Fall Firsts

We are having a busy and fun Fall and one that has been full of some "firsts" too.  For blog purposes, the "Fall" will include things that have happened since school started, although it still does not feel like a true Fall here in Mississippi (thanks to 80+ degrees yesterday on 10/30).  

Abigail started K4 and is loving her new teacher and classmates.  She is well on her way to learning to read and I love hearing her sound out words.  I hope she loves reading as much as her Mommy does!

Luke, our resident trouble maker, started back to Mom's Morning Out and we are thankful for his sweet teachers who take good care of him and give this Mommy a break two mornings a week.  He has a great time in the, "big kid room," as he calls it.

Lottie has continued to adjust beautifully to our family and moved into her big girl bed in her shared room with Abigail.  Look how tiny she looks in that huge bed!  She is very proud of herself in it too.

September started her serial casting process to correct her club feet.  She is such a trooper and has taken the casting like a champ.  While she does not love the process of getting new casts every week, she has learned to scoot around a crawl so the casts really aren't slowing her down at all.  The only thing she really seems to miss is her tub baths.  All sponge baths for this girl until we get the casts off for good.  We are on week 8 of the casts and probably have another 5 weeks or so to go.

Abigail lost her first tooth several weeks ago and was SOOOOO excited!  She was very brave as Dad, and then also Mom, helped to pull it.  She was so proud of her tooth fairy owl pillow and loved finding quarters inside the next morning.  She's got a second one just about ready to come out so we are expecting another visit from the tooth fairy soon.

Soccer started back for Abigail and she still seems to love getting out there and playing.  She has learned a good bit this season and has improved in controlling the ball versus just kicking it as hard as she could last year.  

Her cheering section enjoys snacking while she plays!

One last first of the Fall was our family's first trip to the beach!  Abigail had been once when she was one, so this was really the first time she could remember.  They all three loved the sand and water.  Chasing the waves was a favorite and we went at a great time (week after Labor Day) so there was practically no one on the beach.  We are so thankful for kind and generous friends who helped our family have such a fun week together!

I have a bunch of pictures to load off of my camera, so hopefully more blog posts will follow soon!