Polar Express!

Though initially scared, Audrey eventually fell head over heels in love with the movie, The Polar Express. Last year, I lost out on scoring train tickets for this awesome ride from Fishers to The North Pole (aka Noblesville), but I had learned my lesson and was one of the first to buy tickets for this season. We kept it a surprise from the kids until last night, and they were, of course, over the moon. The train ride was awesome and included Santa and the Mrs., hot chocolate, cookies, and lots of carols. My favorite part? When we started our return train ride, Audrey asked, "Are we back in Indiana, yet?"

Sign us up for next year, too!

Halloween

Well, hello Gretel! Everyone thought she looked so cute! 

Lead role!

Audrey had the lead role in the play, "The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed A Bat". I'm shocked that she seemed to like taking center stage. :)

Our respective jobs

Audrey's job is to feed Isabella. Since Ian really wanted a job, too, his job is to open the door for Isabella to go outside. Audrey realized yesterday that she hadn't gotten her allowance yet, which meant we were a day late (probably will never let us forget that one). Eric had traditionally been the one giving her allowance since he's also working on helping her learn to count money.

Audrey: "Hey, can I get paid?"

Me: "Yes, but you can wait until daddy gets home since that's his job."

Audrey: "Well, my job is feeding Isabella. And Ian's job is to open the door for her. And daddy's job is to pay me. What's your job, mommy?"

Me: "I don't have a job. Just the way I like it."

Audrey: "No, mommy. I know what your job is. Your job is to tell everyone what their job is!"

Yes, she's got it! And she also announced to Eric when he got home from work: "Your job is to give me money!"

First day of kindergarten

Nothing like starting kindergarten in October...

Pumpkin patch

In pictures. A few of my favorites:

We each picked one gorgeous mum

Waiting, patiently

Our ride is here!

Enjoying the ride to the pumpkin patch

Look at these awesome pumpkins we scored!

Three of my favorite people

Kindergarten...here we come?!

Eric and I had a parent-teacher conference today with Audrey's pre-k teacher. With no concerns with her academic development, I had one question in mind: how does she do with the other kids? Well, before I could ask my question, Audrey's teacher told us about how top notch she is in her current classroom, and how bad she feels that Audrey already knows the curriculum, and of course is the only one in the pre-k room who does not nap.  So, Ms. S asked if we had thought about moving Audrey to the jr. kindergarten/kindergarten class. Well, noooo. But, we thought about it. How she is reading and wanting to do addition and subtraction whenever there is downtime. And mostly how her main group of friends had moved on to the kindergarten room back in August. And we decided it was a good idea for Audrey. As sad as that made me. Especially since it meant she would be at school 5 days/week. No more Mondays at home with her. :(

Oh, and I did ask my question. Clarifying that I was wondering if Audrey is too bossy with the other kids. And I added that she could be honest with us...Ms. S's response? "Audrey has great leadership skills!" Ahh, just as we suspected! :)