We had our first real snow, thankfully not NEARLY as much as Bflo has been getting though. I suited the kids up and we headed outside. Ben loved making snowballs and carting them around in his sled. Cassidy was a little hesitant about the whole thing but put up with it until she started taking her gloves off and realized the snow was cold. Love these two <3

The kids were Sully and Mike from Monsters Inc for Halloween. Cassidy wore her costume to the Y for a bit but wasn’t much of a fan so we pinned it to the baby carrier later. Ben dressed up for school and had a little parade that we got to watch. The kids were so cute, smiling and waving at their parents in the hallways.

We had planned on going to the “Pumpkin Party” at our old church, they have games and bounce houses and tons of activities…but Cassidy was pretty miserable after dinner and Ben was incredibly moody so we decided to just visit the neighbors instead. It ended up being a nice family evening anyway, Ben was quite chatty with all our neighbors and I think they enjoyed seeing the kids’ costumes.

It’s been a few months since her monthly updates, I wanted to share a little bit of what Miss Cassidy has been into. Besides, everything. Cupboards, the fridge, the toilet, all her brother’s toys…the girl doesn’t sit still. She walks really well now and only plops on her butt when she picks up speed and her legs can’t keep up with her.

Says a bunch of words including daddy, mommy, Ben, ball, kitty, up, yes, ducky, bear, bye, hi, cup, this, that, bus and baby. She knows a lot of animal sounds when you prompt her. What does a kitty say (meow), doggy (woof woof), cow (moo), sheep (baaa). Although giraffes, horses and zebras all say “baaa” too :)

She gives open mouthed slobbery kisses if you ask for “kiss kiss.” Signs “more” and “all done” and knows where her tummy and head are. She loves opening books and flipping through pages, babbling a story as she goes along.

And you also probably saw on my facebook about her tub escapades. If you didn’t, here is what I posted: Welp, Cassidy pooped in the tub, tried to eat it, screamed bloody murder when i pulled it out of her mouth (yes she got that far that fast)…while Ben flipped out the entire time in the hallway that he needed a bath too because he was sweaty and stinks.

Ben also tried to “Tom Sawyer” her and convince her that one toy was SO much more fun than the one she was playing with. He wanted the toy she had so badly, but she’s a clever little one and wasn’t convinced at all. He even tried throwing her a ball to distract her so he could swoop in and steal the toy, but she picked that toy right up and strutted into the other room with it. Ben sat quizzically staring at her, realizing he had to up his game so he proceeded to take the toy anyway and inform her that she “needed to share.” So Cassidy bit him. He screamed, I comforted him. Scolded her and told her “No bite, ouch!” She screamed. 5 minutes later they were back to playing nice. This is my day with them, every day ;-)