First Haircut

Caroline got her first haircut while Kelly was here. Her curls in the back were really uneven and I just wanted things cleaned up a bit. She did a great job and sat still the whole time. Of course, it makes it a lot easier when they immediately gave her a lollipop in the chair and turned on a little video for her to watch. She even got a little thing of Play-doh at the end as a prize.

A Cold Already?

Poor little Eleanor has a cold already! I can't believe it. The poor little one has been snorting away with a stuffy nose and sneezing fits! I feel so bad for her, although it is quite cute when she is snorting little a little piglet! I brought her to the pediatrician and they are not worried since she doesn't have a fever. We did find out though that she gained over a pound and a half in just two weeks! Obviously all those 5 oz. (yes, she is still drinking full 5 oz. bottles!!!) are catching up with her. More pictures soon...

Girlfriends

What would I do without my girlfriends, Kelly and Molly?? My friends Kelly and Molly came down for a visit to give the Oswick family a helping hand. Both of them left their own little ones at home for what they called "a vacation"! I guess when you don't have to take care of your own little ones it can still be a vacation, even if it entales helping me take care of a two and a half year old and a newborn! Kelly came down about two weeks ago from New Jersey and Molly came down this week from Boston while Brett was away for the week on business in D.C. I can't even tell you what an incredible help it was to have both Kelly and Molly here. They both put up with lots and lots of poopy diapers (Sorry, girls, that Eleanor is such a pooper!), lots of dish washing and lots and lots of entertaining Caroline! Both Aunt Kelly and Auntie Molly came bearing gifts, which immediately made Caroline their biggest fan! I can not thank you enough Kelly and Molly for the HUGE amount of help that you were while you visited! Tell Brian and Josh thanks, too, for letting me steal you away!

Eleanor, gee, we think you're swell!

Eleanor is doing great! At her two week appt. she weighed 8 lbs. 4 oz. She is a very laid back baby so far and seems to enjoy sleeping and eating (still) most of the time. When she is not eating, she is enjoying her big sister singing to her or just looking around quietly. She usually only cries when she is beyond hungry or needs a diaper change. It is so nice that she gives us some warning before she gets hungry by starting to quietly squirm around so that we can usually get her bottle ready before she gets upset (Caroline used to immediately get so upset the second she felt hungry that this is a nice change of pace!). Caroline is really enjoying her little sister and wants to be close (usually too close) to her all the time. She tends to get regular reminders to give her little sister some space! She is a great help in getting things for Mommy and Daddy to help with "her baby" and won't go to sleep at night without giving her a kiss goodnight. Not only can Caroline sing her own song, "Sweet Caroline" she has now learned the lyrics to "her baby's song", "Eleanor" by The Turtles, too! "Eleanor, gee, I think you're swell. And you really do me well. You're my pride and joy etc."
We'll have to put up some video of her singing both!

Halloween

Climbing the ladder at the park with Nana

Caroline's bestest buds Amelia the pirate and Tigger Brian.
Clara the Fairy, Amelia the Pirate, Caroline the Disshelved Duckie, Audrey the Ballerina, Tigger Eli, and Bumblebee Allie
Nana and Papa with the girls. Note the lack of tights! GOod thing it was about 80 degrees!
Mommy and Daddy with their girls!

We had a wonderful Halloween! It was so much fun to watch Caroline get so excited about her costume and trick or treating. Brett's parents (Nana and Papa) were here to celebrate with us, too. Caroline dressed up as a duck, although she refused to wear the hood part of her costume for more than 5 minutes. In the morning we went to the park in costume and had snacks and lunch with all of our friends. We wereonly there for about 10 minutes before Caroline put a hole right in the middle of the knee of her orange tights that I had special ordered to go with her costume! Like one of my girlfriends said, "How TWO (years) of her!" Caroline had a great time though climbing the ladder at the playground while Nana helped, but I think her favorite part was eating the chocolate mummy cupcakes that our friend, Sara, made!

In the evening, we went back to the park for our neighborhood party and then left from their to go trick or treating in our neighborhood with Caroline's little friend, Clara. We brought Eleanor with us in the Baby Bjorn and she slept the entire time! Once we got home Caroline had just as much fun opening the door for trick or treaters and putting the candy in their bags. She completed her night by chowing down on pizza and some candy. Caroline keeps saying now, "Halloween is coming soon!" We keep telling her that Thanksgiving is coming next, but she just doesn't seem as excited about a holiday that centers around eating turkey!

School Halloween Party

Ready to go to my party!
See my painted pumpkin and my pumpkin with the boo-boo?!
Checking out the loot from my school party!
TWO lollipops! One Dora and one Diego!
Do you like my decorated pumpkin I madeat the party? It has my name on it!

Here is Caroline with her pumpkins in her Halloween dress. Note Caroline's purple painted pumpkin and the band-aid on her pumpkin on the right. She dropped the pumpkin getting out of the car and it "got a boo-boo and needed a Band-Aid to feel better"!

Caroline was so excited for her school Halloween party. She got all dressed up in her special Halloween dress that Grandma gave her. When she got home she kept talking about the party and how she decorated a pumpkin with foam stickers and that she got two Dora and Diego lollipops.

Hat Parade

Caroline had to work on making ahat for a hat parade at school. The hat was suppossed to be based on a book or books that the student enjoys. We made a hippo hat since Caroline loves the Sandra Boynton books and she uses the hippo frequently as some of her characters. Mommy did the cutting and most of the glueing, but Caroline did most of the coloring.