Fall fun!

We continue to be super busy.  Of course there is always unpacking and household stuff.  We also had our first day of needing to take snacks for the class to Sam's school.  I decided it would be nice to make muffins.  They want healthy snacks, so I went with whole wheat blueberry ones from a mix and they were really tasty.  Sam helped me make them.  She loves helping, standing on the stool.  She also helped make cupcakes for Nick's birthday.

We have had several park playdates.  Here is Sam with her friend Samuel.  They had a blast.

Here is Sam with Nick on his birthday.  She really enjoyed making his day special and helping unwrap his presents.

One of his presents was a pumpkin Sam painted at the pottery place.  She picked it out and did a great job, even if I did not agree with all her artistic choices. 

Here is a closeup of the pumpkin.

We went to a street fair for the MU-WVU game.  Go Herd!

And the biggest event was that Sam started gym class today.  We are doing a mom and tot one for now.  She loved getting dressed in her leotard (or leo for those in the know).  She also enjoyed picking matching accessories, which was impressive.  Hearing a two year old say, "Hey Mom, this matches my leotard" is pretty cool.

She did great in class, although she always wanted to do something before she was supposed to and always wanted to know what was next.  Here she is doing a backwards roll.  She really got the front ones, which she has called flip-flops.

She was fearless being flipped over the bar.

She loved the balance beam, even doing tip toe kicks.

And she loved sliding into the blocks.  I told her to count to 3 and slide so the other kid could clear out of the way.  She kept counting.

And when all the other kids moved on to the balance beam, she had to crawl through the blocks to get the out of place red one on the ledge.  She really is a mini-me :)