Playing in the Snow

What a crazy November for weather!! We are loving playing in the snow. The girls are finally able to play together outside for a while, and I'm pretty sure BabySlimJim would stay out in the snow all day if I let him, even though he can't walk more than two in his snowsuit without face-planting into the snow...

This Guy

We are so thankful to have BabySlimJim. He makes us laugh all day long. He is just the funniest little guy, always doing ridiculous things.

just relaxing with MiniM.E.

or sitting ON the box of blocks

insisting on sitting at the "big kid" side of the table

or playing IN the toy box.

Big News at Tae Kwon Do!

Big news for MiniM.E. at Tae Kwon Do this month: she earned the Student of the Month Belt! The special red, white and blue belt is awarded to an exemplary student each month and for the whole month of November she will be the highest rank at any class she attends. So we will probably be going to Tae Kwon Do as often as we can this month. 

Congratulations, MiniM.E.! We are so proud of you!

Happy Halloween!

The girls are more excited about Halloween this year than I have seen them yet. We've tried on costumes about a zillion times. Yesterday they got to dress up for music, which they were pretty thrilled about- an extra time to dress up!

Then we carved pumpkins. Thanks to Auntie Jen for helping get all the gunk out over the weekend, because that is definitely the worst part!

Today the girls eagerly awaited evening so we could get ready to go trick or treating! First came the face paint...

And finally it was time to get dressed and go!

This year we skipped our street in favor of the "square" part of the neighborhood so we could hit both sides of the street without doubling back. Even BabySlimJim was excited and did his fair share of running up to doors to Trick-Or-Treat with the girls. He didn't really get it, and tried to give people his candy instead, but he still seemed to have a good time. The girls loved it and couldn't get enough and we almost had to drag them home at 7:45! What a Happy Halloween!

Happy Birthday Party!

Today we celebrated the girls' birthday one more time with a giant blow up Elsa, Auntie Jen, and a big backyard party.

 There was cake:

Donut eating:

A pinata:

And presents, for the friends that hung around long enough to see some opening...

Everything a good party needs. We were worried because it was such a cold day, but everyone seemed to have a great time. Thanks to Auntie Jen and Dan and Gram and Grumpy for helping to get it set up and to everyone who came out to celebrate! Happy Birthday one last time, girls!

Auntie Jen Is Visiting!

We have been looking forward to seeing Auntie Jen again since our trip down to see her in Virginia. We met her Thursday at the airport (which is always a fun field trip) and are so excited she is here! Lots of playing and catching up.

Today, as a birthday present, Auntie Jen took the girls to get their nails done at the Glitter Nail Bar downtown. They've never been to a nail salon and while MiniM.E. was super excited, LittleL.G. was nervous at first. But they did great and had such a good time with Auntie Jen.

The Last Carousel Ride of the Season

Most of the time when MiniM.E. has Tae Kwon Do, we drop her off. It's a twice a week activity, and while LittleL.G. doesn't mind sitting and watching, BabySlimJim has recently decided he would also like to participate in Tae Kwon Do. Since I just can't keep him off the mats, we drop and Daddy picks up... most of the time. Today, we needed to pick up too. Our original plan was to hit up the library play room, but as we were driving downtown we noticed that the carousel was running.

So... we took a very chilly walk from the library parking lot over to the park to ride the carousel. We were lucky enough to know the operator, so we got a two for one ride. 

Then we played at the stump of the old big tree.

It was really chilly and I was suprised the kids wanted to stay and play so long- I practically had to drag them away from the park to be back to pick MiniM.E. up on time!