Allison Update

Age: 5 years old

Likes: Playing board games, putting together puzzles, completing her workbook, and reading.

Dislikes: Hearing about anything "fun" that Mia did while Allison was in school.

Wants in life:  A dog and a trip to Disney World.

Strengths:  Allison is very sweet and is always concerned about others. She is doing well in school and is starting to read words which makes her very excited.

Things she needs to work on:  Knowing she can't get what she wants all the time. She also needs to know when to stop bugging her younger sister.

Memorable quotes:

On the way home from school:
Allison "Mom, I gave someone my phone number today, because he is my best friend. And he gave me his"
Me - "That's nice, what's his name."
Allison - "I don't know. I forgot."

Amelia Update

Age: 4 years old

Likes: Playing Little People, riding her bike and other outdoor activities, playing with Leapster and Wii, dogs (real and stuffed), and reading books.

Dislikes: Timeouts and taking naps

Wants in life:  A dog and a trip to Disney World. She REALLY wants both!

Strengths:  Amelia has a wonderful imagination and sense of humor. She continuously cracks us up with her dramatics.

Things she needs to work on:  Controlling her temper and keeping her hands to herself.

Memorable quotes:

I was trying to talk Amelia into eating her fish sticks and told her that they look yummy and if I were her, I would eat them. She replied back with: "If I were you, I would eat them too. But I'm not you, I'm me."


Amelia - "When is Penny going to get here"
Me - (blink, blink -what?) - You mean Porter? When is he going to get here?"
Amelia - "Yeah, Quarter. When is he going to get here?"
Me - "It's Porter, with a P."
Amelia - "Oh, ok Porter."

1/2 hour later.. "When is Quarter coming."

  

Halloween Fun

Halloween was so much fun this year as the girls were really into it. Allison and Mia couldn't wait to go trick-or-treating.  Allison was dressed as Strawberry Shortcake and Mia was dressed as a witch - a "mean" witch according to Mia. It rained all afternoon and the temperature didn't make it out of the 30's; however, we didn't let that deter us. I layered them up in clothes underneath their costumes to the point I was afraid they wouldn't be able to walk. Luckily, the rain stopped in time for us to go outside. It appeared that the poor weather kept a lot of the trick-or-treaters away, so the girls didn't have to compete with other kids until the end.  Other than Amelia wiping out and falling face first on the sidewalk, the girls had a lot of fun and collected a bunch of candy.