Friday, October 30, 2009

Savannah's Halloween Celebration at School

All set as Minnie Mouse
In her class dancing and playing games Fingerplays--she is in a chair due to her costume
In the reading center
Halloween party
Savannah ate her own snack instead of cookies and candy
Party Time
Here comes the parade
Yes, it was wet, foggy, and the leaves have fallen, but at least it wasn't currently raining.
She is always holding the teacher's assistant's hand
Looking back at the rest of the classes coming
Stopping for a photo moment.
So pretty
Minne Mouse
Savannah and her 2 best buddies eating goldfish
Savannah made this at cooking class--chocolate pudding, chocolate chip cookies, cool whip, and chocolate chips.
Little Yankee fan enjoying the game

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Pumpkin Patch and Early Dress Up

I have been trying to upload these pictures for days and Blogger was no allowing me too, so I had to go about it another way and here they are--in no order, but they are here. Hope you enjoy them anyway. We had a super fun filled fall day at the pumpkin patch on Sunday. It was a glorious day and we started with brunch and then went onto to face painting, playing, and the pumpkin patch. Savannah loved it and really understood this year. After that we went trick or treating at the mall and it is a good thing I tried on their costumes and discovered Savannah's shoes were too small. Nordstrom to the rescue. They looked so cute as Mickey and Minnie and then we went to PF Chang's for dinner. It was a wonderful day! Today is Savannah's storybook Halloween parade and party at school and then tomorrow we are going to My Gym Halloween Party and then trick or treating with our friends. I hope the weather cooperates for just a little while. Seth received his permanent resident card a few days ago and this afternoon we have our final post placement appointment with our social worker and we will get all the paperwork to go to court. Yeah! We can't wait to finalize Seth's adoption and have him become a US citizen.
Savannah playing with her brother at PF Chang's and he is loving it. Minnie Mouse before her new shoes
Mommy's Mickey Mouse
Love
and laughter
Walking through the corn maze
On the hayride
Ba Ba Savannah
Found my pumpkin
Getting my face painted
Kiddos on a bench the best we could do
Happy with her kitty face
Mommy and sweeties on the hayride.
Who is that top pumpkin?
Who is the cutest pumpkin of them all?
Way up high with Fall Folliage
Big boy in a high chair
Trying cider for the first time--she liked it.
Gorgeous view from brunch
Before brunch

Monday, October 26, 2009

Almost Mobile and Other Happenings

Seth is ALMOST crawling. He gets up on his knees and his chest is off the ground and he wiggles and moves one knee up but won't move his hands. He can get around though with his military crawl. You put him in one spot and turn around and he is on the other side of the play mat. He is SO proud of himself. Daddy doesn't have long to get that play zone set up because soon there will be no stopping him from wherever he wants to go. Savannah had a really good week at school. I think the two weeks off did her good and I think her teacher is understanding her better and I get daily reports. They say she is friendly, engaged, and happy. She made some really nice art projects and a beaded necklace that they said she made with a friend. So, we are still not sure what to do about changing her school. She is still crying when I pick her up, but her teacher says she doesn't know why. I think it is because the playground is the last thing they do and she doesn't want to come in and then she sees me waiting for her and then she has to go back into her classroom to sing the good bye song and that is when she starts crying. She also had her last swimming lesson and starting Kitchen Konnection, her toddler cooking class today. She made chocolate chip cookies and chocolate pudding and then they put cool whip on top and chocolate chips for eyes to look like a ghost. Of course, Savannah did not eat it and when they gave her milk to drink I was so proud of her that she said, "I can't drink that." I told the instructor that she has a lactose intolerance, but she said she forgot and gave her milk. Savannah is so smart and knows she has to have soy milk. She always orders soy milk at Starbucks and I guess after a year of me telling her she can't have milk and has to have soy milk it sunk in. Over the weekend we went to a Halloween Hoot at the local elementry school sponsered by the preschool Savannah will most likely go to in September, unless I change her in school in January. It was a wonderfully run event and Savannah had a BALL! Then Sunday was a gorgeous Fall day and we went to the Pumpkin Patch and trick-or-treating at the mall. My dad and Sheila were here, so it was extra fun and special and nice to have extra adult hands to help who the kids love. I will post those photos later or tomorrow in another post.
Bog Sister don't leave your cup around because I will get it. Protecting her cup with a "Keep away from my cup," look.
Beautiful girl in Creations by Lou Lou. I got about 1000 compliments are her outfit.
Savannah trying to show Seth how to crawl
Up on Papa's shoulders and loving it
Seth the musician
He was really making music
He figured out how to make music in two seconds
So close to crawling...
Come on Seth...Go!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Quack, Quack Boston Duck Tour and a Little More

Here are the last shots from Boston. We had a fun time! Savannah loved the duck tour and the "bus" going in the water. Wow! She was amazed and wanted to go on it again. Tired boy in Boston Slept through dinner at Haku, a wonderful Japanese restaurant.
This is the face you get when you say, "Savannah, look at the camera." So 3.
Waiting for the duck tour
She saw the duck tour bus pull up and is saying, "There it is."
Excited for the tour.
Everyone needs a snack on a 90 minute tour
On the duck tour and ready to go
Watching us on the water
Beautiful bundled up girl. This is her new, purple, Boston sweatshirt and she wanted to wear the hood too.
She loved the duck tour and did great!
Quite a lot of variety for her dinner at the Daily Grill in Boston
Boston at night from our room on the 16th Floor of the Marriott Copley Square
View from the Charles River
Amazing from the duck tour. Too bad the weather wasn't clearer
Another view of Boston's John Hancock Tower