Something New Every Day

Grace can climb up on the couch without using any toys or pillows now. She's so excited about this new trick! :)

Weekend with the Kio's

What a fun weekend at Jill and Eben's! It was funny to watch Benjamin and Grace play together. Benjamin is all boy and likes to grab and tackle. Grace is all girl and has a definite bubble and needs her personal space. Despite this they played well together and seemed to have a good time. We went for 2 walks on Saturday because it was so beautiful out; we had to take advantage of the wonderful fall weather. We are already looking forward to going back down for Benjamin's birthday over Thanksgiving break!

Can I Help?

Steve was trying to grade papers on the floor before Grace went to bed. I'm not sure if he'll try that again.

On a separate note, I was on my way to pick up Grace after work today and all of a sudden I noticed a huge, black, hairy spider looking at me from the dashboard. After almost putting the car in the ditch I pulled myself together and tried to smash it with a water bottle. It sprinted into a crack and hid. I didn't see it for about a mile and then it peeked at me from a different crack - even closer to me than before! Again, I gathered myself and tried to throw the water bottle at it. Again I failed miserably. It disappeared and I haven't seen it since. If you can't tell, it's still bothering me. I know that tomorrow morning when I get back into the car I will still think about this massive spider and wonder in which crack it's now hiding. Yuck.

Easy Recipe

I made Crock Pot Pizza for lunch today. It's one of Steve's favorite meals and it's really easy to make!

Crock Pot Pizza

1 16 oz. box Rigatoni noodles

2 15 oz. cans pizza sauce

4 c. mozzarella cheese

3 oz. pepperoni slices

8 oz. mushrooms

Cook rigatoni noodles until done. Drain. Layer pizza sauce, rigatoni, pepperoni, mushrooms and mozzarella cheese in crock pot. Layer 3 times. Cook on low for 2-3 hours. 

Of course you can add other toppings and omit some of the above. I love fix-it and forget-it meals. Enjoy!

Stuck

Grace decided to scoot underneath her table and then was ticked off when she couldn't get back out. It was pretty entertaining. She then decided it was safer to crawl on top instead.

Giggles at 3 a.m.

I was just talking to Jill last night about how great Grace has been sleeping lately. I think I jinxed myself because at exactly 3:02 this morning I was awakened by giggling followed by "mama ball" followed by more giggling. Despite what time it was I had to laugh. How can you get annoyed when they are that happy-even if it is in the middle of the night?? I was just thankful that it was a weekend night and we didn't have to get up at 6. Luckily she went right back to sleep after I got her a drink. 

New things that Grace is doing: she now knows where her nose and belly button are; she can also zerbert your belly!

The Shoe Obsession Continues