Trick or Treat

The girls had a lot of fun on Halloween. Each year we meet Uncle Chicken, Aunt Shelley, Caleb and Leah at Grammy and PaPaw's house for dinner and trick or treating. We new that Ava wouldn't understand but she wasn't about to let Grace do something that she thinks she can also do. She would carry her bag to the door and hold it out knowing that the person on the other side was going to put something in her bag. Even though she has no idea what candy (other than a dum dum lollipop) is she would not let you touch her bag. If you tried to take her bag to help her carry it she would scream at you.

Grace on the other hand was pretty skilled at it this year. It was all you could do to keep up with her and take care of Ava also. Along with her cousin Caleb she ran from house to house. Thank goodness for Grammy who helped out alot since Ashley wasn't able.

Candy, Candy and more Candy

Halloween is around the corner and we all survived the Fall Festival at church on Wednesday night. Grace was excited and overwhelmed at the same time. Her main concern was how much candy can I collect in my bag. Which she THINKS she is gong to get to consume all of it. Boy is she in for a heartbreak. Ava noticed the DumDum Lollipops and that was all that she cared about after that. Thank you to Grandma for indulging her and teaching her at a very early age what those are even though she shouldn't eat candy.

On the way to our car we stopped to drop off our Bloomers for Bulgaria and this lady was looking at Grace and then back at me and I couldn't figure out why she was looking so oddly at me. Then I realized that in the 50 degree temperatures Grace had taken off her shoes to get into the bounce house and didn't put them back on. Needless to say she walked to the car with barefeet in the cold temperatures and never once cared. Only Grace!

Grace decided to be Minnie Mouse and that Ava also needed to be Minnie Mouse. We have Minnie Mouse and Teeny Tiny Minnie Mouse (as Janice calls them).

Ava has started walking full time now and thinks that she can also run which causes her to slide into Home plate as we call it. Home plate tends to be walls, furniture, and sometimes us.

Ashley is starting to get around much better after his back surgery. He is getting around a little bit more each day.

Big Orange Pumpkin Farm

We went to visit the Big Orange Pumpkin Farm this weekend at Owens Farm. Grace and Ava both enjoyed the hay ride, train ride and pumpkins. Only Grace enjoyed the animals because Ava has a fear of them whether they are real or stuffed. There is a stuffed rocking cow in her nursery and when she see's it she starts shivering and crying. We finally had to move poor Mrs. Cow to another room in the house so she couldn't scare Ava. I have no clue what we are going to do when it is time to sit in Santa's lap.

Baby Steps & Spelling

Ava is starting to take her first steps around the house. Oh what fun it is for her to see everything in the house from a new perspective.

Grace is starting to spell more and more words every day. She is always telling me to stop driving (in traffic) so that she can spell out all of the signs.