Trick or Treat

We already had ours. As always we went to the town my mother in law lives in, I guess because Mike knows just about everyone there so it feels less strange taking their candy.

Sadly the 2nd house we went to, we had an accident. Megan fell from the porch. There was one huge step to get on, and when she got her candy, she turned (my guess is forgot the step was there) and went down. Poor guy giving candy felt so bad. It was a really bad fall. He gave her more of her favorite candy lol, and moved his chairs so that other kids would not get hurt.

She cried for a bit, but wanted to continue so we did. The weather was prefect, warm and sunny. After a while the leg she hurt begun to hurt her so we went back to mother-in-laws house and she gave out candy. Today she is sore, and she woke up a few times saying her knee hurts.

Here are some photos..

Girl and her candy!!!

It's getting cold

And I am not happy about it.

It feels like here in Ohio we go from, so hot you can bake to so cold you will get hypothermia.

I miss the days of it being "just right".

Megan loves the outdoors, and we spend the majority of the day in the backyard or at the park. The second she comes in she wants to go outside again, and again and again.

This will come to an end and I will have a child climbing the walks, cabin fever will hit again. Snow will come, and that will buy us play time outside, but no where near as before. I am hoping she will be in pre-school, part time but still 3 times a week 2 1/2 hours a day it will give her a much needed distraction.

And today I got a nut....

More like this week, not just today.

I guess days/weeks like this cause stay at home mothers to become drunks. Because if I had some Baileys Irish Cream, I would blend that sucker with some ice and go crazy.

Sweetest Day

Daddy got Megan a rose, as always she ran to greet him by the car. And all I can her is "Momma, Mommy he got me a flower, its so beautiful. And it means he LOVES ME!!!" Than she noticed he had one for me as well and begun to scream "Mommy he got one for you also, he loves you too"

I am sure all of our neighbors just about died laughing.

Fall is here!!

We do love fall leaves around here.

She did this on her own.

She didnt notice the leaves stuck to her back and top of head for a long, long time!

Skates

Just because she looks cute

She said its more fun to sit in them!! Just could not get those legs to move!!

Megan's buddy is moving

He has been a friend to her for a long time. He lives near mother in law, each time she visits she runs to the backyard and call his name, and each day he barks at mother in laws house "calling her". Its funny how attached she is to this dog, she has been crying ever since she found out he is leaving. Almost every night I hear "Shiloh cant move, he is my friend".

Introducing Buddy!

He is my new "Dog-in-law".

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

Today is the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.

I lost my first pregnancy in the 1st trimester. I will never forget the day.

But as much as my loss hurt me, it does not even compare to the pain people who lose a baby feel. So please today keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

More of my work

Ok, so please dont laugh, I am new at this but having fun. I have no idea how to follow patterns. So I just go with what's in my head.

This is the new bag I made so that Megan can carry her baby doll. It has a pocket for a bottle!

A purple hat and scarf, made from soft yarn.

And yet another green hat!

Look what I made

Yes I made these. No, really I did!! I crotchet the hat and the scarf, plus Megan's baby doll Tina, got a matching hat, scarf and a blanket!

My hero.

My 4 year old daughter is my hero.

Last night we had to run out for some gas and apples. When we came home, Mike locked his keys in the car. Of course somehow it was my fault, but that's besides the point.

We had no idea how we would get in the house, it was late, dark and getting cold. Mike managed to open the window in the back. And he asked Megan to go in and open the door for us. She refused, the whole house was pitch dark and she has a fear of the dark.

But, out of no where she agreed. She ran through the house and opened the door for us. Poor thing had to run through the entire dark house to open the door.

She was super proud of herself, and so were we. She overcame her fear to help us out. We told her she is our hero and she really is. I am so proud of my little girl.

Dealing with a 4 year old.

Can at times be impossible.

My daughter has always had this thing that if she didnt understand something, she didnt want anything to do with it. At times it was a tad annoying and frustrating, as she would have a melt down because a stuffed toy talked to her, or because she didnt want a jacket on.

Right now, this still hasn't ended. We went for a bike ride and I left her bike outside. Told her daddy will be home in a hour and we will go again. She decided to cry for the whole hour and sit by the door, because "she wants her bike home". Last night she had a meltdown because she wanted to take the dog to grandmas and refused to go without him. It seems like in the last few months she cries at the drop of a dime and cries 1-2 times a day.

Its always over such stupid and trivial stuff and at times you feel like pulling your hair out, in frustration.

I am not sure what the problem is, is it age? Is she bored? Is she tried and not getting enough sleep?

Whatever it is, let me tell you this stay at home mommy is counting down the days to preschool. I am looking forward to a job, where my co-worker wont have a meltdown because the cheese is not Mickey Mouse cheese.

Five years of Halloween

How fast time goes by, I feel like it was just last night that my baby had her "Daddy's little pumpkin" outfit on and we gave out candy. Too fast. (((cry)))

Hair Dilemmas

Having a girl is not easy!!

What to do with their hair? What kind of style will look good?

I used to "allow" my MIL to cut DD's hair, she always ended up looking as if Steve Wonder trimmed her bangs... No really I am not kidding, huge gaps and always crooked. I have pictures to prove it.

A few months ago we took her to a hair dresser, who parted her bangs in the right section and said the rest has to grow out. Which is a huge pain because it looks BAD while growing out and at times is too short to get in a tie. Plus its hard to part it the same way again, trimming the bangs and avoiding cutting the parts that need to grow out.

Now, I am really, really considering growing out her bangs as well. I like the look of no bangs. But I know with a 4 year old who HATES her hair tied this would be a huge PITA.

I feel bad, I feel like my inability to figure out a nice hair style is making my poor girl look funky.

Seriously? A Princess?

We went to 5 stores, including "Halloween USA" and have not found a dog costume my Megan liked. As a mater of fact the only one I found was a white puddle. Eww.

She found a princess costume she likes. The only reason she likes it is because it has a wand, that she thinks is magic. But the thing is, its not very warm! And Halloween here is cold!!

So we have the back up, last years ladybug. I took it out and she put it on, was a ladybug the whole day.

I admit, I liked the idea of a doggie a lot more!!!

Megan's excuses not to eat breakfast this morning.

*I'm cold
*My stomach is full, just look.
*My back is hurting me.
*I'm trying to watch TV
*But, I have an ouchie on my foot.
*I'm so so so cold.
*Its going to spill on my shirt and stain it.

Cecilia Slaby

Just ruined my night, who knows maybe my whole week.

This is the "mother" who remembered the doughnuts but not her child. Her story is rather odd, till this day I do not understand why this "mother" was not charged with a crime. The police interview gives me shivers each time I see it, its like she is talking with her father who keeps telling her its ok and that she is a great mother. Ignoring all the facts of the case.

Here is the story, her husband would drop the 2 year old at the sitters most of the time, on days when Cecilia Slaby did it, she had about 1-2 hours where she had to be at work and her sitter wasnt opened yet. So, she would let her child sleep in the car while she worked, and used her break to run the child to the sitters. This has been documented by many complains and reports within the school. As a matter of fact the school even issued a memo about not leaving your child in the car, and the principal told Cecilia Slaby in person not to do it.

Did Cecilia Slaby listen? Nope she did it again, and again.

On the day her child died, she walked by the window by which the car-seat sat over six times, she parked and re-parked her car and removed doughnuts from the back. And yet "claims" she forgot her child. Ironically, and sadly someone who walked by her car ONCE 8 hours later did see the child. But it was too late.

Now Cecilia Slaby is on Oprah and giving out 2 other interviews, my guess is that in a couple of months, you will be able to get the Cecilia Slaby Story as a Christmas gift.

Cecilia Slaby should be behind bars. She might not have wanted to kill her child, but she committed action over and over again that she knew COULD have killed her child and was in fact illegal in the state of Ohio. She committed this action not be omission, but with full knowledge of what she was doing.

Pumpkin Patch

Going to the local Pumpkin Patch has been our tradition since Megan was able to walk. Its fun and we LOVED it!

Monkey Sheets!

Do you all remember the meltdown for the monkey sheet? Here. Update is she has gotten them and... loves them.

Ok who would think a child would be insane about sheets??

Anyway, the first night we got them, she got sick and threw up all over them. After we changed her sheets and gave her a shower, we joked with that that if she really hated them that much all she had to do was say something, she didnt have to throw up on them!

But, I had to wash them the same night and have them on her bed first thing in the morning again. Now she wants a whole "monkey room".

Learns from momma

And co-sleeps with her baby.....