New Bed

Some time ago we took Kassi bed shopping.  She had been sleeping on a twin mattress on the floor since she was 18 months old.  For her it was secure and she loved that her bed was so close to the floor.  In order to get her off the floor and into a real bed we had taken her bed shopping.  She had picked out a bunk style bed where the two pieces were separate instead of attached.  The top part as huge and very expensive so we said we would get the bottom part and then when she could prove to us that she would sleep by herself all night that we would go back and get her top bed. 

(Back story; I was a very paranoid, protective mommy some of it had to do with the fear that Kassi and I would not bond, which was crazy because I am positive we bonded the first second I held her.  Anyway back on track...she never learned how to sleep by herself.  As a baby when she would nap me, Wes, Grandma or one of her many other admirers would be holding her, same thing at night we would hold her till she fell asleep and then we would put her in her cradle.  She was rarely in her crib and before we knew it she was too big for the crib and was sleeping on a twin mattress on the floor, by advice of the doctor.  I would lay with her till she fell asleep, many nights falling asleep myself.  If I left her bed she would wake up and say she had a bad dream and needed me.  She never once got out of her bed, just called out for me.)

So working up to her 4th birthday we set the ground rule that she had to start sleeping by herself and if she really wanted the top bed so she could have sleepovers she would have to start.  The same with most anything she has done once she decided she was ready that was it and she started sleeping by herself. 

This of course meant we had to get to Billing and get her top bed.  We had a slight fear that the big new bed would not fit in her room so we kind of procrastinated.  Which turned out being the best thing we could do.  A friend mentioned they had a bed they were getting rid of that was like new.  We showed Kassi the bed and she changed her mind and decided this would be her new bed.  Fortunately this one fits in her room a little better than the other one would have.

She even sleeps in the top bed now.  Scares me a little still, but she does really well.  I think the only reason she sleeps up there is because she gets to slide out of bed in the morning.

The slide comes right out her door.

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Halloween

I never realized how busy families with little kids can be around Halloween! Wow...  We carved pumpkins at the Fire Hall and then  Friday was costume day at preschool and boy was Kassi excited to dress up and trick or treat the staff.  Then Friday night was the Halloween carnival which she of course wanted to go to.  A big kudos to the Rec. Center staff.  Even though there were a zillion rude kids there Kassi had a lot fun.

On Monday night Wes had to work so Grandma, Kassi and I headed out to go trick or treating.  We were going to go to a Halloween party at the museum, but we all have colds so I decided to make the night as short as possible.  Kassi got way more candy than any kid should ever have and had a lot of fun telling people she was a scary vampire.

It was kind of funny though her costume changed slightly each time she wore it...

Pumpkins...Kitty, Boo from Monsters Inc., Grim Reaper and Blaze from Tinkerbell.

Preschool Halloween Party

Headed to the Carnival.

Ready to go trick or treating!

Always has to strike a pose!

Portraits

I thought I'd do something different this year for our family portraits.  We usually have them done in the winter inside and pay to have them done.  I thought I'd try to save us a little money and do them myself.  I don't think some of them turned out too bad, but I did take over 150 pictures to get the few I liked.  (So thankful for digital cameras and the delete option!)  I usually let Kassi pick her outfit for pictures and wasn't sure when she said she wanted to wear her Halloween dress, but it turned out kind of cute in the fall scenery.

I want to edit some of these a little more, but time seems to get away from me so we will see if I get them done or not.

We had a lot of fun doing these outside.  The weather was perfect and we really enjoyed getting out.  We had the dogs along with us too, but didn't get them in too many of the pictures.  I think if I had a clicker on my camera and wasn't running from the camera to get in the picture I might be able to get more pictures with them.