Friday, November 23, 2012

Catching Up

I have a lot of catching up to do since my last blog post, over 1 month ago.  Let's start with Halloween!  Sadie got to dress up in 4 different costumes this year. She was a bumble bee for Story Time at the Library, a pumpkin at Gymboree, Tinkerbell for my work Trunk or Treat, and Raggedy Ann for Halloween Night in our neighborhood. I think we confused her quite a but, because when she was Tinkerbell and someone asked her what she was, she replied"Raggedy Ann!" Oops :) Maybe next year we will go with just one costume!

Grandma, the picture is all blurry!  But you get the drift.  Me and Miss Vicki!
 Do pumpkins get much cuter than this?

I would wear wings every day of the week if I could!



I am much happier than Louie is right now!


After Halloween, we quickly transitioned to the next holiday of Thanksgiving.  Sadie is still a little confused on where Frank (our Jack-O-Lantern) went and why he isn't coming back until next year. 

Next we had family photos at Unity Village (see side bar for a few pictures).  Sadie was about done after 3 pictures, but we are lucky that Wendy (with Simply Moore Photography) was still able to catch her in some great photo ops!  Since then, every time we pass Unity Village, Sadie points and says "That's where we went (Unity Village) and had our picture taken and Sadie wore her pink cowgirl boots."  That is her longest sentence yet (yep, I am still counting) :)

The last time we had therapy Sadie was tested using the Ski-Hi test (I think that is what it is called) and she ranked at the 40-42 month old range for her receptive and expressive language.  I think that is pretty awesome!

Her therapist, Stacy, and her daughter Autumn went with us to the aquarium on Wednesday.  Sadie loved all the fish.  And she love Autumn even more. Autumn is almost 6 and was so sweet to Sadie and such a cute role model for her.  Autumn got Sadie climbing on things and going down slides that she never would have done on her own. It was awesome.  Afterwards we had lunch at Crayola Land. It was such a fun day for all of us!

We had Thanksgiving with my side of the family this year. Sadie wasn't a big fan of all the new foods, however, she did ask for Cranberry Sauce.  I guess she got that from some of the Thanksgiving books we have been reading. Ha!  She didn't like it as much as I think she thought she would.

Thanksgiving night we introduced Sadie to "Elf on the Shelf."  The Elf appeared at Grandma and Pap's house the day after Thanksgiving on top of the Tent that Sadie always plays in.  Her name is Ginger.  And guess what, Ginger even made back to our house before we got home.  She was hanging from the chandelier when Sadie walked in the door.  Sadie ate a good lunch today and so she walked up to Ginger and said "Sadie at a good lunch!"  I think she wants to make sure Ginger knows all the times she has been good so she can report back to Santa.  So far, Ginger has been awesome!  I hope Sadie continues to behave with her around :)