Piano Lessons

Isabella started piano lessons last month. She had been interested in playing piano or violin since last years Lincoln Talent Show. She saw a lot of kids playing instruments and really thought she would like it. So I started hunting for a piano. I was all over craigslist and had asked people to keep an eye out for anything that might come up. We were lucky enough to have Kurt's Aunt Carol give us her piano. She doesn't play anymore and thought Bella would be able to use it for piano practice. She loves it!! She knows Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Mary had a Little Lamb, and two songs that she can read and play out of her music book. It's very different having a piano in the house, and sometimes very loud!

Soccer Boy

Carter had his first soccer practice at Kids America on Thursday! He has a game on Saturday, so should be interesting. They all looked so cute running around out there on the field. He loved it and said "I want to do that again!"

Trick or Treat

As always, my mom and I took the kids to Darr's Farm this year. The kids were Jessie and Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story. We always go in costume to get pictures, pick out pumpkins, and this year we even did the corn maze. Bella led the way. (I'm surprised we are not still in there!) The kids got to paint their pumpkins to keep inside. Last night was trick or treat. The kids had a good time and we met up with my mother's group and the girls from Bella's class. There were not a lot of places handing out candy, but the kids were just happy to be out in their costumes!!
By the way, in one of the last photos, Carter is next to a little girl in a pink dress. Her name is Avril and she has planned their wedding. LOL Too cute!! They play together every week at the mother's meetings. Very sweet. Also in the last photos, Bella is Alice from Alice in Wonderland, because it is United Way week at Lincoln and they get to dress up as their favorite storybook character.

The Fair

Bella and Carter had a great time at the fair. Bella splits her time between kiddie rides and big kid rides. Bella likes the rides and playing games. She went through the barns but was not as enthused as Carter. He was in love with the animal barns this year. He liked seeing the cows, rabbits, and chickens the best. He does not like the pigs!! We won a fish, of course. Carter tried for a rabbit and I'm thankful he didn't win. lol The fish's name is Lily. We decided she was a girl because she looks like she is wearing lipstick. Enjoy the pics. (By the way, the picture of the dog, Gravy, is actually Keri dressed up for Bob Evans. Too funny!!)

Dancing

Bella performed at the fair on Sunday. She had a great time!! They had only been able to practice for a couple of weeks, but all the girls did a wonderful job.

?Migraines?

Bella had another "episode" yesterday. She gets a really bad headache and stomach ache. She always seems to throw up and then becomes really pale and lethargic. We believe she may be having either a regular migraine or an abdominal migraine. They have a lot of the same symptoms, but it's possible. She had one in August and one yesterday. I am keeping a log of what happens, when it happens, what she ate, what may have changed to try and find a trigger or at least show a pattern of her having these. Her pediatrician said that's what it truly sounds like but they are really hard to diagnose and there is really no treatment if she is having them infrequently.
I think this may have been what happened to her in April, but it was probably her first and she was so disoriented, and we didn't know what was happening to her. It starts in the morning and she has it all day long. I can get her to sleep which is the best thing for her and the next day she is fine. We don't know anyone who has a history of migraines in the family so I am not really sure where it comes from.

Port Removal

Kurt gets his port removed tomorrow. YAY! Seems like the final step in all of this. He goes in at 6:40am and his surgery scheduled for 8am. Should be ready to come home by 10 or 11am. His only restrictions are he's not able to lift heavy things for a couple of days.

Bella doing excellent in school. She took her first AR test yesterday and got 100% and has her first spelling test on Friday. Seems like such Big Kid stuff. She's loving her ballet/jazz class. She's doing a performance at the fair on Sunday, October 3. They are dancing to "Baby" by Justin Bieber. So cute!!!

Carter is a wild man as usual. LOL He's doing wonderful on the potty. He's started going #2 which is awesome. He spends all day in underwear and will either tell you he has to go or just go by himself. I always know when he's went by himself, because he comes out naked. He's so funny!!

I hosted my first Mother's Meeting today, which was fun. I haven't been able to go to the last two, because of appointments, so I was glad to have some adult time with some other mothers today.