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Halloween 2010

We had a nice evening going around the neighborhood with wonderful friends! Caleb just had to be Jango Fett from Star Wars and Jaden was my adorable little pumpkin! I am so glad that I still got to pick out her costume this year...it isn't very exciting to choose between Jango Fett and Boba Fett! lol I am sure that only Caleb can truly tell the difference! :-)

Jaden's First Day of School

What a wonderful day today was!

Jaden started her first day today, at The Childhood League Center. I am so incredibly excited about the opportunities that this experience is going to afford her. Her teacher, assistant teacher, Speech therapist, Physical Therapist and Occupational therapist all seem terrific! I was honestly surprised when I actually saw all FIVE of them in the room with the EIGHT students! What a great student/teacher ratio - how could that not be an amazing benefit?

She was super excited about her cubby with her name on it! She had to hang it there all by herself. :-) And today was costume day (thus the pumpkin costume). They had gone on a pumpkin patch field trip last week, so the theme was carried into today. They not only dressed up, but they played with orange playdough with Halloween themed cookie cutters, played with a sensory table filled with black and orange strips of paper and plastic pumpkins! What fun they all had throwing it everywhere! lol

Jaden made me smile when she decided to take the small strips of paper, crumple them up and then hide them in the plastic pumpkins.

Then, the teachers/therapists took the kids "trick-or-treating" to the various classrooms and the front office area. Ms. Renee, her teacher, was a natural with Jaden.

After we got back to the classroom, I decided to leave and watch through the one-way mirror for a bit. After about 15 minutes, I felt pretty confident that she was doing well enough for me to go out to the parent waiting area, where I enjoyed about an hour of pleasure-reading! It has been a very LONG time since I have done that.

The last part of their day is going to the gym, which Jaden LOVES!!! Neither of us can wait for tomorrow!

Our Little Pumpkin

Debit Card Thief!!!

I am disgusted that someone has stolen my debit card number and has already proceeded to spend almost $700 tonight!!!!! Thankfully, KeyBank has frozen the account, but we won't have access to those funds for almost 2 weeks ...seriously...I find myself dumbfounded by some people's complete lack of integrity and care for others!

Praise God, though...that we were online looking at finances and specifically looking at our checking account ledger. I actually saw some of the charges show up in real-time. They could have completely cleaned us out!

They were spending some major cash at:

Tilly's (online Skate Apparel Shop) $225

Ecko Unlimited $325

FrangranceNet.com $125

I am guessing teenager...but honestly, who knows anymore?

Bubba & Jaywee: Snuggle Time

The other night, I walked into the living room to find Caleb and Jaden like this, watching The Backyardigans together. I just had to run and get my camera and get a couple of shots.

Honestly, they really are wonderful with each other almost all the time. This kind of affection is not as rare as some may think. Jaden truly adores her big brother, Caleb (aka: Bubba) and Caleb thinks Jaden (aka: Jaywee...don't ask...lol) is the, "most special sister in the whole world!"

It is times like this that make me even more grateful than I thought I was, to have the both of them. They are really amazingly beautiful children, whom God has blessed us with the opportunity to love. :-)

Cowtails & Ponytails

Caleb and Jaden enjoyed a late-morning snack of Cowtails, while I got the blood Drive table set up this morning at church. Whatever it takes to keep them sitting in one place rather than running all over the building while 2nd service is still going on! :-)

PS - Jaden couldn't have looked cuter with her adorable Fall Hanna Andersson Play Dress, Orange Velcro Vans and her signature three ponytails! *sigh*