Finishing Up October

 I thought they looked cute all cuddled up together watching a video on the ipad. Chelsea is wearing her dance outfit for this year. They are sparkly. Hers even fits this year! Brie's is way too small, however. They allowed us to return it and exchange for the next size up. Hopefully it gets here before her performance on Friday!

 On to the church party! Chelsea is a Lalaloopsy, Tippy Tumbelina. Brie is Rapunzel. Abby is Halloween Hello Kitty.

 Her prize from the fishing area turned her into a pirate!

 Chelsea was diggin' this skull ring. We even kept track of it for 30 seconds before it was lost forever. 

 Can you guess what Daddy dressed up as? I was a cat, but I think that's fairly obvious.

 Fresh cotton candy, anyone?

Boy, did that stuff kick of "dust!" Sugar was EVERYWHERE, but it was good. And worth it.

 The Mia Maids hosted this game.

 The Laurels hosted the face painting.

Surprisingly our girls didn't get their faces painted. I don't think they even made it into this room. They got to surprisingly few of the many activities going on. But they had fun with what they DID do, and that is all that was important.

 The Thornocks. So cute! Abby likes to point out Mateo's house every time we drive by it. Mateo is the baby, and they live on our street. We visit them sometimes. :)

(The little princess on the left isn't a Thornock, but she's still adorable)

 The Beehives (MY GIRLS!!!) hosted a cupcake walk. 

 This is the best selfie I could muster. Meow!

 I'm loving Chelsea's pose here.!

 This was pretty cool. The girls got to be IN a bubble! Brie liked to pop it with her hands. Chelsea is blowing the bubble. It had a really cool effect on the bubble. Some kids got it to bulge WAY out before popping. Abby was too afraid to try it, but she liked watching. Happy Halloween!

(Daddy was the first Boyscout EVER)

Catching Up! September and Part of October

 Chelsea's School pictures came back. SO CUTE!!!

 Brie started dance! She's so happy to have her chance to go to class and dance. She does really well, too!

I had all three girls with Q-tip ears, but I promised Chelsea I wouldn't post it. She's starting to get embarrassed by the pictures of her that I put on the blog and on Facebook. Sigh. Oh well. I didn't make any promises to Brie!

 We made a visit to Berry Acres Pumpkin Patch on the coldest day of the season. It was fun, but so chilly!

I like this sandbox full of corn instead of sand.

 Chelsea has her arms up like the hay bale people.

 Abby in the corn.

 Abby not too happy that I put her down and then backed away from her. She didn't mind the spider at all.

 Abby wasn't too happy about being in the train. So she cried for a picture and then we took her out.

 Brie watching Daddy and Chelsea race on the bike thingies.

 Abby and Brie had birthdays! They each had their own cake this year. Not that they really cared either way, hehe.

 Ready to eat dinner!

 I dyed half of a white cake purple and tried to swirl the white and purple. It sort of worked.

 Decorating pumpkins!

 Auntie Jennifer also had a birthday in October. We made her some marshmallow pops shaped like lego guy heads. The girls and I had lots of fun making them.

 Beth planned a party for Jennifer that was supposed to be a surprise party. But there really aren't such things as surprises in our family. But it was lots of fun anyway! We played laser tag. The pics on Jennifer's camera came out better than mine. But I took a picture of the scores.

 The whole gang at Planet Pizza after shooting each other with lasers.

 Then we went back to Auntie Beth's house for some gifts and cake and ice cream. The house was decorated up nicely.

 

 The rest of these are all mixed up because I just pulled them from my phone. We got a new play area set up at the mall. There's no food or drink allowed, no shoes, and no strollers. Yes that is our stroller in the play area. And yes, a mall guy made a special trip from who knows where to come over and tell us to get our stroller out of there. But the kids liked sitting on the different animals.

 Waiting for Brie during story time at the library.

 We stopped at Target during Jennifer's birthday celebration and couldn't resist trying these fun hats out.

 Brie and Abby had a friend party as well. They all dressed up in princess dresses (except Sadie, who didn't care for the dress options apparently) and played and got their nails done.

Abby is helping Grandma Kelly fold all the washrags. I'm actually pretty impressed with how well she did. For a two-year-old anyway. :)

First Day of First Grade

 Here is Chelsea, along with a bunch of other people, on the first day of First Grade! 

8/28/13

When the new grass comes in, I hope they take down the fancy orange barriers.

 A little bit closer up. She is happy to have a matching lunch box and backpack, like her friend had last year.

 At her desk. This year they have desks that open up, which is pretty fancy for her. The school turned out lovely. She is in one of the new wings. It was fun to walk around the school the last couple of days and see how it all turned out. It's fun for me to think about how it was when *I* went there, and how it has changed so dramatically now after the flood.

She also gets her very own locker this year! That is WAY exciting!
It's been less than an hour since I dropped her off and already it is dramatically quieter here around the house. I'm proud of my First Grader! I know she will do fantastic!