The Moll's at Sweet Sky Farm

Thanks for the socks Grandma and Grandpa!!! See you tomorrow...

We had a great Fun-Filled Fall Weekend!!! Saturday was spent at a local park with Addison's friend from school, Mia. Addison had a blast swinging with her friend and eating cupcakes. She had two firsts this weekend as well. She had her first go with a big inflatable jumparoo and also had her first capri sun juice drink. She thought both were F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C. Emme had her first brush in with hay and scarecrows. You can tell by her face that she wasn't nearly as impressed! After playing at the park, we went to dinner with some friends at their house. Unfortunately, Addison started to not feel well so we had to leave a little early. Sunday we had Addison's Fall Festival at her school. There were a bunch of little booths like the ring toss and putt-putt. We helped out with the "Bug Dig" table where you have to search through the "dirt" ~ black beans ~ to find little plastic bugs. Even through her sniffles, Addison managed to win a cake in the Cake Walk (t...

So, we ’ re trying to build on good disciplinary practices, and have engaged this with Addison to combat her (expected) resistance to authority as she approaches the terrible 2 ’ s. She demonstrated this resistance last night when she was asked to put away her toys that were strung across the room. This is a no rmal activity that we do (we even have a clean-up song borrowed from her nursery school), so it ’ s not like she doesn ’ t know how. After three requests to comply, I sent her to a 30 second “ time out ” to think about her decision. She did so with the expected reaction, and when I released her she apologized to me and Mommy and gave us each a hug. She went on to start cleaning up her things. After about the 4 th toy or so, she decided to go off and play with one of the toys, so I asked her to return to the task and put it in the toybox (it ’ s past bedtime now, and she knows it ’ s not playtime). She looked at me and thought about it for a minu...

That's right... PUKE!!! I brag about how easy Addison is at night and what does she do? Puke...Yickkeeeeeee I guess I should have really knocked on wood, huh? Kerry

I'm knocking on wood, but Addison has always been really good about going to bed. We've had the same routine forever and it works for us. At 7:30 we tell Addison that it's time for bed and she can watch one Hi-5 song. We snuggle up together on the couch and watch the song. When it's time to go upstairs I give her a kiss and then Andy takes over. He brings her upstairs and reads her a story in her old bedroom and then takes her to get tucked in to her new bedroom. No matter if it's naptime or bedtime, she usually has to tell her friends good nite, and it's quite the group of friends. Below is a picture of all of them. Some nights, she falls right to sleep, but most nights she stays up with the light from her little birdie music player and talks to her friends. You can hear her over the monitor "lecturing" (as Andy puts it) and saying good night to her buddies, sometimes she tells them to "it-dow" (sit down) and sometimes she just giggles with ...

Don't buy the sweet-smelling soap, your two-year old might try to eat it. Yep, Addison washed her own mouth out with soap this morning. I rolled on the floor laughing so hard, but she didn't seem nearly as amused. Kerry

... you're two year old just might do it. Texas had a cold front come through today and we didn't get above 62. Needless to say, Addison wasn't able to wear shorts to school today. So I trekked upstairs to find the cute pair of jeans that Aunt Micki bought her in August. They're a 3T. Ugh! You should have seen them on her. Way too short. Way too tight. Way too little time to scour the house to find another pair. Yes, I put her in them and sent her off to school. They were pretty embarrassing. The pant legs only came down to her shin! Bad Mommy! So after school we went to Wal-mart to find a pair that would work. The shelves were empty from everyone being surprised by the cold-front. We went to the outlet mall and all they had were size 5's. They were 2.99 so we bought them... Oh. My. Gosh. They FIT! See for yourself. After bath time, I asked Addison if she would help me fold clothes. She was GREAT and put away all of the washcloths in the bathroom...