Fall is a lovely time of year here in New England as we gear up for some nice weather and beautiful leaves. Since I've started school, I've been very into the calendar, seasons, and holidays.
Reid and I sitting by the mums on the front porch one day after school.
School is definitely my new favorite thing. I love all my teachers - Mrs. Kelley, Mrs. Shock, Mrs. Levolsi, and Mrs. Noonan. I have tons of friends and know almost every kids' name. I come home everyday with a folder full of projects I made for the day and singing all sorts of little songs that I learned along the way. Each week, one kid is selected to be "on the wall." That means they are they special kid of the week. The weekend before they are sent home with a packet of things to fill out and color, and then starting the next week, it is placed on a big bulletin board in Mrs Kelley's room. In addition to being put on the wall, the special person gets to be the line leader and pick up the mail from the big school. The first few weeks, I spent wondering when it was going to be my turn, but the week of Columbus Day, I finally had my wish. It was my turn to be the person of the week! At the end of the week, the teachers made me this little booklet with the pictures I had turned in, papers I had colored, and special interviews with me and some of my friends.
Me by myself.
Getting some bike riding in while the weather is nice.
Reid @14 months
Using his push toy up and down the sidewalk
School is definitely my new favorite thing. I love all my teachers - Mrs. Kelley, Mrs. Shock, Mrs. Levolsi, and Mrs. Noonan. I have tons of friends and know almost every kids' name. I come home everyday with a folder full of projects I made for the day and singing all sorts of little songs that I learned along the way. Each week, one kid is selected to be "on the wall." That means they are they special kid of the week. The weekend before they are sent home with a packet of things to fill out and color, and then starting the next week, it is placed on a big bulletin board in Mrs Kelley's room. In addition to being put on the wall, the special person gets to be the line leader and pick up the mail from the big school. The first few weeks, I spent wondering when it was going to be my turn, but the week of Columbus Day, I finally had my wish. It was my turn to be the person of the week! At the end of the week, the teachers made me this little booklet with the pictures I had turned in, papers I had colored, and special interviews with me and some of my friends.
This book will be special for a long time! I love this page - what my friends think about me!
Mount Alvernia never is lacking for fun things to do. One Friday we had a Harvest Festival during the day - kind of like a fall festival. Dad took off work to take me. It was awesome - they had games and crafts and face painting. I chose to have an ice cream cone painted on my face.
Dad had fun seeing me in action with some of my new buddies. Here I am with Bridget, Tyler, Lacey, Finn, and Joe. We were cheering on the bigger kids and they tried to do some Putt Putt.
Finn, Joe, and me
I don't just do fun stuff at school. I had been looking forward to our annual trip apple picking at Lookout Farms in Natick all year. Dad's work schedule has been busy, so it was actually October before we were able to go this year, but that's okay. Of course, the day we went, it was also 80+ degrees outside, so not very fall-like, but Mommy made us dress in fall clothes so we could get cute fall pictures. Silly Mommy. Reid enjoyed the trip a little more this year than last year. He really liked the choo-choo train that took us out to the orchards.
Then the hunt was on for the perfect apples. As Reid walked up and down the aisles, he kept yelling "ball!" Turns out he thought all the apples were balls! As soon as we picked one for him, he was happy. Then he figured out he could eat it and he was even happier. Note Reid will have a "ball" in his hand for the majority of the remaining pictures.
You can't really tell so well, but Mommy is 26 weeks pregnant in this picture.
And let's not forget about little Reid! He's 14 months old now. He's quite the talker! He says Mama, Dada, bye bye, uh oh, bite, ball, car, bottle, vroom, dog, roof-roof, book, yeah, more, all done, down (for up or down), this, that, and I'm sure a lot of others that I'm forgetting. He can identify his ear, head, belly, and toes. He's walking pretty well, though slowly, so if he has to get anywhere quickly, he'll still crawl. He has 5 teeth - three on top, two on bottom - but the other top and two bottoms are on their way in. They don't seem to bother him though. He's still a pretty happy guy and loves all my cars and loves books, especially Good Night Moon and Peek a Who? He loves food but throws it when he is all done. He loves loves loves his blankie. He's adjusting well to his new daycare, though he usually still whimpers at drop off. He's the youngest in his toddler class but everyone seems to love him and snuggle him a little extra. He has more hair than I had at his age, but it's still not enough to know if it'll be curly or straight. He gets some serious bedhead in the morning though. His eyes have live up to his McGuire name and have turned brown.
Here's my pick - the most gigantic apple ever.
Then Reid and I settled down on some hay for a little snack.
And then on to pose with some pumpkins. The sun sure was bright!
We couldn't get Reid to put down the apple for anything!
But he was still pretty cute!
Fall also means soccer season is in full swing. We decided to advance me one league - so instead of playing with the four year olds, I'm playing in a combined four and five year old league. That doesn't really stop me from dominating too much like I have the previous seasons. Unfortunately, this year the rest of my team isn't too great and we pretty much loose a lot.
Reid now is a little more active at the games and is sometimes hard to chase down.
Practicing my dribbling. Even my buddy Kaya was able to come and watch me play one game.
Go Coopy!
My drawing and coloring skills have dramatically improved in the short 6 weeks since school started. I drew this picture in afterschool program - mommy pregnant and holding a broom. Lovely. Things are going well with my baby brother JoJo. We do have a name picked out - which I know by the way. Mom is now 28 weeks pregnant. Not too much longer, though I'm not sure I'm quite ready for another brother, I know Reid is not ready for another brother, and I'm not sure Mommy and Daddy are ready to be outnumbered. Mom's in no hurry as, so far, this pregnancy has been the smoothest of all.
Lots of other things happened this month that we didn't get pictures of. Daddy took his neurology boards. I told all my teachers that Daddy had a brain test - no telling what they thought I meant. We had lots of visitors from Kentucky to California to Pennsylvania to Maryland as the American Academy of Pediatrics had its national conference in Boston. It was fun to catch up with old friends!
Lots of other things happened this month that we didn't get pictures of. Daddy took his neurology boards. I told all my teachers that Daddy had a brain test - no telling what they thought I meant. We had lots of visitors from Kentucky to California to Pennsylvania to Maryland as the American Academy of Pediatrics had its national conference in Boston. It was fun to catch up with old friends!
And let's not forget about little Reid! He's 14 months old now. He's quite the talker! He says Mama, Dada, bye bye, uh oh, bite, ball, car, bottle, vroom, dog, roof-roof, book, yeah, more, all done, down (for up or down), this, that, and I'm sure a lot of others that I'm forgetting. He can identify his ear, head, belly, and toes. He's walking pretty well, though slowly, so if he has to get anywhere quickly, he'll still crawl. He has 5 teeth - three on top, two on bottom - but the other top and two bottoms are on their way in. They don't seem to bother him though. He's still a pretty happy guy and loves all my cars and loves books, especially Good Night Moon and Peek a Who? He loves food but throws it when he is all done. He loves loves loves his blankie. He's adjusting well to his new daycare, though he usually still whimpers at drop off. He's the youngest in his toddler class but everyone seems to love him and snuggle him a little extra. He has more hair than I had at his age, but it's still not enough to know if it'll be curly or straight. He gets some serious bedhead in the morning though. His eyes have live up to his McGuire name and have turned brown.
Since we have a calendar at school and talk about it frequently, including the upcoming holidays, I made it my personal mission to have a very spooky house this Halloween. Oooooh! Mom and I painted pumpkins - though it was 80+ degrees that day too and Mom got a sunburn. She did the vampire and I did the skeleton thingy.
We bought a skeleton for the door and put out our wreath. We also have tons of other motion activated loud mummies, skeletons, pumpkins, various blow up things, and scary spiders that make lots of noise and are super spooky.
Meet Frank. Frank has lived at Mimi and Papaw's house for probably 25 years. He's always been on their front porch and scared lots of trick or treaters as he moves back and forth and lights up. Mimi and Papaw thought it was time he move on to Boston, so now he resides at the Bolton home. He scares me just a little bit.
I've even made lots of my own Halloween decorations!
Reid is worn out at his school too. He usually sleeps on his face and has all of his blankies around him. Two sweet boys. Stay tuned for our Halloween adventures!
My school has a pumpkin decorating contest that I decided to enter. I made this alien pumpkin. The contest was today and I took the pumpkin in the car but then decided I didn't want to take it to school. It's at Mom's office instead.
Whew! Are you worn out from this lengthy blog? I'm pretty worn out these days. My school has rest time that is 40 minutes long where I lay down and am quiet, but it's not the same as the 2+ hour naps I was used to taking per day. I fall asleep in Mom and Dad's bed every night and they move me to my bed. I like to "read" books before bed and delay my earlier bed time as much as possible, but sometimes sleep is just too much to overcome.
Reid is worn out at his school too. He usually sleeps on his face and has all of his blankies around him. Two sweet boys. Stay tuned for our Halloween adventures!
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