Giggy Turns Two

We had Giggy's birthday on Saturday. It was an amazing, beautiful fall day. The trees are at the end of their fall cycle and dropping all their colorful leaves. The streets were covered in a tick layer of leaves, I just love the crunching sound. We went to The Highland Haunt. It was a really cute little fall festival. They shut down 32nd st for a few blocks for trick or treat booths, and tons of other activities for the kids. The best deal was the $5 activities pass. The girls could get a pumpkin, we actually got the last two. Face painting, we accidentally forgot. The girls favorite was a horse and carriage ride. 

And a bouncy Castle.

All in all, the festival was so much fun. As much as I detest Denver, Highland is so amazing. We will certainly be back next year. After we left the festival, we came back to our house to enjoy some green chili, presents and Giggy's butterfly cake. 

I cannot believe Giggy is two already. She is growing into a beautiful little girl.

Personality: You speak so quietly sometimes it is hard to hear you over your very boisterous family. However, if you finally want to get your point across, you get loud and man you have the perfect two year old tude. You are still very attached to mommy, you only allow people to hold and pay any attention to you on your terms.                                                                             Favorite Pass Times: Baby dolls of any kind, Curious George, Wreck it Ralph, Balls, and Cars. Favorite Food: Bananas, PPJ, Milk, BREAD, you LOVE bread. 

Home Pre-School

It has been a while since I posted about the girls schooling. It is going pretty well. Pouch is learning something new everyday, as is Giggy. I am not actively teaching Giggy anything, she is just along for the ride. But she is surprising me by what she is learning and retaining. 

Pouch is always excited to start school each day. We have started doing a bible story at the beginning of each day. Its really amazing how her eyes light up each time God is mentioned, the purity of children's hearts. One of our new goals is to have them watching more educational TV shows, rather than mindless TV. I try to start our lessons with Leapfrog movies about letters or numbers then transition to actual school. They are still toddlers after all. I only focus on book learning for as long as they are interested. Some days that is about 10 min others its 30 mins. As long as a little learning is happening I am happy. 

I signed up for the website ABCmouse.com. It is really fun and interactive. Pouch is becoming a pro at using the mouse and computer to complete each lesson. right now, I am only using it to supplement our other activities at home. She is able to identify letters when asked to chose from a line up of other letters. However, she is still having a hard time coming up with the name of each letter individually. Each day she is getting better and soon she will be moving on the phonics and letter sounds, it is crazy to think maybe in a year she will start reading.