The First Week of November

Melody has become an M&M fan and loves all the tiny packages from her Halloween stash.

On Tuesday night after the kids had gone to bed (or so we thought) Mara came back downstairs

 to tell us that her tooth came out!  She's been saying for a few weeks that it's been wiggly, but 

every time I've wiggled it, I didn't think it was that close to coming out. But sure enough, after 

she brushed her teeth, it popped and came out!  This is the first molar for her to loose.

Wednesday night, Melody just wanted to be held and it was a miracle that she let me hold her 

like this. She was so cute and snuggled up with me for a bit and I enjoyed every minute of it.

After dinner it was bath time. Jaina doesn't like getting her hair brushed and washed because it 

gets too tangled and it hurts, because of lack of brushing. It's so long and pretty but all she ever 

wants is a pony tail or a braid. I've been asking her for months if she wanted her hair cut and 

kept telling her that it would make doing her hair a lot easier. She would always tell me 'no' and 

we would leave it at that. But this time she said 'yes'!!  So I got out the hair scissors and went at it.

I cut off about 6 inches, which is so crazy. When she was smaller I was worried that her 

hair would never grow in like Mara's. But now it's long, pretty and getting thicker 

all the time. I really like the length, even though she said she wanted it shorter.

I'm not a skilled hair stylist, so it ended up a little crooked, but for 

now it'll be okay. She's happy with the change and so am I. But I'm going to 

have Stefanie come down next and fix it up for me so it won't look so crazy. 

Sadly, she still wants it in a pony tail every day, but at least it's easier to manage.

Mara entered the schools Reflections contest in October, the theme was 'Let Your Imagination Fly'. 

She won a Award of Excellence ribbon and her painting is moving on to the next round!!!!

Friday night there was a Carnival at the school. We started the night with 

a pizza and drinks for the whole family. I'm so glad that Melody was hungry, 

because she ate almost a whole piece of pizza. It was so cute to watch her eat it.

We got unlimited wristbands for the girls, and Jaina took full advantage of 

it. We spent most of our time in the gym on all the 'bounce houses'.

This one took her awhile to climb, she fell at least 4-5 times. But she 

finally made it up and over and loved it. She then did it all 2 more times.

Xander and his best friend Josh playing this fun one.

It took awhile, but I finally got Jaina out to play some of the little games.

Xander spent most of the night as a volunteer helping out a football throwing game. 

Mara and Aurora were running around together the whole night and had great fun.

They even had a few things outside to do, a rock wall and this Wizzer. Jaina loved 

this one, but it was too cold for me and we went back inside as fast as we could.

Saturday, we headed to the Mall for some shopping and stopped in at the Disney Store. They 

have the new Mega Tsum Tsums that are $100!  They are huge and Jaina loved hugging the giant 

Minnie. But there's no way we are getting a Mega one, I like the mini ones that are only $5.

Sunday was our Primary Program. These girls did a great job. Watching the program really 

made me miss being in Primary, not that I want to go back, it was more nostalgia.