It's been awhile!

So it has been awhile since I have blogged and let you all know what is going on in the life of the Foutz family. Well not a whole lot! We sold our Honda Accord about two week ago and Scott and I are both looking forward to not having a car payment as Christmas soon approaches. I have been ridiculously busy with getting Halloween Costumes ready and catching up on my neglected chores that I haven't been doing the past couple of weeks because I now have money to spend, and I'm trying to get my children's, my, and Scott's clothes in order (moving from summer to fall) and spending money on things to organize my house a little bit better. (I'm O.C.D. about organization and it is really nice to be able to buy the things that I have wanted to organize!)
Scott returned to school this week after a week long fall break, and it was so nice to have a husband for a week that only worked! It will be a glorious day when Scott is done with school and I can be with him more (and of course give him a honey-do list:)
Adelle is doing well, we just had a little bit of a fall-out a couple of days ago when she was being so dramatic about everything, so I put her to bed at 6:30!! I had enough and she spent the hour before I put her to bed crying and whining, soI just sent her to bed. She came out two different times saying she was ready to be nice, but I put her back to bed. I think she really needed it because by 7:30 she was asleep! Needless to say we have had a really good couple of days since then!
Lilly is doing well and is so one way or the other. She is really, really happy when she's happy, and very dramatic when she is sad. She's like me more and more. She says the word "no" a lot these days, and is still communicating really well. She has recently learned to climb, which I'm not too happy about, but she is following in her big sister's footsteps and is really sweet, Both girls are such a bright spot in my life!!

Three cheers for Playdough!

So just this past week I have decided that I LOVE PLAYDOUGH!!!!! So for almost three years now I have been dreading Adelle playing with playdough, because of the horrible mess I just knew she was going to make with it! Well my good friend Sherrie has all kinds of playdough at her house and Adelle has been privileged enough to play with the playdough at Sherrie's when she would go over there, but I was still not convinced that I was ready to have the stuff in my home (mainly in my carpet and on my walls).The other day my mom had some at her house and proceeded to give it to Adelle to take home. To say the least I was not too happy about it, but I thought "O'well not much I can do about it now". I was not going to be the person to take that stuff away from her when she loves it so much. So the following day Adelle asks me if she can play with the playdough, and so I got her a plastic knife, a cutting board and the pink playdough. I WAS AMAZED! Adelle sat there for the longest time just playing with the playdough, cutting it, rolling it, turning it into snakes, she didn't get up from her seat (which is a HUGE deal for Adelle) and just played with the playdough. It is something that I give her now when I need her to just leave me alone to do dished or something, or we play with it together, because it is something that I have found that I kind of enjoy doing too! I wouldn't call it my favorite past-time, but it is definitely a play/bonding thing for Adelle and I to do together!

No Respect for authority?

So just a minute ago Scott and I were coaxing Lilly in saying things. We were saying things like "I'm right" in a growly voice, and Lilly would imitate the words and growls. (For those of you who don't know Lilly is a growler!) Then we got her to say "I'm a cutie", then Scott proceeded to ask Lilly to say "Yes sir" but she just looked at him and shook her head no. Is that saying something to us at such an early age? Nah!!