Fall Festival

The school that Avery and Paige go to hosted a Fall Festival this morning. Avery has been talking about it for weeks. It was actually one of the best I have seen. The started off with a parade around the parking lot for all the parents and then each class rotated through a variety of activities like a hay ride, games, candy hunt, pumpkin carving, and bounce house. I was able to sneak out of work for a little bit to join in on the some of the fun. Wish I could have stayed longer but after missing two days with a sick Paige earlier this week I wasn't able to.

Avery as Thumbalina and Paige as a lady bug (we couldn't find her antenae this morning)

Avery's class Paige and I enjoyed the hayride together.

These are the pumpkins Avery helped carve with her class.

Trunk or Treat

Our church had their annual Trunk or Treat last Sunday. The theme was TV shows. We opted not to decorate a trunk and instead I was a candy runner (replenishing trunks that ran out of candy) and Adam was a judge, helping to determine Best Trunk, Best Adult Costume and Best Kid Costume. The girls got dressed up and had a great time collecting candy from all the decorated trunks.

This is what all the donated candy looked like in the back of my car - ready to be handed out.
The Flinsterns (their last name is Stern) won Best Trunk
Our friends, the Hannah family did a great job as Dora the Explorer.

Happy 2nd Birthday Paige!

Paige turned 2 yesterday and in some ways it is hard to believe it has been two years since she was born but in other ways I feel like she should have turned two months ago. She speaks and acts so much older and maybe that has something to do with learning a lot from Avery. Either way, my baby is growing up and I really wish it wouldn't happen so fast. We didn't do a party this year. After our late night wedding on Saturday we were content to spend the afternoon at home as a family. My good friend Nicole (Miss Cole, as my girls call her) and her husband came for lunch and cake and ice cream. Here is tired Paige making a pouty face in her birthday princess shirt - not wanting Avery to help her open her gifts.

Wedding fun

Adam was a groomsman in his friend's wedding this past Saturday night. We ended up taking Avery and Paige with us and they loved it! Avery is just so girlie that a wedding is the perfect place for her. She danced the entire night - from the moment we got to the reception until 12:30am! Paige had a great time too but she was more interested in the great food than dancing. They love to get dressed up and even insisted on wearing tiaras!

So sweet to dance with Daddy

Little Fish

When will the heat end??? This is supposed to be the time of year when the temps finally start to cool down and you can spend the day outside without being sweaty and miserable. Not this year, my friends. We have had record highs the past week or so and they are going to continue for a few more days. They girls' school was closed this past Friday to teacher training so I decided it was a great excuse to take the day off work and enjoy a long weekend. Since it was too hot to play outside we spent the day swimming at the pool in Noni's neighborhood. The girls and I had a blast. Avery has been swimming on her own with her water wings for a while now but this was the first day that Paige was able to do it on her own. She even fingured out how to float on her back. She's a lot more adventurous than Avery and also loves to jump from the side of the pool, go underwater and swim her way back up. It was so nice to be able to enjoy the pool and not have to hold onto one of them the whole time.

Enjoying a lunch break.
Paige is showing off her floating skills.