Its what fear is...

Its what fear is...was Lagoon's frightmares theme and it was very fearful for Ashlynn. Once it started to get dark she was so scared of every scary costume that roamed the place. All the kids wanted to go through the haunted houses and Ashlynn kept bolting towards the exit and not caring about anything else but to get out. So, Matt took her to kiddie land and that is where they stayed most of the night while the rest of us finished up the haunted walk throughs. Her and Matt had a great time together going through straw mazes, getting prizes and rode some rides together. So it didn't turn out to be so bad for her after all. She came home with lots of fun things. Meanwhile, we have discovered that Carter likes to go through haunted houses. He went through the scariest one there with Matt and another Dad. The moms and the other kids didn't dare go through it. It looked way too scary! Carter was just fine with it. I was so shocked that he wanted to go through it again. Crazy kid! It was so fun to be around all the fun Halloween things. People roamed the park with their costumes on trying to scare you and chain saw people running their machines. We had a great time!

What a fun way to end our Lagoon season.

Time well spent...

While the kids were off track we had some beautiful warm fall days to take advantage of. One afternoon we spent time at the city park. We never do this anymore, so we got some ice cream and chilled at the park for a while. It was so quiet and peaceful. The kids felt like they were skipping school because there was no one their age to play with just little kids. We then fed the ducks and walked a small part of the walking path. It brought back memories of the park days is Boise with our friends when the kids were little. It was definitely time spent well.

All girl...

Ashlynn was invited to a princess party and was dressed as Beauty and the Beast 'Belle". Come to find out there was 3 other 'Belle's. She looked so cute.

Also, her six weeks was up and she was able to change out her earrings for some different ones. She took such good care of her ears and kept them very clean. These little dangly earrings are her favorite. She is so proud of newly pierced ears.

The Gymnist...

Ashlynn was very certain that she did not want to do dance this year. She wants to continue with gymnastics. I told her that she would not have any dance performances or fun dress up outfits to dance in and she was completely fine with it. When people ask her how dance is going she lets them know that she is not a dancer this year and that she is in gymnastics. It is so funny. She is loving it and I am very impressed with her abilities. She has almost mastered the kart wheel and she is working on her back flip and other flips on the bars. I have to say that I am not missing the dancing either. I thought it was a good choice of hers to take a break from it.

Swimming lessons

The kids have been off track of school for the past 3 weeks and we have been filling the time. They had their annual fall swimming lessons and they both did great. Ashlynn has finally passed level 3 and moving on to level 4, yeah! Carter is still trying to master those tricky under the water turns and distance swimming in level 5. Ashlynn just might catch up to him. Carter is still the youngest in his swimming class trying to keep up with the older kids, but he is doing great! You would never have thought this kid was once scared of the water when he was younger.

The missing tooth...

Ashlynn has been waiting for the day that she could loose a tooth. All her friends have lost some, and she has been feeling left out. The dentist said that all her teeth may fall out all at once and she did not like that idea. Finally, the day has come and she wiggled the tooth out within a few days. She wanted no help when pulling it out. She now feels very satisfied and proud of her new gap in her smile. What a cutie!

A Happy Day..

My birthday was on the 4th and we had fun celebrating. Our family has been so busy lately that it is hard to tag down a time that we can all be together so, we started the day bright and early with breakfast at a new restaurant in town called Kneaders. Their caramel french toast was so yummy! This is now my favorite bread place! Then we were off to our daily obligations. Later that night we had yummy cupcakes from another favorite place of mine (Sugar Daisy bakery) given to me by my friend Kristy. I had so many treats brought to me on my birthday that I was definitively treated out. And that is hard to do because I am a treat person. So, thanks Kristy for my birthday cupcakes. Thanks to all those that called, texted and emailed birthday wishes to me. I appreciated them all! I especially love my new Minky blanket that Matt got me. It is the most heavenly, softest, cuddly blanket that I have come across and it was made just for me. It was a great day!