Swinging Silliness

Jordanna and Sierra love swinging at the park.  The other two run around so fast that I can never get their picture.

Teaching Time

Indoor rainy day PE - Wii Fit

Caleb participated in a Geography Bee sponsored by our home school group.

Jordanna playing with playdough - her favorite school time activity.

Caleb helping Alexa with her school work.

From My Kitchen

Jordanna spreading pizza sauce.

I made Sierra a big batch of homemade prunes, which you can see on her face and her tray.

Brown sugar glazed pumpkin cake

Banana chocolate chip muffins

Homemade stove popped popcorn

I made 2 bags of potato soup for the freezer.

Refrigerator roasted garlic potato dough.  Look for the baked bread next week.

Chocolate chip cookies for my favorite husband

Teaching Time

Alexa reading me a story from her phonics book.

Caleb practicing piano.  Both Caleb and Alexa are both taking piano lessons from Molly.

Making place mats that show where each item goes.

And Dave "teaching" Sierra to walk.  Ha!

Through the Eyes of Alexa

Apparently Alexa found my camera while I was at school on Tuesday.  Here are the lovely pictures that she took.

Then and Now

Remember when Sierra used to fit all the way down inside the carrier so that you could barely see her head?

Look at her now.  She's getting too big!

Ten Months

Here's what Sierra is up to at ten months -
-Weighs 16 lbs 5 oz pounds and is about 28 inches long.  No, she did not gain very much weight this month.  Yes, we are working on it. She saw the GI doctor and the feeding therapist this week, and we are working on getting her to poop and eat real food and drink from a cup.  She goes back for a weight check in two weeks.
 -Wears  6-9 month clothes.  Some of her pants are getting too short, though, so I'll need to pull out 12 month soon.
-Still wears a size 3 disposable diaper.  Her cloth diapers are still size medium and have to have 2 inserts to keep her dry.
-Spits up less and less, but she still drools A TON.  I keep a bib on her most of the time.
-Has 7 teeth, 4 on top and 3 on bottom.
 -Nurses every 2.5-3 hours.
-Naps twice a day around 9:30 and 1:00.  Goes to bed around 7:00.
-Still waking up 1-2 (or more) times a night.  .
-Loves being outside or out running errands.  When she's at home, I have to keep her busy, moving her from one room or toy to another or she gets grumpy and bored.
-Babbles, coos, and growls.
-Wants to gnaw on everything she can possibly get her mouth on including people's faces, fingers, and other random body parts.

-Scootches around on her bottom while sitting.  She doesn't go far, but she can move around in a small area.
-Stands while being held and bears weight on her legs.
-Is MUCH happier these days.  This is the best milestone of the month.

From My Kitchen

I did a lot of cooking and baking last week for various reasons.

First up, wraps I made for lunch.  The kids love these.  I took tortillas and spread them with spreadable cheese (the Aldi brand knock off of Laughing Cow).  Then I sprinkled them with a Parmesan cheese blend and Italian seasoning.

I topped them with ham.  Salami would be good, too, but the ham needed to be used up.

Next, I put on some lettuce.

Then rolled them up, sliced them in half, and served.

Mini quiches for the freezer

Apple crumb pie for prayer meeting

Alexa helped me make 9 bags of Teryiaki Chicken for the freezer (and some friends' freezers).

Cheesy chicken bundles, beer bread, steamed broccoli, and cinnamon apples made from the apples we picked

Apple Picking

Since Caleb and I were on Fall Break last week, Molly and I decided to take the kids apple picking. 

Sierra and Audrey watched from their strollers.

Jordanna carried her apples for awhile before they got too heavy.

Caleb hiding in the apple tree.

Checking out the petting zoo.

After we picked apples, we had a picnic lunch.

Then we visited the pumpkin patch where Audrey hugged and kissed the pumpkins.