A certain little girl in our family celebrated her 3rd birthday in September and it has been all about Minnie Mouse in the house. Of course we had to have a Minnie themed birthday party. The party was held at a local park and had to be rescheduled because of a hurricane. Thankfully, the reschedule date was still in September and we had a beautiful day!
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| Minnie themed birthday party |
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| Happy birthday sweet Zoe! |
Zoe's singing Cinco Patitos in the bathtub:
Rose singing Mamma Mia in the bathtub:
We got distracted with the birthday party, hurricanes (two this fall!), and soccer and didn't notice that Darwin had a huge laceration on his elbow. We have no idea how he got it, but noticed that his elbow was exposing his bone as the hurricane hit. Colin took him to the emergency vet just before the weather got bad, and I had to pick him up close to midnight as the storm raged. Thankfully, it wasn't the worst hurricane we've ever had, but it did rain quite a bit and was very windy. Darwin was so afraid to go to the bathroom in the rain/wind with his cone on and ended up peeing all over the carpet! The doctors were able to stitch him up and put a bandage on him. In the first 24 hours he looked so pitiful, so I took his cone off while we were home assuming we could watch him. Boy was that a mistake! Before we knew it, he had pulled the bandage off and was licking the wound. So, it was back to the emergency vet for a re-wrap (and another bill). It took about a month for the wound to heal after stitches. On his first follow up visit it wasn't looking like the wound would close and the vet put some sugar in it. After a few more days it closed completely. Our vet suggested some laser light therapy to help the healing process and we did two treatments hoping that area would stay sealed completely. Elbows rub so much, they can be difficult to heal.
The fall always brings with it soccer season. Rose had a great season and really picked up her game. She was determined on the field.
Zoe started soccer this season and did really well. It's difficult to get 3-year-olds to play during the game. Most kids do pretty well with the 30 minute practice (which is usually fun), but then want to sit on the sidelines with snacks or parents when the game starts. As long as we arrived early enough for Zoe to "warm up" to playing, so usually did fine in the practices and in the games. She's showing herself to be feisty and aggressive in getting the ball and taking it to the goal. We just have to work on her aim.
Zoe's first soccer season
In October, we had our annual fall gathering at the girl's preschool. We love seeing the projects they work on, hanging out with other parents, and getting to see and talk to the teachers. The girls love showing us what they've been up to.
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| Rose's classroom theme was "la granja" - the farm |
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| Zoe's class has been focusing on dinosaurs - check out the dinosaur egg |
We love the cooler weather of fall and getting to visit some local farms.
This fall we also took a trip to the Zoo when the girls had a day off from school. The polar bear at the NC Zoo is always swimming.
October also means Halloween. We painted and carved pumpkins, had the girl's Halloween parade at school, and went trick or treating. This year the girls were both Batgirls. Their friend Lucas was catboy and we kept joking that the neighborhood was save with all the superheros!
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| Painting pumpkins before we carve them |
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| Ready to go trick or treating |
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| Getting a ride in the Mighty Max as we finish the night |
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