or treat with us and Molly had a blast walking around with Poppy. It rained the whole time we trick or treated, but we still had a fun time!

Heart Necklaces

At the beginning of the school year I bought some "Mommy And Me" necklaces. I got three necklaces, one is a gold bar with two little hearts cut out and two necklaces with one little heart on each. I got these for the girls to wear while at school, telling them that if they missed me during the day they just needed to at their heart necklace and think of me. I would have mine one, too, and be thinking of them. Lucy was on board with this and has worn her necklace to school each day except for one when we forgot. Molly has worn it here and there, definitely not as much as Lucy! I enjoy wearing it and think it's a fun little way for us to be connected. :)

Sleeping

We've been having trouble with Molly's sleeping the past few months. For pretty much the whole summer she would come into our room and sleep with us for half the night. We got her to break this habit mid-September and she's been sleeping in her bed all night, so that's great! But, sometimes we have to let her fall asleep in our bed or our guest bed and then move her back into her bed when we go to sleep. I took the two pictures below on separate nights when she fell asleep in the guest bed and laughed so much when I saw her. By the way she's laying, it's as if she was trying to get out of bed, but fell asleep mid-process. This much made me laugh so much!