3 Year Preschool Picture

I got Ainsley's school pictures back, and I was pleasantly surprised.  The little stinker actually smiled for them!  I can't believe she's big enough to have school pictures.  I think she looks so grown up.  Ainsley must have thought she did pretty good with them, too, because she asked if she could have one to put in her room.  I just love her little freckle face!!!

September and October happenings

Here are some pictures from our happenings over the past month.  Ainsley's taken up an interest in taking pictures.  She usually takes pictures of the tv, couch, etc. but she actually did pretty good taking the pictures below one morning.

We've been taking advantage of the nice weather as much as we can.  Walks to the park, parades, bubbles and chalk are all about to go away until the spring.  

Trying to see the beginning of the parade

I love the way Lily looks at her big sister

Just eating some bubbles...

 

Practicing writing 'A'

We visited Daddy at the shed one day.  Ainsley sang "Let it Go" while we waited for Daddy to finish fixing the combine.  The girls found lots of cool rocks, and Ainsley told me at one point that she was moving all the rocks so she could find the dirt underneath.

Let it go!!!!

Ainsley picks up a lot at school.  She's said a few things over the past few months and I'll ask her where she heard that, and she'll reply with:  "Miss Elisha says it."  I was sitting in the living room one afternoon, and I looked over to find Ainsley reading a book.  I asked her who did it like that, and she said Miss Elisha does.

Lani stayed with us for a few hours one evening and the girls had a blast.  They all crashed before Jeremy and Kathleen got back to pick up Lani.

I love how Lily crashes in her crib and is never in the same position when I check on her.  Ainsley's slept in our bed since she was a few months old, and Lily's never slept with us.  I have to say that I'm pretty glad, because watching her roll all over her crib doesn't look like it would be a fun night for me if she was inbetween us in our bed!

Ainsley's spent a few afternoons with Joel in the tractor.  She loves "helping" Daddy!

Riding in the semi with Daddy!

Lily loves following Ainsley around and doing everything that Ainsley does.  She really gets excited when she finds a time where she can be onery to Ainsley.

Doing Sissy's hair

Trying to wake Sissy up from her nap

I found them in Joel's bathroom one afternoon catching up on the latest tractors that are for sale

They didn't want to get out of this tote!  Ainsley let Lily sit on her lap and play with her hair in it.

Right before little sister destroyed the track

Lily still loves babies, or anyone that is her size or smaller.  There's a few kids around her age at dance, and she likes playing with them and hugging while waiting for their big sisters to get out of dance.  Briley was Lily's victim one morning!

Lily got a surprise gift one day from Aunt Doris.  She sent her a new little chair!  The girls fight over Ainsley's little pink chair that Aunt Doris got her for her first birthday, so it was a nice surprise.  Lily was super happy.  She no longer has to listen to big sister tell her that she can't sit in the chair!

Can you tell Lily likes her new chair?!

Grandma Rita's birthday was a few weeks ago, and we went to Evandy's to celebrate after it rained one day.

Circus

Ainsley and I met the Cunningham/Davis gang at the circus in Greenfield a few weeks ago.  I knew Lily would be scared of everything, and wouldn't sit through it, so I didn't even try taking her.  Aunt Doris kept (and spoiled) her instead.

Ainsley was excited to see the Madilynn and the elephants!

Piper, Ainsley, Hannah, and Madilynn waiting for the circus to start

The circus was pretty good, and all the girls seemed to enjoy it.  Ainsley and Madilynn would get up and cheer and clap for the acts.  It was cute to see them get into it.

Thanks to Mark and Teal, Ainsley got some cotton candy.  (This Mommy forgot her wallet.  Total Mom-fail)

Hannah was enjoying her cotton candy!

Ainsley asked to leave during the intermission.  She said she was tired and ready for bed.  The circus didn't start until 7:30 and intermission was at 8:30.  She's usually asleep by 9!  I talked her into staying, and I'm glad I did, because she had a great time.   The circus ended around 9:30, and we headed to get Lily before going home.  Lily had just woke up when we got there to pick her up, and both girls were ready for bed at that point.  Aunt Doris said Lily was good, and didn't get off her lap the whole time.  I'd say Lily had a good time by the smile on her face in the selfies her and Aunt Do took together!

Eckert's

Remember a few posts back when I said that Ainsley was upset at the apple orchard because we didn't get a pumpkin that day?  Well, we were able to get her a pumpkin a few weeks later at Eckert's.  We met Mom, Mark, Rowdy, Thomas, and Hudson for an afternoon of fun.


Ainsley wanted me to take her picture before we left.  I took advantage of the rare opportunity!

Best shot at getting all four of them in a picture!

They had quite a bit set up for the kids to do, and all the kids had fun running around checking out the animals, games, and anything they could climb on!  Lily only lasted one time around on the ride below before she was crying and reaching out for someone to get her off!  Hudson and Ainsley enjoyed it, after they had to stop it so I could get Lily off.

Ainsley made it to the top of the bouncy slide, and then didn't want to go down.  Grandma to the rescue!

Hudson had a lot of fun feeding the goats.  He had the biggest grin on his face while letting them eat the food off his hand.

 

Ainsley and Rowdy jumped in the bounce house, rode the tricycles, and all the kids played on the big jungle gym and went down the slide (all except scaredy-cat Lily).

They had some holes set up so the kids could do some putt-putt, but it wasn't as much fun as climbing on the fence or anything else they could find.

Teaching Hudson how to climb a fence

The big kids didn't want to leave all the fun activities, but we convinced them into going to look for a pumpkin.

They had all the huge pumpkins set on some hay bales and kids were going crazy on them!  Rowdy was the first one to hop up on them and pose!

Love the snot bubble in this one!

We were then on a mission to get to the pumpkin patch so Ainsley could find a pumpkin!  We had to take a wagon ride to the patch, and then back to the barn after finding the perfect pumpkin.  It wasn't an easy task to find pumpkins with two kids (make that three including Ainsley) that could hardly walk through the pumpkin vines.

Monster baby attack in the pumpkin patch

She found the perfect pumpkin

 

I finally accepted something that afternoon.  It's practically impossible to get a picture of both of my girls looking at the camera and somewhat smiling at the same time.  One of these days it will happen!

Lily had started to develop a rash on her stomach a few days earlier on that Friday evening.  Saturday morning she woke up and the rash had spread to her face, but it didn't look terribly bad.  On Sunday, while at Eckert's, the rash on her face continually got worse, until it was pretty big red bumps all over her face and neck by the time we left.  I went straight from Eckert's to Prompt Care.  The doctor tested her for strep, which came back negative.  He said it was probably something viral and should go away within the next week.  It did end up going away three days later, but it wasn't fun to look at.  Lily didn't run a fever, and it didn't seem to bother her, but it sure scared me and Joel!

Prompt Care selfie!