The Whidden Family: Yay! A healthy Halloween week!

We can finally say that it has been an entire week of no vomit, fever or illness in our house! It's about time. The girls have had a great week, and they had so much fun at their school Fall Festival on Friday. I was there the whole day, and it was great to see all the kids playing games, winning prizes, wearing their costumes & just having a good time.

Paige was Wonder Woman. She wore Reese's old costume from when she was two. It has been my favorite costume of theirs so far! I'm sad to say that Reese did not wear a costume this year. With her sensory issues, she can't wear anything tight or scratchy. I searched for something soft and decided to make her a referee costume. Simple...black shorts, black & white striped shirt, black shoes. I figured I could make that, so I bought a plain white collared shirt and used fabric paint to paint the stripes. I even made the black box with the white R on the back. It was perfect! However, the shirt became stiff once the paint dried, and she went ballistic when I tried it on her. It wasn't a battle worth fighting, and I am not about to force her wear something that bothers her. So, needless to say, she wore her super cute pumpkin t-shirt and still looked adorable. Over the years, her sensory issues have changed. Her first few years, she wasn't as sensitive to certain things. When she was two, she wore this Wonder Woman costume with no problems. I'm hoping that as time goes on, she'll adapt to fabrics better. At some point, this girl is going to have to wear a bra...yikes!

Anyway, here are a whole slew of photos from Friday and the weekend.

A cute pose only lasts for so long! She started out happy and then got quite upset with me that I kept telling her to smile.

On this day, I got no smiles whatsoever!

Lots of pretty smiles from Reese, though :) She was in a silly mood here.

Yay! A smile!

Awww...two sisters sharing.

Do I want to read or watch TV? I can actually do both at the same time.

Paige as Wonder Woman at school on Friday!

Paige with an OT intern...I can't remember her name, but she was a sweet girl.

Paige and Heike, an amazing physical therapist :) She loves Sponge Bob!

Paige and Michelle, one of the paras in her room. Paige loves her!

Reese and her super awesome teacher, Susanne. Love her!

Reese is so not into this kind of thing...games and things. She just wanted to be left alone to walk around. She had fun just doing her own thing. Susanne did help her play a few games. She needs to be forced out of her comfort zone sometimes.