This was the week that I had been looking forward to and dreading for a long time. Monday was Halloween, Tuesday was Katelyn's birthday, Friday we were throwing Katelyn a birthday party and Saturday we had family pictures with my side of the family. Way too many things going on compared to our normal pretty low key schedule.
Sunday afternoon was the best time for us to carve our pumpkins. As usual, we pulled the cars out of the garage and that was our workspace. The big girls drew their own faces which they then had Daddy cut out for them. Madison just colored on her pumpkin.
Monday, the girlies got dressed up and then we headed over to Grandpa & Grandma's house for dinner and trick-or-treating with cousin Micah. We had a Snow White (Madison), Fancy Nancy (Brooklyn), and detective (Katelyn). Fancy Nancy is a popular book series for those of you who might not have young girls. She dresses super 'fancy', which might appear to be a little outlandish to adults. The girls all really ended up liking their costumes. I made Katelyn's cape - she really enjoys reading mysteries.
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| My mom, Me, cousin Jessie (the Unicorn), and sister Laura walking around the neighborhood with the kiddos. (Kyle was behind the camera, no hat) |
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| Jessie & the kiddos. |
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| My little blur of a princess. |
After Trick-or-Treating, the kiddos all got asked to be a part of Jessie's wedding next summer! Three flower girls and a ring bearer!
Tuesday was Katelyn's 7th birthday! We celebrated in the morning and then took the girls to school (rather than taking the bus) because Kyle had to work in LA that day and usually get home later on LA days. The first thing the big girls did when they woke up the next morning was check out their candy buckets from the night before.
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| Birthday breakfast! |
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| The girls ended up matching for school that day. |
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| Madison needed to be in a picture too. |
Madison and I also made a trip up to my sister's salon that day so I could have my hair done before family pictures.
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| She enjoyed her time playing on the i-pad and eating gummy bears.😊 |
The following Friday night, we threw Katelyn her first Birthday party with school friends. She invited all of the girls in her class and a couple from last year. The party was a 'pretend' or 'almost' sleepover, with a 'Night Owl' theme. The girls came for dinner, games, dessert and a movie and then headed home after the movie, already dressed in their pjs. We ended up with 8 girls, plus our 3. My mom also came to help out. I have included some pictures below, but I generally try not to post pics of other kids faces.
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| Making owl masks. |
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| Madison hanging out with Daddy |
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| Game time (Saran wrap ball with candy that needs to be unwrapped) |
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| Cake! |
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| Movie time - they 'watched' The Parent Trap. |
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| The finished masks! |
Saturday afternoon we had pictures with my Mom & Step-dad and Sister & her family. Madison decided that naps are no longer necessary that day, so pictures went ok, but not great. I might post some another day. After pictures, we went out to dinner at Chick-fil-A, in part to celebrate Katelyn's birthday with the family. We ordered ice cream as a special treat.
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| She is so cute. |
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| But she makes huge messes. There was ice cream everywhere. |
That night we went to bed early. I was exhausted after such a busy week.
