Sunday October 25 Daniella had lots of fun in nursery. It was the first week she participated with the activities and was very proud to make a book about Jesus. She told me all about the pictures she colored and what they meant after we left.
While browsing parent blogs and trying to figure out what to do with Dani, I found a way to make puzzles more challenging and entertaining. Dani only has two puzzles, and one of them has become very easy because it has the same picture underneath. To challenge her a little and add a new element to the puzzle, I traced the puzzle pieces onto a white piece of paper and added the names of the puzzle pieces (horse, cat, dog, cow etc) and had her put it onto this piece of paper in the correct place as she was taking them out of the puzzle. I was pleasantly surprised by how much she enjoyed this and being able to help her problem solve by using the first letters in the animal names to know where to put them.
This week we were studying the letter P. Unfortunately this was the last week I really put effort into a letter of the week. I really need to start back up just so she has more focused time again. She is much happier when I give her a little extra attention in teaching. Anyway, we played with pumpkins and made the letter P out of pumpkin seeds.
This was the first year I had Fall decorations. 
Dani LOVED to play with the pumpkins and asked me to take pictures of her while she was playing.
She insisted on her animals being in the picture with her. Our jack-o-lantern was carved with an image of a cat which Daniella was very excited about. Here she is showing me the small pumpkin.
After creating a "house" last week with sarongs, Dani decided the space behind her glider was a house for her stuffed animals and she asked me to take a picture of her back there. She seemed really excited to have her picture taken this week.
That Friday we drove to "Albuturkey" and stayed in the "ho-tel". Halloween we went trick or treating with Trent's Aunt, Cousin and her children. Dani went up to the people and their cars and said "trick or treat" multiple times until she was acknowledged. She said "thank you" after every hand out and quickly was saying everything without being asked. She had lots of fun playing with her second cousin and ever since that night has been very interested in trick or treating. It was also lots of fun that Trent's brother, Scott, and his wife were able to come with us. I wish we could see family more often.
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