MAMMOTH vs mi-nute

I spent a few extra minutes doing hair this morning, only to find Savannah brushing through it with her Barbie brush 2 minutes later. I made them these fat bows out of the ribbon from my bridesmaid dress that I wore at Rachel's wedding. What a deal!!
She's mad that I took away the Barbie brush.

Our Kodak printer is on the blink, but I really enjoyed hand writing these invitations. I love hand made stuff <3!!

We're having a doll party. I'm making miniature versions of everything! Mini pizzas, cupcakes, smoothies... The girls will make matching hair bows and bracelets for themselves and their dolls, have a tea party and who knows what else. If you have any ideas, let me know!!

Halloween Party at school

One of the few parties I did NOT sign up to help with. On the floor: Lauren made spiders with her hand prints and decorated pumpkins. She didn't like the mess of bobbing for apples.
S playing with the trikes in the gym at La's preschool.

End of the school day with our pumpkin...

but the party is just getting started!

Dorothy and her arch nemesis, the 'Wicked Witch of the West' being true to character.

This was the end of our day and I was lucky to catch S with these small traces of green paint on her face. You can't see from the picture, but it's all over her hands and sleeves. I had to tell her I was 'wiping it off' when I was really putting it on. She was not pleased.

Gentry's Farm

The girls and I were up early on Saturday to host our VHA trip to Gentry's Farm. We had a great turn out and enjoyed every minute...except the part where the camera battery died.

Can I just tell you all (again) how much I want a new camera, one that likes me.
Picking sunflowers! This field hadn't bloomed yet but S likes the "ugly" ones (aka: weeds)

Hay Maze after the hay wagon ride!!

Sunday with our pumpkin. We've lived in our home for almost 2 years and the ward has split twice now! We only have Sacrament Meeting for the next 2 Sundays which leaves a lot of free time!

Daddy's final creation! Sorry your missing S's sound effects!

"ooooohhhh oooooohhh!"

Papa comes to party

Papa came to town and it was one big party! Lots of Princess stories,
parties at the park...

(dad even helped me clean up after the VHA event!)

Chick-fil-a for lunch, face painting for dessert...

and a moon walk if you'd like to see it all again!

shortcut haircut

yep, did it myself! that curly hair sure is forgiving!

State Fair

prizes,

lots of games,

feed the whole petting zoo,

'' Mom, I eat carrots too!"

Then take home our very own gold fish!

Thank goodness for daddy's skills. We just couldn't leave without a pet!

pretties

Katie just brought us the disc of her session with the girls (beautifully packaged by the way). I have so many favorites!! I can see how she captured the essence of their personalities...

I really enjoyed watching her follow the girls around as they explored the Agriculture Center that's down the street from our neighborhood. Katie was so playful with them and I really enjoyed watching L and S from a little bit of a distance. I noticed all kinds of little things and have that afternoon filed away in my memory (and now my computer too).