Best Friends

My oldest girl (dog) is 13....my baby girl is almost 3.

I love that Sissy has been a best friend to all my girls.

Love these girls

I'm working on photos for my Christmas card.

I love how Jenna and Sarah jump at the idea of getting their pictures taken.

My sweet 8 year old.

My sweet and sassy almost 3 year old.

Meghan my lovable 10 year old was not interested in getting her picture taken.

I will have to try again soon.  

Sissy has been feeling better lately and has walked all over the yard. 

I decided she needed her picture taken too. She was too busy sniffing around to smile for the camera!

Trick or Treating 2012

Due to the Hurricane that decided to stop by the east coast, our area postponed trick or treating until today.

We didn't get bad bad weather from the storm, but it sure did rain a lot.

I think they should have kept trick or treating on the 31st...but I didn't get to voice my opinion.

The rain showed up this afternoon and started right before the girls and Rob headed out to trick or treat.

Rob dressed up as an ECU fan. haha    

He dresses up like this a lot.

I love when I tell them to look the part, Jenna always looks so serious.

Sarah wanted to show me her pillow case...aka candy bag.

haha   I love this picture of Jenna in action.

A close up of Meghan's makeup.

Sarah wanted a close up too. hahaha

Sarah wanted a picture of Sissy too.  Sissy just wanted dinner.

All ready to go!

 They headed out and I stayed home to hand out candy. Rob said Meghan was the first one to say she was cold.  It was freezing rain and they were all soaking wet when they got home. 

They lasted about 40 minutes. 

Sarah helped hand out candy and I need to remember next year to only buy like one bag (or two) of candy. We didn't have but about 20 or 30 kids show up.

Next up....Thanksgiving!!

Monster Cupcakes

Any reason to make cupcakes is a good reason to make cupcakes!

The big girls are always asking what they can make, cook, fix, create.

They loved the idea of making monster cupcakes as part of our Halloween celebration.

We party it up for Halloween for weeks!

Sarah's first decorated cupcake didn't make it into the final picture....it almost didn't get decorated because Sarah kept eating the decorations.

Meghan and Jenna had a lot of fun! They could have probably decorated a few dozen more.

We even saved a few for Rob to decorate.

We are enjoying eating them just as much as decorating them.

Happy Haunting!

Trunk or Treat

2012 Trunk or Treat time at our church!

The girls had a great time and I love all three of their costumes.

Minnie Mouse was thinking of being a princess, but she loved being Minnie.

Jenna the pirate was so excited to dress up and act the part of a tough pirate. 

Cleopatra was beautiful and looked so grown up today.

I told her a little history about Cleopatra, so she learned a little about her character.

My three girls posing for the camera! haha

They had a cupcake walk for the kids.

Bobbing for apples.

And of course going around to the cars to trunk or treat was great fun!

I caught them all in a funny expression in this hayride picture!

We all had fun and the girls ate way too much candy and cupcakes. 

We have enough candy for the rest of the year (well...for a long time anyway)...but the girls are planning to head out on Trick or Treating night in our neighborhood too.

Name and Crafts

I wanted to share Sarah's name tracing paper. I dotted her name the other day (as I've done before) and told her to trace it. I showed her how to do it and then left her to work. I didn't think she would be able to trace it, but she loves to spell her name out loud. She has started signing her name to things and makes sure she has a mark for each letter of her name.

I was so surprised to see how well she traced! It is not perfect, but she is a few months under age 3.  I gave her one of my happy crazy Mom cheers!

She loves to craft. She loves glue, stickers, and all things messy!

I guess this is kinda like home schooling but for my pre- preschooler.

She is such a smart little girl and I love showing her new things and watching her learn.

As we move closer to her third birthday, I see daily how she is changing and growing more and more into a "big girl".

Little Bit of Crafting

Sarah and I had a great week and she is really starting to get more and more into crafts!

I love it and we have tons of fun!

We collected leaves the other day and made a wreath!

She has a love for glue and if you are not careful she will empty a bottle for one little dot!

She decided to hang the wreath in her room and the leaves might not be around much longer because they are drying out fast.

Not only am I just hanging out with Sarah I'm teaching her about colors, shapes and other preschool things.

She is a smart little lady and I love spending the days with her while the big girls are in school.