Leaves, Leaves and More Leaves...

We went outside and raked up a huge pile of leaves. I thought that Jayla would have loved it...but I was so wrong. She wasn't even interested. She didn't think it was fun at all. In fact every time I tried to show her how to throw the leaves, she would just stand up and run away. I was so very disappointed because I have been waiting all Fall to throw her in the middle of a huge pile of leaves...and she didn't even care. Oh well...maybe next year. At least I got a few cute pictures.

This was just a random picture of Jayla that I thought was really cute! She looks so old in this picture.

Halloween Night

This was Jayla's very first year "trick or treating." She didn't quite understand the whole concept this year, but we think that she still had so much fun. After going trick or treating we went to visit with Jayla's Birth Family. It was great fun!

Nursery School!

We are so proud! Jayla's very first piece of art work for us to hang on the fridge.

Jayla is now officially old enough to attend nursery school for our church. This is where little children are taught things about how to pray, to share, and to sing about Jesus. She wasn't shy at all. The moment that the nursery leader opened the door Jayla RAN in (literally) and never looked back. She didn't even care that we were gone! It was a success! She only made 1 little kid cry and she only stole gold fish from 1 child. (Although, she did steal toys from every child at least once.) Apparently we have some work to do. I think that I was more sad than Jayla was. I was going through withdrawals during Sunday school because I missed my baby...and she didn't miss me. Over all it was a good experience.

Halloween Party

We were able to attend a Halloween party with some of Jayla's friends. A big thanks so all of the creative moms who made games for the kids to play. Jayla had so much fun! She was a little curious as to why everyone was dressed so funny. She looked so beautiful in her princess dress!

We turned on some music and the kids went crazy! Jayla loved dancing with all of the other kids. This was her favorite part. She really got into it running around, screaming and giggling. She was really cute.

She didn't understand why Isaac was dressed so funny. She kept staring at him and pointing to his ears. She was wondering why he looked so much like a monkey. She would point at him and then she would make a monkey noise. What a cutie!!!

She also loved "Pumkin Bowling." Although the womanly instincts kicked in and she was more interested in setting up the pins correctly than trying to destroy them like all of the boys. She did a pretty good job setting them up each time...I have to admit.

Here we are trying to do more Halloween songs. All the kids are supposed to be flying around like a bat.

There was also a corner for the kids to color Halloween pictures. That held Jayla's attention for about a full 5 seconds and then she was on to the next thing. There was just so much to see and do. She really had a blast.

Soccer

We went to a soccer game the other night. It was great. We all really got into it! Jayla would clap and cheer at all the right moments. She would join in whenever there was a group of people cheering for our team. Between all of that she would flirt with the little boys who were sitting next to us. (I'm okay with her doing that as long as she grows out of it by 3rd grade.)

Jayla LOVED Cosmo. She would always ask, "Where is he?" She would search the whole stadium until she found him. Although, she only seemed to like him if he was at a distance. In this picture Cosmo was holding up his finger for #1.

Notice how Jayla is trying to copy Cosmo by holding up 1 finger.

Jayla and Daddy

We bought Jayla some new winter pajamas. Every time we put them on her she would say, "shoes," and run to the door and say "outside." She was so confused that we would put shoes on her and then send her to bed. It was so funny! She was so disappointed.

Here Michael is playing with Jayla right before bed so that she will forget about going outside. It is always hard for us to put her to bed because she gets so hyper when she is tired and all we want to do is play with her.