November

Bye, bye Pooh Bear.  Sierra was ready for a change to pink.  Boo :(

Enjoying the giant tub during our trip to Sunriver!

Auntie Amy let Sierra use her makeup.  Yikes.

Sunshine in Sunriver with my three favorite peeps.

Sierra's collection after our nature walk.

A Thanksgiving family picture

We managed to stay healthy for the whole month of November.  It was a miracle!  Every week that Sierra makes through of school without getting sick, we feel lucky.  She's slowly getting to the point that some days when I pick her up she's in a good mood and doesn't have a meltdown by the time we've made it home.  Those are good days!  She's getting more confident about sounding out words, and is also trying to spell out words on her own without such a worry that they are right or not.  At first, she was so concerned about them being right that she wouldn't try on her own.  It's also fun to see her working on her math skills.  We didn't do a lot of math before she went to school so it's nice to see her picking it up quickly.

We took a trip to Sunriver over the weekend prior to Veteran's day.  We don't travel very long distances because it's just really not a whole lot of fun with two little kiddos.  They don't enjoy being in the car and that makes the ride VERY long.  My parents ended up taking Sierra and so on the way, Jaxon was our only passenger.  He fell asleep for a majority of the trip so it went surprisingly well.  There was also no snow on the pass which made things go much faster.  We met my parents there as well as Kevin's family and Amy and her husband.  The kids had a blast.  They enjoyed the game room at the resort, loved the giant tub, loved being in rooms close to their Aunties and Uncles, and slept better than at home because they had a parent to snuggle up to.  There were only studio rooms available so Jess and Jaxon bunked together, and Sierra in I in another room.  The kids were in seventh heaven.  The ride home went well too.  We tried to leave close to nap time and Jaxon slept quite a bit again, and Sierra was awake most of the way but stayed very quiet.  A successful trip!

I loved the long weekend over Thanksgiving break.  It's so nice to have slow paced mornings! We got to enjoy meals with both sets of parents on Thanksgiving day and Jesse and I did a little black Friday shopping.  It was a great weekend and we were all sad when it was over. We've been cranking up the Christmas music though and next up is decorating!  I sure hope we can stay healthy in December!