Sharing

We have been working with Reagan on sharing her toys with Avery. We don't want it to be a rude awakening to her when Avery starts moving around and wants to play with her things. The other night Reagan moved her toy over to Avery all on her own. We were so proud and excited! Obviously Avery can't play with them yet but she sure has her eye on them and her big sis!

Here are a couple pictures of them "playing" together.

Cousins

The girls and I went Cedar Rapids for the day and we got to play with the cousins! Here are a couple cute pictures from our day.

Trick-or-Treating

Reagan was a cow for Halloween this year. We found the costume at Sam's for $11 and she loved it! The first couple days we had it she carried it around everywhere with her just like her blankie. We were praying it wasn't going to become another blankie obsession! Avery was a bear, it was a hand me down from Reagan. It was a bit tight on her but it kept her warm.







Downtown Cedar Falls does trick-or-treating every year for the kids. All the shops have someone sitting outside their storefront and hand out candy. I couldn't believe the amount of kids and parents! This was a good test run for Reagan for Sunday night.

If you look closely, you can see that the street is lined with people.









Cedar Falls had trick-or-treating on Sunday night. We took Reagan to the neighbors houses and down the street to a couple houses that were decorated with lots of lights that we knew she would like. Honestly I think she had more fun passing out candy!!

Carving and Painting Pumpkins

We had big intentions to carve pumpkins this year but time just snuck away from us so we only got one done. I guess this was plenty considering Avery is too young to remember and Reagan's attention span is not long enough for the time it takes to carve a pumpkin! As you can see by the pictures below, Reagan was really excited at first but after touching the pumpkin goop she didn't really care to get too involved after that.









I bought a couple small pumpkins for Reagan and I to paint for a fun activity to do during the day sometime. She didn't get into it as much as I thought and hoped, maybe next year.

All Smiles

Avery is all smiles these days. The minute you say something to her she opens that mouth and gives you a great big smile that just melts your heart.

Playing dress up

When folding laundry last week Reagan found her swimsuit and towel and of course had to put them on! It was great entertainment for about an hour and it made for some cute pictures that I am sure she is going to love down the road!

UNI Homecoming 2010

It was UNIs Homecoming this past weekend. We aren't big football fans but still like to support our Panther teams! Friday the girls and I went to a Homecoming party that one of the moms of the MOMS group that I am in hosted. The kids got tattoos, necklaces and got to meet TC the panther mascot! Reagan loved him! I figured she would be scared of him but she couldn't get enough, she even played ball with him for a little bit!







On Saturday we went with some friends to the Panther Family Festival on the UNI campus. The marching band played, the cheerleaders did some cheers, the basketball team was there and TC! When Reagan saw him she just giggled and couldn't take her eyes off of him. I can only imagine what was going through her head!

We were able to get a family picture taken with TC!



Adam and Reagan getting the basketball players autographs.



They also had a couple bouncy houses for the kids. Reagan had a blast going down the big slide, we had to distract her with treats to be done! Funny story about the big slide. Adam took her the first time and she had a blast so I thought I would take her the second time...I didn't want to miss out on the fun! Adam warned me that it was hard to get up to the top, but I said to myself if a five year old can do it I should be able to. I didn't take into consideration that the five year old isn't carrying a 20 month old up the slide. I was almost to the top when I lost my gripping and we started to slide down to the bottom, taking out a couple of kids on our way! Reagan thought it was fun and said wee!! The gal at the top came down to get Reagan and I pulled my embarrassed self up to the top. When we got to the bottom, our friend Jason said "no fair, she got to go down twice!" I about died! I guess Adam can say I told you so...