I always have the best intentions to blog, but we all know what is paved with those (the path to hell in case cliched sayings isn't your thing). We've been so busy between Maddie's school, library time, Avvie's gym, doctor and dentist (yes, dentist for my uncooperative little girls!) appointments, making new friends and running into old and getting ready for our house closing next week (lots of posts to come about our new-to-us house) that I haven't had time to take all that many pictures, but I do have lots of stories and firsts. And of course I still have pictures from the beginning of the month and tomorrow is going to be October. Enough about the backlog and busy-ness. Let's look at some phone pictures!
Neither Madeleine or Avonlea had ever been to the dentist and we figured it was time for Madeleine and since we have dental coverage for Avonlea she might as go well to. We talked about it for weeks with Madeleine and even though she seemed excited, I was nervous she would lose it once we were there. Rather than hold you in suspense, she kept it together and was a model patient. We went to a pediatric dentistry practice, something I'd never been to as a child. Back in the day, we went to a regular dentist and I never felt deprived nor like I could only behave if I was being tempted with TVs mounted everywhere (including the ceiling above me), prizes, brightly colored walls, quirky decorations, etc. But, either I'm a pushover or realistic about the chances of getting my girls (more specifically Madeleine) to comply without all the bells and whistles so pediatric practice it was. The staff was very nice and ultimately it didn't cost anymore than a regular dentist so even though it goes against my weird Puritanical values, I'm going to declare our foray into the wild world of fancy pediatric dentistry a success and something we will continue with rather than finding a bare bones practice. And even though I implied Maddie was going to be the problematic child, it was Avonlea who completely lost it. However, at not even 19 months that's pretty much what I expected and the staff was prepared and handled it well. I doubt it's the first kid to have her fluoride painted on while held down by a mom and hygienist.
Here's Madeleine on her first full (2.5 hours) day of school without me. Drop off was a breeze and she was full of stories when she came home.
Avonlea is loving her gym class. I actually forgot we had it this week until I was dropping Madeleine off at school. I called my mom who was watching Avonlea and asked her to dress her in something comfortable. I raced home, grabbed Avonlea and we made it there only a couple minutes late. Now you can see why I was only ready for us to do two day a week nursery school. Three days and I might have lost my mind with all the scheduling!
Library time is actually meant just for Madeleine since Avonlea is too young for the group. Normally Avonlea and I hang out in the back with the other younger siblings, but this week was movie week so I let Avonlea sit with the big kids since I knew she would sit nicely. She loved it and in fact had to convince Maddie to come join her on the rug (normally Maddie races off to sit with the group but the darkened room had her a bit nervous). At the end when Miss Tracy pulled out the stickers to put on their hands Avonlea raced up, muscled her way past the three year olds and thrust her chubby hand up for a sticker. Can you see her just past the little girl in the dress?
They are Skyping with Nonna. Every time Avonlea hears the computer make any sort of beeping she races over yelling "NONNA!" thinking it's her calling to Skype.
Stories before bedtime
Lunch at Wendy's with Great-Grandma
I'll be back sooner than I was this time. Avonlea's vocabulary is amazing and Maddie has the funniest stories and things to say so I hope to do a post about some of that soon. Plus, I have pictures from our visit to WWII planes that have been waiting patiently in my picture file.
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