Happy Halloween from Minnie Mouse and Belle!

Fall Favorites

We have been having lots of fun this fall! Grace and I were reading some books about Fall/Halloween one day and lots of the characters were bobbing for apples. Although I think I would be completely grossed out if my kids did this activity with lots of germy kids, they had a blast trying it out at home!

We celebrated Lily's birthday at school with her friends.

Daddy carved a Minnie Mouse pumpkin for the girls. 

They had fun taking out the seeds and cooking them.

We ran the fourth annual Run for Rina. Lily is a very serious runner! Although she didn't make it all the way, she seems to really love running (crossing my fingers that I will have a running buddy one day).
For more information about this great cause, go to www.rinafoundation.org

We've spent some time at the park....

Our girls @ 5 and 4 year old...

We had fun a Trunk or Treat!

We are ready for trick-or-treating tomorrow (and so are the babies)!

Birthday Party Fun...

We celebrated Lily's birthday on Sunday with a party at the house. We invited family and close friends (no school friends), which made it easy to relax and enjoy the day. Lily wanted a pumpkin theme (I was shocked when she chose this over princess). We had a great day full of halloween/fall fun! Poor Grace was sick on the day of the party, but she was such a trooper!

Birthday Timeline

(It amazes me how much a baby changes and grows!)

The weather was perfect and the kids had lots of fun playing outside and jumping on the jump castle (we have definitely gotten a lot os use out if it)!

    

I made some pumpkin shaped platters 

(carrots/veggies, cantaloupe/fruit, and cheese/crackers)...

Witch's Hats...

and brooms (love Pinterest).

 This one brought back memories of birthday parties back in my day...

                                        

The Birthday Girl!

I attempted face painting - the 3 year olds were happy with my work.

Cake Time

Making a Wish...

Yum!

The kids had fun picking out a pumpkin.

Most of the gang after picking pumpkins...

Painting Pumpkins

Coloring

Our Little Pumpkin

 Hannah and Mimi

Pumpkin Patch

We had most of the Rogers in town this past weekend to celebrate Lily's birthday. After the disappointing football game, we took the girls to the pumpkin patch for some fun...

Cousins

Sisters

Me and My Girls

I don't know what it is about tractors, I just love them as a background...

FUN!

(I think the jumping pillow was the favorite, 

we all eventually jumped - even Hannah!)

Cousin Love

Without changing leaves and temperatures, the pumpkin patch just makes it seem like fall to me in the low country. We just might have to make one more trip there before Halloween...

Happy 4th Birthday Lily!

It is hard to believe that four years has already passed! 

I remember the day we brought Lily home...

She was so precious and sweet and made our family of four complete. 

At four years old Lily is usually always happy and full of energy. She is pretty independent, but has a temper and gets frustrated if she can't do something by herself. She loves to play babies, dress up like a princess, and ride her bike. 

I asked Lily to tell me some of her favorites....

Food: Spaghetti and chocolate muffins

Cartoon: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Dessert: Chocolate and ice pops

Color: Pink

When she grows up she wants to be a mommy and a teacher.

My Sweet Lily Brooks 

Happy Birthday to my amazing dad and papa! 

We love you!!

Girls Weekend - Part 2

On Sunday we walked on the beach and the girls went 

swimming in the pool (way too cold for the adults!).

Then we headed to Wonder Works (and it just so

 happened to be teacher appreciation day, so we got in free.)

This place is great for older kids, but there 

was also lots for the girls to see and do...

When we got back to our house the girls told daddy all about their weekend and we had an early birthday celebration for Lily. It is hard to believe she is almost 4, that sweet smile just melts my heart!

We loved spending time with you Nana!