Happy Halloween 2015

Elsa, Wonder Woman, and Skye Pup!

 This weekend we had some time at home and since both of the girls have come down with a cold it was a good thing!  Claire-Bear was able to take a much needed nap on Sunday afternoon and hopefully (fingers crossed) they will be well enough to go to school tomorrow!

Although the girls were coughing a lot on Halloween day we did take them out and about to around a dozen neighbors to trick or treat.  It
was fun but by the last house Claire said "I don't want to anymore mommy".  We headed home so they could pass out candy instead, which they loved!

 Stella is signed up to bring snack again this week.  For her last snack she chose cosmic brownies, which I tried to convince her not to take.  There's a nut allergy in her class and I knew not all of the children would be able to have one.  She insisted though, that it was her favorite snack.  Which it is, and it's also a treat we don't buy for her all that often.  I gave in but had her choose a nut-free individually packaged frosted sugar cookie to take with her.  The evening of her snack night I asked her how it went and she said she ate goldfish.  I asked her why and it turns out, the child with the allergy chooses a friend to sit with at snack time each day and that friend must also eat a nut-free snack.  Her friend chose Stella but she said to me happily 'it's ok Mommy, I ate my brownie at Miss Julie's after school!'. We are so happy Stella is able to roll with her surroundings so well and hope she continues to be that way. (And that brownie story was karma right there!)  So anyway, this time, she chose something all of her friends at school will be able to eat, a veggie cup!  And she made some turkey heads to decorate the cups this weekend with a little help from mommy's cricut!




We didn't leave the house on Sunday and to pass the time the girls played dress up with Mommy and Daddy's clothes - they were on the way to a wedding...

 There was a half day at School on Friday which was a good thing since Claire's been under the weather.  Mom took the day off work to visit school for the Halloween Parade.  The girls had a great time!










Afterward, Niece and Kalub came to visit for the afternoon and we had dinner together at the Riverview.  The girls were so happy to see them!

Together Again!

Poor Claire-Bear hasn't felt well.  On Thursday she went to bed at 5 o'clock, and only woke to brush her teeth and have daddy read her a bed-time story.  She didn't even eat dinner!  Stella's been doing well fending it off but the cough caught up with her on Friday.  Luckily they are healthy girls for the most part and hopefully this little cold will soon pass! 

While we have such a short time after school to do much, one afternoon Stella gave Claire a quick backyard golf lesson!










Carving Pumpkins, and making scary/angry faces:

 Last weekend we had our first snow and the girls were excited about it!  But not Mommy.  Glad it didn't stick!

Visiting BMC for the PTO Craft Fair

 The girls are still little for carving pumpkins so they did some painting and stick on facial features.

Last Saturday Stella had her first real accident.  Mommy was already in bed and she was bouncing around popping a balloon up into the air in our bedroom.  She tripped and hit her face on the frame of our bed.  She was very scared but we took her to the ER to have a doctor look at it.  They ended up gluing it and despite being there 2.5 hours, Stella was able to see first hand how the hospital is not always a scary place.  The receptionist, after hearing us read all of the books we brought twice, came out with some coloring pages and crayons, which really brightened Stella's mood, especially because she was getting inpatient, and very, very tired.  She was up until midnight, I think the latest yet!
When they glued her cut she laid still and quiet but the moment they left the room she burst into tears and said it hurt.  Poor baby.  She was so brave!  Thank you, thank you, thank you, to Aunt MJ for coming over right away and hanging out with grumpy bear Claire who was devastated she couldn't come along.  We are so appreciative she didn't have to spend time sitting around with us and was able to get a decent nights sleep!  We are happy to report that Stella's cut is healing nicely and is far enough away from her eye that she's not experiencing any problems.  We bought some Mederma but she may end up with a scar on her face.  We'll see.

When we told Stella she couldn't play in our room anymore with balloons her response was that we should do that outside, where there's lots of room!