October wrap-up

This is what happens when mommy goes out of town!

cute little guy!

A trip with dad down to the boat.

Pumpkin Patch and corn maze

with Abby's preschool class 

Abby and her friend Jessica

Halloween Carnival

at Jamie's school 

The Mario brothers must be eager to save the Princess because I couldn't get them to stand still.

Abby decides to be Aerial again.

Had to get a shot with his mustache on.

or maybe he was just in a hurry to eat pizza?

games and prizes!

Mario was a big hit this year!

 sunshine!

Abby's birthday party

This year we had a family&friends birthday party. We made sure there were plenty of little girls invited (plenty, being like...4). Anyways, we had pizza and salad. Then I set-up a necklace making station with a bead-set that we had got from Costco. After that we had the chocolate sheet cake that I had made from the Pioneer Woman cookbook. She suggested letting the kids decorate the cake with m&m's. I thought sixlets would be about the same but there is one big problem in that m&m's are flattened and sixlets are round. We had plenty of candy rolling off the cake onto the floor (the frosting was not sticky enough to hold them like I had thought). And of course there were the presents which turned into madness until Abby firmly said "no! I am opening this one!"

eatin' pizza

cute Carmia

the banner (reads Happy Birthday Abby)

the birthday girl is 5!

the ghost meringues that Abby wanted to make

Lulu!

making necklaces

the cake (I attempted to make a '5' with candles)

opening gifts

brothers

A typical day

I love how a one year and a four can play together - it so cute! Well, until they start fighting. With having an older sister, Tristan frequently will be found playing dolls, cooking, wearing jewelry, or sporting some dress-up clothes!

I had Tristan try on this skirt to verify sizing and then he didn't want to take it off!

And the next morning he wanted to put it back on again!

Today he's wearing a bracelet.

Yesterday we dropped off Abby at preschool.

Tristan discovered how many toys they have!

Abby was making a golf ball painting.

Is Tristan playing dolls or being one?

A princess never goes without her crown.

Family Portraits

Here are some preliminary results from our photo shoot. If anyone would like some to print, let me know and I'll email you the files!