We're Famous......

Well sort of. Addy and I made it in the local paper today! We had an article written about us for Halloween. Here is the link:

http://www.wydaily.com/read_article.php?article=1235

Halloween Treats

Aren't these halloween cookies cute? They were very easy to make. My preschool Itsy Bitsy Yoga class will be held on Halloween and I decided to give them all a little fun treat :) Each week they get a new coloring handout of an animal yoga pose and this week's animal is the cat! The class will have a black cat theme (I'm also dressing up as a cat). I also made some extra for our playgroup halloween party tomorrow. Here is the recipe:

INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter (no substitutes), softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
24 wooden craft sticks
48 pieces candy corn
24 red-hot candies or mini M&M's


DIRECTIONS
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture. Roll dough into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place 3 in. apart on lightly greased baking sheets.
Insert a wooden stick into each cookie. Flatten with a glass dipped in sugar. Pinch top of cookie to form ears. For whiskers, press a fork twice into each cookie. Bake at 350 degrees F for 10-12 minutes or until cookies are set. Remove from the oven; immediately press on candy corn for eyes and red-hots for noses. Remove to wire racks to cool.

"Babba" is what Addy calls our neighbor Barbara-- Addy loves her! We are very blessed to have her, she often babysits for me and is always helping me out. Jeff was out of town this week and she watched Addy tonight while I was teaching yoga. They played, ate dinner, and even started bed time routine before I got home. Addy was worn out!

Naked Yogini

Addy's been doing LOTS of yoga on command. Her favorites are"toes to the nose" and downdog. She's better than most of my students. I wanted to get it all on video, but the pictures will have to do! Everytime she gets ready for her bath at night, she loves to do her yoga in her birthday suit!

Playgroup Chaos

We've been meeting about once a week with a group of girls and their babies that are all around the age of 1 (give or take 2 months). They all happen to be girl babies! Of course on the day that I host, EVERYONE comes and we even had a new girl join us. We had 7 adults and 9 babies over here the other day and it was pretty chaotic (there are 2 girls that have twins). Sippy cup swapping, snack stealing, toy grabbing, hair pulling, etc. Addy was still gracious to share her toys.

Yummy!

Addy's favorite activity is still eating. We thought her appetite and love for food would diminish after she turned 1, but it didn't! She can still eat all day if I let her, even other little kids and babies know Addy as the baby who is always eating. One of her new favorite snacks are dried fruit leathers from Trader Joe's. They are one of my favorites too, but they are soooo messy for Addy! Her two bottom eye teeth just broke through the gums last week and she now has all 16 teeth. Now we'll just wait for the 2 year molars. Luckily the teething process was fast and relatively painless!

Pumpkinville

Today we had a fun outing at Pumpkinville in Williamsburg! We wanted to get a few pumpkins, hay, and mums to decorate the porch. Addy also enjoyed her first hayride and corn maze!

Addy's 1 year check-up

Addy had her 1 year check up this week and did great! She is a very healthy girl, here are her stats:

Weight: 20lbs 14oz (50%)
Height: 30 in (75%)
Head Circumfrence: 19 in (95%)

She also said "Mickey" for the first time while we were in the Dr's Office (she pointed to the Mickey Mouse Doll). The Doctor was impressed with her vocabulary! Poor baby had 4 shots, but reacted very well and didn't seem bothered by them at all.