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We took Jillian for her 15 months well check on Tuesday.  We went to hopefully our last pediatrician in Austin - we are on #4 now.

And guess what???  She is still small!

Length: 28 1/4 inches ( in the 3rd percentile - she is the length of an average 10 month)
Weight: 18 pounds 8 ounces (which is below the chart)
Head: 44.5cm (15th percentile)

But she is going up on her growth chart - ever so slowly - but it is still going in the right direction.

I see you!

Wesley’s penguin passion started with Baby Penguin several months ago.  Then at the beginning of the month Grams got him two penguins for his birthday.  A big one he named Duck Duck and a baby one he named Buck Buck.  When we got them home and started talking about them he decided that they were a family.

• Duck Duck is the mommy penguin
• Buck Buck is the baby girl penguin
• Baby Penguin is the brother penguin

I remembered that Aunt Ashley gave him a penguin at her wedding.  I pulled it out and he became Daddy Penguin the daddy penguin.

And now the penguin family has adopted a small cute brown baby bat named Baby Bat.

Today Wesley wanted to take a picture of his penguin family.  He lined them up on the couch all by himself.  It was super cute how he snuggled baby bat right in the center.  After I took a picture, I wanted to get some video of him talking about his penguins.

Making these videos he came up with 2 new names:

• Uck Uck is the baby bat
• Uck Duck is the daddy penguin

Wesley sure does like to keep his family names similar.  I am not going to let him name any of our pets and I hope his naming skills improve for his children’s sake!

Here is Wesley and I talking about the family’s names and titles:

Then I asked him if he wanted to say anything to his family and this is what he said:

Just like all families, this penguin family is growing and changing.  Until the next addition, Wesley will continue to;  move them from room to room, take care of them when they are sick and sad, tuck them in when they are sleepy in a newly created nest, give them kisses and hugs, and bring one or two along when we go out of the house.

Wesley your loving and caring soul is so wonderful to be around!

Despite baking bread and making homemade stew I couldn’t make it feel like Fall.  I even toyed around with the idea of lighting a fire in the fireplace, but decided that if I did the air conditioner would be sure to kick on.  So instead of Fall we are still enjoying Northwest summer, with highs in the upper 70s.

What started out as playing with bubbles on the deck…

Turned, as almost everything does, to playing in the water.  It is generally safer and more fun for everyone if Jillian, not Wesley, has the hose.

With Grams (my mom) being in town, we had a very busy day planned.  So once Jillian woke up from her morning nap we were off to music class.Of course we made their costumes this year.  Joshua is very sweet about it.  He does an amazing job with the costumes.  He has such an amazing mind to design the costumes. Wesley was so excited to go and show off his costume, a Tyrannosaurus Rex that Joshua created - which is one of his favorite animals right now.  And Jillian went as a black cat - her favorite animal to date.  It was pretty simple to make.  I just found a black body suit and then made a tail and ears using black fleece.  It really looked darling on her.

Heading to class.

Getting some window washing in before class starts.

All the kids in costume - and Becca too.

Playing around before we left...Cats are sure yummy!

Then after music class we went to Joshua’s work (Tel West) to do some trick or treating.  Joshua took with him a bag of candy and passed it out to his coworkers so the kids could get some treats.  Jillian was a bit unsure of what to do.  She saw Wesley run off and say “trick or treat” but she stayed back and just watched for a while.

Wesley just wanted to eat candy!

Both with a mouth full of candy.

She was the sucker queen today.

After a busy morning, we went home and had lunch and spent the rest of the afternoon resting up for the big event.

We walked down to the library at about 6pm to meet our friends/Joshua’s co-workers to trick or treat as a group.

Getting a ride to the library.

We spent some time taking pictures of all of the kids before we headed out…

They were all very excited!

We are ready......

Just before we left.

The first full block (the blocks here are very big - as you know everything is bigger in Texas) was a bust.  There were no porch lights on.  But after that, it really started to be more exciting for the kids.  Wesley kept up with the big kids very well.  He did a lot of running - and also a lot of falling down.

Next house please.

Jillian stayed up the whole night.  She did a fair amount of trick or treating herself.  She was so cute - she would put her hand out or in the bowl, plop the candy in her bucket and say “Ganck You” then head down the driveway.  About halfway into it she had a lot candy in her bucket.  We put her in the stroller and snapped the bucket in too.  She would not let go.  While Wesley and the others finished the houses, she tried very hard to get into every piece of candy in her bucket.  She was successful with a package of Whoppers and a sucker.  Everything in her bucket was very sticky at the end of the night.

I think I like this bucket!

It was a great night.  Once we were done trick or treating we took the head off of Wesley’s costume.  He was just dripping with sweat.  I guess this costume would have been much better in the Northwest…  But he did not complain at all.

Super sweaty!!!!

Once we got home, at about 8:30, it took a long time for the kids to wind down.  There was a lot of screaming and tantrums, but with the amount of fun they had - it made that terrible hour a bit better.

We are looking forward to next year.  I wonder what we will create for them next year.