Halloween party- school

Addie had a great day at school for her Halloween party.  Her teachers do a great job  about planning and just having lots of tricks up their sleeves for the kiddos.  She sang songs, read a story, had breakfast, played games, did crafts and dressed up as Cinderella to go trick or treating at school.   I would say it was a successful day.  Last year at this time, I had a work meeting and was unable to attend her school party.  I was in tears and ready to quit my job because there is nothing more important than my daughter.  The way work had been going, it was the you are a number, not a person mentality and that really hurt.   So I made the vow to never miss a school function or event of Addison's as I felt so guilty for not going and still gets to me this day.  Luckily Jeremy went and took pictures and videos last year for me.  This year, I took tons of pictures of her with her friends and really enjoyed it with the other parents too! 

Shedd

On Sunday November 4th, 2012 we took Addie to the Shedd Aquarium for another visit.  This time we filled up the family truckster and took Grammie, Gramps, Uncle Mitch, Aunt Lorissa and Matty!  It was Matt's first time to the Shedd and he had fun.   I was disappointed in one thing as they had the amazon visit closed which is great for younger kids for a viewing area experience.  Now I just need to take Matt back for when this exhibit is open.

Addie had fun looking at all the fish and this was the first time she made it through the dolphin show.  She had to stand up to see a few times and wanted to switch seats and sit by daddy at the end, but she made it through it. 

For some reason she had zero interest in the penguins this time, while last time we went seemed like she was there for 20 minutes.  She was obsessed about turtles though and sting rays on this trip.  She viewed the main aquarium for awhile and took in all the fish. 

The trip ended with a shopping spree with grammie in the gift shop.  She received a turtle magnet, a turtle stuffed animal and a few Christmas presents for later!

Thistleberry= Field Trip

Today we went on a field trip with Addison's school to Thistleberry farms.  They have so many activities for the kids that they split us up into 3 groups.  Her group is the tadpoles (3 year olds).  We first started off on the corn maze.  In the corn maze were mailboxes with stories that were on them.  We had to match the clue with the story.  For example, who wore a glass slipper and had an evil step mom and sisters.  Answer:  Cinderella. 

Next up was the cow train.  This was a hit with all the kids!  They sat next to one of their classmates and enjoyed the ride.  As we were waiting on the train ride, there were activities for the kids to do which included pedal cars, duck races, horse jumping things, hay maze, spider web thing, and looking at the animals. 

Once we were down with those acitivies, we then went to the huge jumping pillow.  Addison enjoyed this at first and then she lost her balance and fell and ended up getting stepped on, accidentally.  This was easily recovered by a cat that loved attention and she was then content petting the cat while her friends jumped on the pillow.

After the jumping pillow, it was get a drink of water break and then headed on the hay ride to pick out a pumpkin! 

Pumpkin Patch

Today we went to the Pumpkin Patch with Grammie, Grandma, Harrison, Lucy, Auntie Elizabeth and Uncle Adam.  Addie enjoyed seeing all the animals as I swear her calling is going to be a veterinarian.  She begged and begged to see the bunny rabbits.  She really wants one as a pet but I know nothing about taking care of a rabbit and where would we put it with three dogs?! After the petting zoo, we took a hay ride to the corn maze and pumpkin patch.  At the end, Addie picked out 4 pumpkins that she wanted!

Fall Colors brings photo shoot time

Jeremy came home with a cold so since the house has been fighting a sickness for a month now, I was taking any chances and took Addie up to my parents house for the night.  We again watched the Notre Dame vs BYU game.  Thank goodness the Irish are 7-0!!!  While at my parents house, I had my camera in the car and since it was a beautiful fall day, I decided to snap away with the camera.  All in total 435 pictures were taken and here are a few! I just love the background that my parents property offers for the photos!

As the ND game was coming to an end, Addie and my mom were up her bed and low and behold, Addison fell asleep at 7:00.  She never falls asleep that early, ever!  I went to bed at 10 but probably didn't fall asleep until 11.  Guess what happened at 4:00 in the morning... yep. Addison potty time .. I convinced her to lay back down in bed for an hour but she kept asking me "mommy are you up?".  So up we got and headed downstairs for breakfast.   I turned on the TV and tried to catch a few more "z's" but it wasn't happening.  oh well, I wouldn't change it for the world.