Oktoberfest

Another week, and weekend, has passed.  I'm always so sad when I put her to bed on Sunday night.  I don't want my full days with her to be over for 5 days, but I don't want to wish any time away either.

This weekend we had two visits to our local Oktoberfest.  Friday after I picked her up we had dinner at our church's spaghetti dinner and then we walked over to get dessert and checkout a button box band.  Saturday her Nonna and Nonno came in to join us at the event - so more food, strolling, checking out music, and even a ride on the kiddie cars they had there.

I've started to pepper in a few Italian words to Avery's vocabulary.  I've been working hard on duolingo to make my own progress, it helps to share with her.  She's getting better with finger control, which helps greatly on a few signs.  More than that, her verbal communication is making leaps and bounds.  This isn't a one or two word girl - she can tell you, if pushed sometimes to do so, exactly what she means/wants.

On the other hand, we've also started using the naughty step - thank you super nanny.

Riding our way through the weekend

This was a crazy active/busy weekend. On Saturday Avery and I hosted her cousins K, I, and L.  There was pizza, Halloween arts and crafts, a trip for ice cream, and stops at two playgrounds at the local park.  Avery didn't nap and even tried wiping out as we drove to the first playground.  She made it through like a trooper.

Sunday was our usual church and after a portion of her normal nap, her first trip to Kennywood Park with thanks to another cousin, T who gifted us two adult tickets so that we could give her this experience.  Avery found the Thomas train quite pleasing, but also enjoyed the other rides, including the Junior Phantom roller coaster.

Getting through the night

If I get into her room before she's awake Avery typically needs a few minutes to fully rouse.  I have noticed however that if I scoop her up more often than not the diaper doesn't have much in it.  That's great progress to know she's not peeing too much overnight.  It also means she will need to go soon.  Yesterday and today I took her in all of her groggy glory to the potty and was rewarded with quick success.  While she isn't happy being moved before she's awake the fog fades quickly and she seems very pleased when we get to celebrate using the potty successfully so quickly.