Its getting cold...

Even though we haven't turned the heat on yet it's getting cold.  The house was 65 degrees yesterday. That's 17.  Henry is warm and toasty when we go back and forth to the school in his new suit, and he has had great sleeps in his new 2.5 tog sleep sack.

New table

The Turcsanyi's have outgrown our kitchen table.  Mike and I bought the other table about 8 years ago when we first moved into our new house.  I think it was our first purchase.  It was a large table, but only sat 4 people pretty much.

Here's the new one.  With the toasty warm fire.

The table could easily sit 8.  Tomorrow we meet with a design consultant about some new things for the living room.  It's all coming together.

A bit of randomness

Two girls at their dentist visit!

We still haven't turned the heat on thanks to our 2 fireplaces.  This kitchen fireplace is the first thing I loved about this house when we looked at the photos online. 

sitting up in bouncy chair.  Almost time to retire this thing. 

Hello!

Helping with Laundry

Hunting Season

Mike went away for a few days hunting.  Luckily that involves Scout, so it wasn't as much work for me.

Family photos

A few family photos.  Bronte Creek, Monday October 14. 

We get more via a CD this week.

Preschool Update

Preschool is going awesome! Now.

Preschool started off on a high note and then something happened.  Someone told her not to run or told her one of the reasonable rules around there and then she thought the teachers were mean. We had 2 terrible weeks.  For 4 of the preschool days she was in tears saying she didn't want to go.  I actually had tears one day dropping her off as she legitimately looked so sad.  The preschool director actually followed up in the middle of the class via phone and said she was doing well, so there weren't any major issues.  It was just really hard to get her there. Mike had a good idea to send her with a small Wall-E toy in her backpack in a special secret place.  That seemed to help her.  Plus I got him to drop her off a couple of times, which also seemed to help.  The teacher worked really hard to spend lots of time with her and slowly she got back on her feet.  I think there were a few kids that were REALLY upset the first week and Rose may have been ignored a bit. Since the whole dramatic 2 weeks she has made a really good friend named Claire.  The teachers say the 2 of them are inseparable.  It is so sweet. Now she is perfectly happy to go to preschool, but if I mention her staying for lunch she doesn't want to.  It is an option and I think maybe she should go for at least 1 full day a week in the spring.  Kindergarten will be full time, so it would be good to introduce her to that.  Plus, her friend Claire will be doing a full day as well.

My writing has been less than stellar lately...less time, and more rushed posts!

Henry 5 months

At 5 months...

• Better sleeps, sometimes sleeping through the night!
• Teething seems to be ramping up again! Lots of drool and chewing!
• Way fewer naps during the day.  Sometimes only 2 small ones.  One day I suppose they'll merge into 1 larger nap in the middle of the day.  We definitely don't produce mega sleepers in this family. 
• Tons of talking and noises. 
• Starting to sit on his own for small stretches. 
• Wearing 6 month clothing now, and the occasional 3-6 month things that fit. 
• Enjoys being in the stroller for small walks and sometimes drifts off to sleep if it's not even moving!
• Able to sit in the high chair while we eat dinner, playing happily with toys...unless he's tired, then needs to be held. 
• Pretty easy and pleasant baby now! Grew out of the gassy, burpy, spit uppy phase. 

Florida prep step Number 1...passports!

Rose's needed renewing as it had a 3 year expiration date. She was the same age as Henry when she got her first one.  I have obviously asked for it back as it is super cute.

Here's the old one here.

Toothier!

On September 21 Henry's second tooth came in! What a cute smile!