Happy Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

Broyden loves to crawl around and is always "woofing" so I thought he would make the perfect little doggy this year.

Preslyn got to be Dorothy this year with her little Toto. She loved the red shoes! Such a cutie!

And Demarie was able to fit in her Tinkerbell costume one more year! Mommy sprayed sparkles all over her hair and on her skin. So pretty!

At the ward Trunk-or-Treat

Broyden was really in the doghouse that night! I was in charge of the cupcake walk so I dressed up like a witch and had a great time scaring the kids as they walked around the circle.

Checking out the goods! Demarie and Preslyn were even nice enough to share some of their candy with Mommy and Daddy.

Halloween Night: Dinner in a Pumpkin!

Another tooth missing???

We were eating caramel apples for dinner one night and Demarie lost her 7th tooth! It was barely starting to get loose too! She was so excited for the tooth fairy to come, but in the morning her tooth was still by her pillow. This has happened several times where the tooth fairy seems to skip over our house so she was feeling pretty sad and said, "I feel like I'm always at the bottom of the list for the tooth fairy and she doesn't even care that I lost my tooth!" But the next day, Demarie had a special surprise waiting for her from the tooth fairy. She left her a necklace and a note in her tiny tiny writing! The tooth fairy explained that she had been making a special necklace to give to Demarie the next time she lost a tooth, but when she lost it so quickly, she wasn't done making the necklace! She worked all day and even into the night to finish it for her and she even got one of her tinker fairy friends named Helena to make a heart to go on the necklace because Demarie has such a big, caring heart! The tooth fairy also warned her to stay away from caramel apples! Demarie was all smiles after that and was so excited to wear her special necklace to school. It even matched her outfit that she was wearing that day!

Septoplasty

Aaron and I play in an over 30 co-ed soccer league on friday nights and a GIRL broke his nose! He had a septoplasty to fix his nose and then the next day he went to his class and did a 20-minute presentation in front of his graduate class about his paper. This is what he looked like when he left to his class presentation. Isn't he handsome? I'm sure a combination of the blood under his nose, the nose cast, and the still "glazed-over" drug eyes got him enough sympathy from his peers that he was able to walk out of there with an A!

The Pumpkin Patch

"Mommy look! An orange ball!"

Bounce! Bounce! Bounce!

Brave Demarie making friends with a goat

"Mommy! I touched the bunny!"

Broyden watching the chickens

Every year I like to take the kids out to Gillcrease Orchards to pick some pumpkins to carve, but this year we weren't able to go when it was open. I saw this pumpkin patch as we were out driving and decided to stop and get some pumpkins. There was a petting zoo and several rides so I got each of them some tickets and let them pick a few activities to do. Preslyn was too scared to go inside the petting zoo, but enjoyed sticking her finger through the fence to pet the little bunny. They jumped on the bouncy house and slides and we took some pictures with the pumpkins. It was a HOT day! After seeing the price of the pumpkins, I decided to go to Smiths the next day to buy some pumpkins to carve. Unfortunately, my camera was full so we couldn't take pictures of their masterpieces, but they turned out really cute:)

Backpack Party

I came home from work one day and Demarie practically knocked me over as I came through the door. She was so excited! "Mommy! Mommy," she said. "Can I have a backpack party?" She handed me a pile of papers. Demarie had made invitations for her friends, an agenda of activities and games they would play at the party, and a list of treats she would need. She had gone to a lot of work! I couldn't tell her no! Instead, I said that she could have the party, but that she was going to do EVERYTHING for it. It was her party, not mine. She agreed. So, we picked a date together and she put the date on her invitations. She had invited a lot of friends, but unfortunately(or maybe fortunately:) she didn't get them all passed out. She told all of her friends to bring their backpacks and she made up a lot of different backpack games to play. The day before the party, she made cupcakes all by herself and then on the day of the party she cleaned the house all by herself. I was so happy when she came up to me and said, "Boy mom! Having a party is a lot of work!" "Yes it is," I said, but inside I was thinking, "Yea!!! She gets it!!!" But all the hard work definitely paid off. Her friends came and Demarie was a gracious host. They had so much fun playing her games and decorating/eating cupcakes. I was very proud of my little girl. The next day, Demarie told me that one of her friends was unable to come to the party and wants her to do another one. This time, the answer was "no!"

Hopscotch

Musical Backpacks

Backpack Obstacle Coarse

Cupcakes

Happy Birthday Preslyn! 3 Years Old!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

PRESLYN!!!!

THREE YEARS OLD!!!!

WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

OUR LITTLE PRINCESS!!!!!

In October, our sweet little Preslyn turned 3 years old! I can't believe how quickly time flies by. Preslyn is such a special little girl. She has a very spunky attitute and fun personality. She naturally comes up with her own jokes and humor in every situation (even when I am getting mad at her!). She knows her colors and numbers and loves to read books. Her favorite book right now is Pinkalicious, which she will sit and "read" to me before naptime. She wanted a pink cake so I made my little princess a beautiful pink and purple castle cake. It took 3 cake mixes and 5 batches of buttercream frosting! When I was decorating it, she kept telling me, "Ok, Mommy! That's enough! I just want to eat it!!!" When Daddy came home from the store with pink icecream, we sang to her and I dished her up a nice big piece of cake with lots of pink icecream. After four servings of icecream, Preslyn announced that she was done and got down from the table--not even touching her cake!!! We are so glad that Preslyn came to our family!

Hangin' with Preslyn

With Demarie in school, Preslyn has become my little hang out buddy. She really likes the attention and being the oldest at home. Sometimes she even bosses me around! It has been a lot of fun having some more one-one-one time with her and watching her learn and grown. Here are a few pictures of some things we have done together:

Preslyn and Broyden at a Halloween play date. Preslyn was dressed up like Dorothy and Broyden was a dog. She loves to get together with her little friends.

One day, Preslyn's friend Isaac was going to come over to play but he was sick. Preslyn was so sad that he couldn't come and she wanted to make him a card. After she made the card, she wanted to take it to his house. So, I loaded her and Broyden up in the van and she put the card on his front porch all by herself. It was so cute. I wanted to take her picture so I would remember the card and she insisted on making a funny face. That's Preslyn... always silly!

Preslyn loves to paint and play with play dough. We go to the library for story time and a Mommy and Me Preschool class. She is such a smarty!