September wrap up

I have been doing a little blog caught up today (make sure you scroll down to checkout all my post) September just flew by. I have been blogging more on my other blog Mommy Creations so maybe that is the reason for the lack of posts her. Now that September is here we are getting back into our schedule of playgroup, story time, open gym etc. It is a little different this year since I have Aidan and most of Addi's activities fall during his nap time. Right now it is ok he can sleep on the go but I remember Addi reaching a point were she wouldn't sleep except in her bed. I guess we will tackle that when it comes.
Now that summer is over and cooler weather is upon us I actually enjoy taking the kids to the park.
Addi loves the park especially when we go with friends or daddy.
This outfit is from Aidan's great great grandma Hawthorne. Good thing she bought a big size because he already fits into it.

On days we don't have anything schedule we do a fun activity at home. I was braveand let Addi finger paint. She told me she was to big for the shirt. I think she has a little problem wit opposites. She also tells me she had to take her clothes off because she is cold.
There is lots of compromises with a 2 yo, like she wanted to wear pj to the library. I compromise by letting her wear her pj top with some pants. However, I would not compromise on letting her bring Tito's raggedy old dog purse. Addi thinks it is hers and gets mad at Tito when he takes it no matter how many times we explain to her that it is his and he has had it since before she was born. We named her Ronda its his girl friend.
I love this cute kids and sometimes I just randomly take pictures because I think they are so cute. I think my kids have more pictures of them in their short lives then I do from my whole childhood. It's so crazy to think that years from now my kids can look at this blog and see themselves growing up.
Ok I think I am finally caught up to October which is another busy month packed full of more Sorensen Family Adventures.

Joy School

September 13, 2010
Addi started Joy School and loves it.
I designed and made a fun little outfit for her to wear on her first day of school. She loves to wear her Dora backpack.
I can believe how big she is getting she has come along way in the last year both physically and mentally. Soon she will be off to real school, then college on to her own life. Some days I can't wait fr her to grow up, but then others I just want her to be her sweet innocent self forever. Really except for the hitting and the screaming 2 years old is a fun age.
She goes to school with 2 little boys. They are slightly older than her (they are both 3), but I think she keeps up after all she is a girl. We (the moms) switch off teaching. It is kind of stressful when it is my turn, but it is nice when I have 2 1/2 hours of Addi free time during the week.

Labor Day

We ended our summer pretty much the same way we started it. We a little swimming and a trip to get ice cream.There was one major difference.
That would be the presence of the cute little man on the outside of my belly.
And thanks to Earl (a hurricane) we were finally able to fly Dora. Addi had so much fun and it was so cute to watch Addi fly it all by herself.

Goodbye Summer

August 30, 2010
With summer coming to an end Addi wanted to go to the beach one more time and we wanted to go camping again, but didn't think it was plausible with a newborn, so instead we invited some friends to have a cookout at Straton brook park that had a little swimming lake with a beach.
It was a perfect night and food always seems to be better when cooked outside.
The kids had fun playing in the water.
After dinner we roasted s'mores and had other s'more treats (check out my crafty blog for such other s'more treats).

Dinosaur State Park

August 21, 2010
We went to the Dinosaur State Park on Dinosaur Day.
Our sweet kids ready to go find some dinosaur patiently waiting for mommy and daddy.
Aren't those the cutest dinosaurs.
They had face painting and fun crafts for the kids.
Our little Addisaurous.
They had different animal show. No dinosaurs, but animals that may have been around with the dinosaurs.
Addi was very brave and touch all the animals that they let her.
We also went on a nature scavenger hunt here is our last thing on our list a butterfly.

Aidan is 3 Months old

Our Baby is 3 months old!
Isn't he so cute and so big? Today I weighed him and he was almost 17 lbs (with clothes on and informally weighing him by weighing me with him and then subtracting just my weight) As a reference Addi weighted 16 lbs at 9 months. He is wearing 6-9 month clothes in these pictures.
He can rollover (always on accident he isn't rolling over on purpose) he smiles and laughs, but is then to fascinated by the video camera for us to get it on video. He has also started to do a lot of baby talking and will tell you a story if he feels like it.
He actually likes being on his tummy especially in the grass. Most babies I know hate their tummy. If you leave him there too long he does get extremely mad, but if we leave him in any place for to long he gets mad. He is a pretty easy going baby most of the time and usually only wakes up once a night, unless he goes to bed to early. He loves his mommy and refuses to get him food from anyone else (he is now refusing the bottle. Jared had him twice on Saturday for 4+ hours at a time and he would not take the bottle he just went to sleep and waited for mommy to come home. He woke up as soon as he heard my voice Saturday night (it had been 6 hours since I fed him.

Uncle Ethan Smile

Just in case you were wondering what an Uncle Ethan smile is.
This is Uncle Ethan (Jessica's brother) he is on a mission in Guatemala.
This is his famous smile that Jared likes to make fun of him for because he has it in almost any picture of himself.
This is Addi with Uncle Ethan right before he left on his mission last year. As you can see on the right Ethan taught Addi his smile before he left.
Ethan is afraid Addi will forget him while he's gone so he sends home picture and in most of them he looks like this, so when you ask Addi what Uncle Ethan does this is her response.
It is hilarious and she will drop whatever she is doing to give you the Uncle Ethan smile if you ask what uncle Ethan does. She even includes the thumbs up.
And now it looks like maybe Aidan is taking after his uncle and we think it is very cute. We love you Uncle Ethan!