Clever

We actually had a few days of rain this month.  A little "trick" right before Halloween that we might actually have a real fall....didn't happen. Anyway, on one of those wonderful rainy days, here was my conversation with Avery:
Avery: "Mom, can I go jump on the trampoline?"
Me: "No, it's raining outside."
Avery: "Please, mom.  Can't I jump on the trampoline?"
Me: "No, your clothes will get all wet."
Avery:  "Then I'll put on my swimming suit."
How could I say no to that? :)

Speaking of Falling Out...

The tooth fairy visited our house for the first time this week!  Yep, Sophie lost her first tooth.  Surprisinlgy  enough, she wasn't scare of it coming out and actually wiggled it out on her own.

She requested a gold Sacagawea gold dollar coin from the tooth fairy.  Unfortunately, the falling out happened at night and that particular coin wasn't one the tooth fairy could round up.  But she was able to scrounge up a gold dollar coin with William Henry Harrison on it.  It came from Sophie's piggy bank, but our plan was to secretly exchange that coin with a Sacagawea one the following day, and hopefully, she'd never even realize.  The problem was, at 1 o'clock in the morning when little miss Sophie decided to come into our bedroom to show us the coin the tooth fairy had left, she turned it over and asked me to read the name of the person whose face was on the coin. The second I said, "William Henry Harrison", she responded with, "That's just like the one I have in my piggy bank."  Still not sure why a 5 year old would remember him on the back of a coin she hadn't seen in over a year, but nevertheless, we now had a little problem.  We couldn't just exchange it without her knowing.  So the next day, Lance, I mean the tooth fairy, went and got a Sacagewea gold dollar coin.  We had Sophie put the gold coin she had "received" under her pillow again with a note to the tooth fairy asking if she would exchange coins with her.  She did of course, William Henry went back in her piggy bank and everybody came out a winner!

Falling Out

So this may be a gross picture for you to look at, but just imagine how gross it is to me!  This beautiful pile of hair is what I am currently losing on a DAILY basis!  It's that super fun post pregnancy hair loss!  Maybe the fact that my hair is pretty long makes the pile look worse.  But regardless of that fact, there is in reality enough hair falling out every day that I actually have bald spots.  I even looked into Rogaine for women, but it can take up to 4 months to see results.  I hope and pray that in 4 months my hair will be growing back on its own!  Until then, if  you see me run my fingers through my hair and scream you know why.

It's crazy all the things we do for these sweet little babies.  I can list hair loss for sure, weight gain~30 pounds worth, and even a lovely little "skin-stache". What is a skin-stache you ask?  Oh, only a darkening of the skin above my upper lip that looks just like a mustache only it's not hair, it's just skin! So pretty!  Someday, my body will be back to normal and all this will be a funny and yet horrifying memory, right?  Besides, she's worth it! :)

And Ponies Too!

For many years in a row we used to make pony rides at Lemos Farm in Half Moon Bay a part of our Halloween celebration, so when Avery couldn't ride the horses at Western Trail Rides, I couldn't resist loading the kids up for the day and driving to the coast! The weather was PERFECT and the traffic was light!  What more could you ask for?  With BBF Sara along for the fun, the girls (and I) had a great time!

More Horses

I love Groupon!  I get their emails every day and I love scoring a great deal!  Earlier this year I bought a Groupon for half off horseback riding at Western Trail Rides in Sunol...only $30 for two people to ride for a half hour.  Because of our crazy summer, it took us a lot longer to use it than we thought, but we finally did!  Only Sophie got to do it because you had to be 5, but she had her dad as her riding partner and loved every second of it.  Avery, Riley and I hung out back at the stables and petted the horses there.  Such a great place!