Social Butterfly

Who knew that an almost-3-year-old's social calendar would be so demanding? Every weekend recently we (Caitlin) have had some sort of event...or 2, or 3. Her Auntie had a Halloween party for her and a couple of her friends, and we've been to a bunch of local festivals with some of her other friends and their families. Of course, Caitlin is loving life and enjoying every minute of it - and that makes her Daddy and I very happy as well.

Apples, Pumpkins, and Caitlin - Oh My!

Fall is here - and we've been busy doing all sorts of fun things. We went and got pumpkins at Tougas Farm one weekend, and then went back the following weekend and went apple picking. Caitlin really enjoyed picking out her very own pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, and deciding which apples to pick from the trees...the things we "made" her do before we let her go on the swings, which is really all she wanted to do in the first place.

See ya, Mom!

Caitlin and I went to our weekly Parent-Tot gymnastics class today. You know, our special mommy-daughter bonding time? Well today my loving daughter decided she could do it all by herself...and she promptly told me "Momma, I'm all set. You can go sit and wait for me."
Apparantly she didn't get the "mommy-daughter bonding time" memo.

S'mores

We were able to enjoy one last summer bonfire with the neighbors this weekend. Caitlin had a great time playing on the swings, running around like a maniac, staying up late and getting covered in marshmallow goo one last time.

Soft Pumpkin

That is the official color of Caitlin's new playroom. Whenever she tells people that we painted a room orange, the response is sort of a shocked...."Orange?!?!?....Oh...how nice....". No people, we did not paint her playroom safety orange, or even school bus orange. It's called soft pumpkin. I took some pictures to prove it.

The other big news on Shady Lane is that Caitlin got her first nightgown. Of course, it has princesses on it. And she loves to wear it because "it's fun wearing a pretty dress to bed."

The Last Hurrah

Well, it's official. Summer will be over in a matter of days, and it's back to school and our usual routines. We've been busy trying to cram in a few more summery-fun things while we can. Last night we took Caitlin out for ice-cream. She decided on the way there that she wanted to try coffee ice-cream. I have no clue how she even knew it existed. We ordered it for her, complete with rainbow sprinkles on top. And, she loved it. Actually, I was pretty sure she would. She has never met an ice-cream flavor that she doesn't like.
We also painted her playroom this weekend - the official color is "soft pumpkin". I'll post some pictures once we put everything back in there!

Summer Sickness

On Monday, Caitlin woke up with a stuffy nose. Fast forward to Thursday, when she started to tell me that her throat hurt. I took her to the doctor to get checked out, hoping it wasn't strep throat. Turns out her throat was fine. However, she does have a double ear infection. I'm sure the look on my face was a good one, since she hadn't said a word about her ears hurting, and I totally wasn't expecting that one. She wasn't too convinced that she wanted to take her medicine, but luckily it's pink. My girl will do almost anything for the color pink. And a pop :)