Trick or Treat

This year for Halloween, our friends came over to walk around with us.  Their dad dressed up also : )

 

Emily dressed up as Izzy from Jake and the Neverland Pirates and Abigail chose to dress as the Tooth Fairy:

 This year they sorted thru their candy to pick some favorite pieces and then we took the rest to their dentist the next day.  They donate the candy to soldiers and they gave the kids $1 for every pound they gave.  So the girls got $2 each!

 We also enjoyed playing with neighbors this week when a trip to the pumpkin patch fell thru:

Emily had a Dress as your favorite community helper at school and chose to go as a vet.  This is also a skirt and top I made her.  The first outfit I have sewn in several months:

Emily also loves drawing pictures and this was a cute one that she made of her pets:

More Birthday fun

On Saturday we went to our friend Julia's birthday party.  She had it at an indoor arcade/golf place and the girls loved it.  Emily has already informed me that this is where she wants her birthday party.  The girls were several quarters to play the arcade games and then all got to play a round of golf.  Julia picked donuts to celebrate:

 

 

 

 That evening Joe enjoyed a back massage while Abigail fed him some cookies!

Birthday Party

Abigail had her first friend birthday party today at a park.  The kids played on the playground and then we all had cake and Abigail opened gifts.  She invited friends we met thru our old preschool and friends from her class this year:

Tara made a Pinky Pie cake for us:

 She enjoyed opening her gifts from her friends:

 Getting to check out the toys:

 Reagan and Abigail were in deep discussion about how to work this toy:

Abigail is 4 Years Old!!!

Abigail turned 4 years old today!

 

Our little spunky girl had fun celebrating today.  I ACTUALLY made these cupcakes that she took to school to share with her friends:

 The teacher told me that she wore her sunglasses all during her party celebration at school : )

 That afternoon she opened gifts from us and grandparents:

 We got her an Aurora doll and dress to match:

 PawPaw and DeeDee got her a jewelry box she could decorate:

 And Grandma and Uncle John sent cards and cash : )

 

She picked out this doctor set with some of her birthday money:

 That evening she picked Mac n Cheese for dinner and we all sang Happy Birthday!

 

We love you Abigail!

Fall Festival

On Saturday we went to Emily's Fall Festival with our friends the McLelland's.

 

We also went to a birthday party that afternoon for a friend of Abigail's and Harper's:

 

After a busy day we went to dinner:

And then read stories before bed:

Field Trip

Emily's class went on a field trip Friday to the zoo.  Joe was a chaperone again this year and had 5 children with him:

They had fun walking around together to see the animals and then met outside the zoo for lunch and then home:

They got to see the baby rhino!

 

 

 

 

 

Abigail on the other hand has been dealing with a cold that has lingered for a couple of weeks.  So I took her to the doctor and they gave her a breathing treatment.  She was a brave girl:

I have to give her an inhaler a few times a day as needed but she has been feeling better.  Just waiting for all the congestion to go away . . .

Abigail also had a couple of days off for a school holiday so we ate lunch with Emily:

 I also got a wild hair one afternoon and cut this bush down that is on the side of our house.  The bush had gotten so overgrown and ugly that I cut it down as far as I could. . . . now it's waiting for Joe to cut down the rest: