Toddler Talk Thursday

What is your child going to be on Halloween?

When we asked Gracie what she wanted to be for Halloween she told us she wanted to be a monster .....but thankfully this mommy still has control over pretty much everything lol So off to the Halloween store we went :)

We found lots of cute costumes....our final choices were Supergirl....a pirate....a witch....and little red riding hood. We let her pick which one she liked best and the winner is.....

Little Red Riding Hood!

Wordless Wednesday

Once upon a time :)

Making Faces

On Sunday we spent all afternoon playing with our pumpkins that we got from the pumpkin patch. Me and Gracie had so much fun :) Each holiday with her is getting better and better.

Gracie picked out this white pumpkin that we thought would be great for painting!

We painted it blue, purple, yellow, orange,green, pink, and a silver sparkle!

Gracie absolutely LOVED doing this! :)

The finished product :)

Our other two pumpkin we worked on next. We were gonna carve one and then stick faces on the other one but Gracie was having so much fun making faces that I just let her put faces on both of them. 3 faces to each pumpkin, here are our favs!

                                                           

I just love my turkey!

 

Crazy about Cupcakes!~!

Cupcakes is something me and my mom make for pretty much every occasion. They are easy to make, fun to decorate, and might I say DELICIOUS :P So for Halloween we definetly had to let Gracie decorate a cupcake, which she loved!! With some help from mama and papa, I think we did a great job!

 

 Gracie is the light of their lives :) :)

 Sprinkling :)

This is what her cupcake looked like shortly after. (What cha gonna do, she's 3)

Is this making you hungry?

me too!

Am I too picky?

Ok...I have been so excited to get Gracie's school pictures back and this is the best they could do!!??

I'm sorry but don't you think they could of fixed her bow so it wasn't sticking up in the air and worked with her on her smile so it wasn't so fake and so she had lips (her lips disappear when she fake smiles)

The only reason I got these pictures was because they were her very first school pictures ever. I just think the "professional people from Lifetouch" would of seen a bow sticking straight up in the air. I know your probably thinking I'm crazy and the picture is cute and I'm overreacting but......I'm a perfectionist when it comes to pictures and everything else. I want everything to be perfect and it drives me crazy when things don't work out that way.

Thank god for family pictures next month.

Toddler Talk Thursday

How do you help keep your toddler healthy during the cold and flu season?

Gracie is in preschool this year which makes me even more prepared for this winter season. Here is a few things we do to keep the germs away!

* Washing Hands! We make sure we wash our hands after going potty and throughout the day.

* We get our flu shots every year.

* We make sure when Gracie isn't feeling well we keep her home so she can rest and get better :)

* I'm always wiping everything with Lysol wipes ....it's a little bit of an addiction but it kills germs so it's all good.

What is Gracie Learning?

This week Gracie is learning all about nocturnal animals :) They are reading a book called Owl Babies. Here are a few projects she has brought home recently :)

You just gotta love the pig that they colored with chocolate pudding!!

 Fall Leaf :)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Every Monday night our public library had storytime. It is really fun and the kids love it! They read books, do crafts, sing songs, and me and Gracie always pick up some books to take home and read :) The theme tonight was owls which went perfect with what she was learning in school.

I thought this was so cute!!!

Here are the 3 books we brought home tonight. We read them all  already and they are all cute!

Picking The Perfect Pumpkin

I have been dying to show everyone how cute Gracie looks in her costume! I just love it!! (and so does she!)

Saturday we got up and went to the pumpkin patch! Yes it was cold....and windy, but that wasn't gonna stop us from having fun!!

As you can see...someone is sooo happy!!!

The Winners! The one white Gracie is gonna paint :)

We LOVE the pumpkin patch........until next year :)

Toddler Talk Thursday

What is currently your toddlers favorite book?

(you know...the book you have to read over and over again)

Gracie recently picked this book out and it has become a bedtime favorite. It has all kinds of "Happily Ever After" stories such as Beauty and the Beast....Snow White...Cinderella....The Little Mermaid....Alice in Wonderland. As a child my favorite shows were Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid. I watched those shows over and over again. It is so nice to be able to share that with my baby girl :) This book has become a mommy favorite too :)

*************************************************************************

My suggestion for Toddler Talk Thursday: What has been your toddlers cutest halloween costume?

*Gracie's Favs*

As a toddler, Gracie is constantly changing her mind on things she likes and doesn't like. As for right now these are her favorite things :)

Gracie will pretty much do anything I ask her for a sucker. And they HAVE to be Dum Dums.

Gracie cannot get enough of this movie!

She found these a couple weeks ago in the bottom drawer of her dresser and ever since Ive had to hide them because she wants to wear these everyday!!! lol


This is a must snack I have to keep on hand at all times.....Its a lifesaver, when we are out and about and she's getting bored and wants to rome around I just whip out the cheese crackers and everything is right with the world. Thank you RITZ for making my life easier.

I found this cup at Toys r Us and it has been a favorite ever since :)

Bath toys.....Ive never seen so many bath toys in my life, its crazy.

Gracie goes crazy for bubbles.....don't all kids??

Oh Alphie....you are amazing!

This has become the new "bedtime book" and I love it as well as Gracie

What are your toddlers into these days??

Craft Time!

So...I have been looking for some little craft that me and Gracie can do for Halloween and........

I found these at Joann Fabrics. Gracie is obsessed with spiders so I thought PERFECT!! We will make these cute little spiders and give them to all out friends :)

Gracie was so excited!!

So we start getting all our goodies out for our project and Im like hmmm...........these pipe cleaners are supposed to stick on this puff ball with craft glue??.....yea right.

So for the sake of the picture, the legs are just kinda...sorta layin there. Isn't it cute!

Unfortunatley when we tried to pick him up and move him.......he fell apart.

Sooooo plan B.

BRACELETS!!!

Braclets are waaaayyy cooler than spiders anyway!!!!

What is Gracie Learning?

Each week I will be posting about everything and anything Gracie has learned, whether it be in school or wherever. I will also be posting pics of all the little projects Gracie brings home to show mommy :) Gracie gets so excited to show me all the goodies in her bookbag...it is so cute!!!

Here is the first real thing she has made in school.... a doggie :)

Cute huh!?

Another thing I wanted to share with everyone is a little song about scissors.

They are learning the right way to use scissors and they made a catchy little tune to go along with it and it goes somethin like this:

SCISSORS (tune:Are You Sleeping)

Keep your thumbs up.

Keep your thumbs up.

When you cut.

When you cut.

We can cut with scissors.

We can cut with scissors.

Open shut, open shut.

Share it with your toddler, they will love it!!

Toddler Talk Thursday

What do you look forward to doing this fall with your toddler?

Wow....there is so much we do in the fall! Trick or Treating....The Pumpkin Patch....Carve Pumpkins....Trunk or Treat.....Boo at the Zoo....Halloweekends at Cedar Point. Lets face it....Fall is BEST!! We love love love halloween around here so October is the best month of all! Gracie loves all things that go bump in the night....monsters....zombies.....you name it, she loves it!

We haven't done much yet this year....all of our activities start next weekend!! :) So here's some past years and what out little Gracie was up to!

We really love sitting by the fire...making smores...and catchin up!

Playing in the leaves is always nice!

Look at all that candy! Someone was a happy girl!

She looks so little compared to that pumpkin!

She is so proud of her.....creation. :)

OH! I am sooooo excited to see Gracie all get up in this years costume........what is it you ask?

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD!!!!

(I know you are oooing and ahhing, its ok)