[lilmiss] Or maybe I should pop mommy’s collar. Once again, I won! I won at the karate Halloween party for best costume in the 3 and under category . I can’t help that I’m so cute . I got a cool little award to add to small collection. YAY! Mommy always has me at my best and knows what works for me.

Tonight was Halloween, and there were a lot of other pirates out there, but none as cute as me. Or at least that’s what my Daddy says. Mommy and Daddy were checking out all the houses where we were and Daddy at one point even broke out his wallet to buy someone’s house. WOW! Wouldn’t that be neat. It was crowded out there, but lucky me I got to sit in my stroller and just watch everyone. Mommy kept running into people, or maybe people were just getting in her way?! But it was fun. I got to eat some cookies that this fun little girl gave me. And mommy let me have some candy corn too. I still like the real corn though. You know the stuff you have to eat off that funny stick or the kind that comes out of the can, or maybe even the one from the bag that’s super duper cold. All I know, is that Kuya had fun and that’s important to me.

The holidays are coming soon. The day where I get to eat a big bird. YUMMAY!

[lil miss] Our party was a big hit, even though I slept through a bit of it. Poor mommy was so tired. She did a wonderful job though and everyone kept telling her how amazing it was. Kuya’s friends weren’t expecting quite a shindig. The food was enough to feed an army. We each had our own cakes !

And man we are loved!!! Our house looked worse than Christmas! Mommy is still working on the thank you cards!

Mommy and Daddy said not to expect another party quite as big. It’s okay though. I won’t!

Thank you Mommy and Daddy!!!!

According to this article, a pacifier is a good way to prevent SIDs.

Mmmkay, so what about the whole dental business when it comes to the paci?

I’ve always been opposed to them. I don’t know. I just am.

When BB was a babe, my mom insisted in offering it to him. Luckily, for us, he refused it at every chance. Like I said, I tried it on the lil miss b/c I thought she was eating too much and just needed to be orally satisfied. She too refused it.

Honestly, I tried it again, just now. And she refused it. I pondered even getting a different brand. Ive been trying the free Av.ent one with her.

I don’t know why I’m trying so hard. Honestly I don’t.

According to the same article, I’m doing everything wrong with the lil miss. I don’t place her to sleep on her back. I place her on her side. If I place her on her back, she instantly wakes. Sometimes I place her on her tummy to sleep, only when I know I can closely watch her and I don’t have anything else to do. She just sleeps better that way. She also sleeps with us. The co-sleeper did NOTHING for her, she would just wake upon placing her in it. Like I said before, she had the “Princess and the Pea” syndrome.

But is it so wrong?

I did the exact same things with the lil man. He slept with me for 4 years. Yes I am one of those people. He slept on his tummy too, even before he could roll over on his own. And like I said, he refused the paci.

I think I’m finally getting tired, having a baby around, and NOT wanting to be on the computer is settling in. I didn’t mean I’m tired of having her around, I’m just feeling a bit rundown.

Lil man’s first week back is what is sparking this, I’m sure. I’ve had the job of taking him in the mornings this week b/c S has had to fill in for someone in the mornings. I also have to make sure homework gets done afterschool in addition to making sure he’s bathed and fed and in bed by 8:30PM. And then there’s karate that he has to get to 2x a week. And with the feeding thing… sometimes I even cook. HA.

I’ve been getting up at 6:30AM b/c I’m just not the type to roll out of bed, brush my teeth, and wash my face and out the door. I’m just not. I need my morning shower to wake me and get me going!!! So if the lil miss doesn’t need to be fed and I can sneak out of the bed without her noticing then I go about my morning business in addition to getting the lil man out of bed before 7AM. Then there’s the arm pulling of making him eat and finish his breakfast before 7:30AM so that by that time he can brush his teeth and get dressed. And hopefully all this gets done by 7:50AM so that we’re out of the house by 7:55AM.

Yeah I’m a stickler like that, but that’s MY routine. Oh yeah and somewhere in there I have to fit in washing up the lil miss, changing her AND feeding her.

No wonder I’m tired. LMAO.

Next week and the ones after, I’m hoping that S can pick up some morning routines. I do like bringing J to school, but doing it 5x a week is really taking it’s toll on me. So I’m thinking 3x, and most especially Mondays b/c that’s when announcements are made.

Lil man is of course loving school. Which is a good thing !!! His new teacher is really strict compared to last year’s. She has a tally system, red tallies are bad and blues are good. At the end of the week, if you attain 5 good tallies you get something out of the treasure box. Lil man has got NO tallies… and his response, “It’s okay mommy, I’m just a regular kid.” Blue tallies would be nice, but no tallies is better than red ones. Heh.

Lil miss is definitely getting more interactive. She’s smiling and recognizing voices and faces. When the lil man comes in in the mornings and talks, she looks for him. We’ve been spending QT time with my ‘rents a lot too and she’s been cooing and bonding with my mom, which is just toooooo cute.

I realized that the lil man was not quite outfitted for some new shoes for the new school year, so we went to Nordy’s to make a purchase. I know I could’ve found them elsewhere but I had a gift card to use and I’ve been wanting to get the lil miss some Rob.eez too, so why not kill 3 birds with 1 stone???

I picked out 3 pairs for him to choose from. A pair of New Bal.ance, adi.das, and some Nik.es. He usually has Nik.es so it was no surprise that he wanted those even before he tried them on. They were a really obnoxious blue color though. ICK. He reluctantly tried all 3 pairs on and came home with the adi.das like the ones in the photo, only the colors are greys, blues, and reds. When I carried them in my hands, they were a lot lighter than the others too. Good choice for him!!! So he’s only got 1 pair of shoes at the moment. Not like he wears the nonathletic ones that I buy him anyhow *shrugs shoulders*. He needs some though. I’ll have to check out Payl.ess for some brown ones to match his uniform.

And of course I got the lil miss her first pair of Ro.beez!!! The pink with the flowers!!! YAY!!! They’re still a lil big on her but in due time she’ll be filling them out. I was actually going to go with these yellow chick ones, b/c she’s a lil rooster . But they didn’t have them in stock. I do however want these limited edition ones b/c there’s both a lil puppy and a kitty on them!!! Too cute!!!