Brrr... It is starting to get real chilly these days, so we are attempting to take advantage of the "warmer" days to get out and enjoy what is left of fall. Since the last post we took a trip to the Apple Farm with Nanny and Aunt Cheenie! Elsie loves apples. Anything that is round is referred to as an apple, but most recently she has said "punky" when prompted to say pumpkin! She helped Aunt Cheenie pick apples in the tree and was very focused on eating her apple. She even managed to swallow it instead of her usual chew, juice and spit out the skin. Ander, as usual, slept through the outing to the Apple Farm, but does make an appearance in the family picture with the pumpkins!
Halloween is fast approaching and the kids costumes are ready to go. We will have two crayons this year...a blue and yellow! I'm excited to post picture of our "colors" as Elsie calls them. Ryan is excited to take Elsie trick or treating. I decide he could take Elsie out this year. Last year Elsie was 8 months old at Halloween...what eight month old child eats candy...not mine thats for sure, so the candy would be for daddy. I don't think so. This year Daddy has a child that is capable of eating the candy she acquires...a little more acceptable than last year, in my opinion. We have a ridiculous amount of trick or treaters in our neighborhood, so my blue crayon and I will hold down the fort and hand out candy!
The upcoming week will be my last week of maternity leave. I will be heading back to work the first week of November. Hard to believe my 12 weeks is up already. I am excited to get back to work and for the kids to get back into their routine with Daddy and Nanny!
Elsie has been very fortunate in her 20 months of life, and especially the last 6 months to keep the number of major catastrophes to a minimum. We have had many, many bumps to the head, and one bloody lip, but yesterday we got our first bandaid. Ander was napping soundly in his pack 'n' play and Elsie was "assisting" me with cleaning the downstair bathroom. I was scrubbing the toilet while Elsie ventured into the shower. I didn't think there was any way for her to get into trouble, everything was out of her reach (shampoo, soap etc). All of a sudden I hear "I stuck, I stuck". I thought to myself what the heck can she get stuck on in there?! I opened the curtain and found Elsie with her finger stuck in one of the drain holes. She was holding her finger out, while the blood oozed out saying "Yucky". I got it cleaned up, but was kinda bummed when I realized I didn't have any cute bandaids to put on it. She had to have a regular one, but I was quick to purchase some pretty princess bandaids for future use. Now if only she would keep them on, and stop calling them "tickers" (stickers). 
Now to give both kids equal blog time, Ander is unable to get into any sort of trouble these days, but is growing like a weed. Seems like over night he jumped a size in clothing and is filling everything out quite nicely. Time to get into the bazzillion tubs of clothes and get out the next size up! This morning I was finally able to put Ander in one of my favorite onesies! This is how I roll!
