She should get paid for this picture

Yogurt

Adelynne calls yogurt, "ogurt." She just doesn't quite get the "Yo" sound. So, she was watching her favorite movie, "Ella Enchanted," and its the part where the Ogres show up. Adelynne points at them and asks me, "Is that where ogurt comes from?"

She was serious. It was funny.

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Thanks to Kim Davis photography! kimdavisphotography.com

A Bad Bump

Amy was running down the hall, fell and bumped her head pretty bad today. She hit so hard that she even had a nose bleed, and an immediate nose bleed. She cried so pitifully in her daddy's arms until she fell asleep. I was so worried that I called a nurse about the situation. She told me just to watch for signs of a concussion. You can't see it too well in this picture, but you'll see it for sure in the last one.

My little "Klingon" baby

If you click on this picture you will really see how bad it is.

She ended up being fine, no concussion. But she'll have a nice bruise for a while.

Our friend Sabrina

Our good friend and neighbor, Sabrina, turned 3 today! It was fun to be a part of her day at a small party this evening. She is such a funny and sweet girl, one of Amy's favorite friends to play with. And they play so well together, well most of the time. These girls will make believe about having babies and being mommies, driving cars, and running from dragons. They are so cute when they play well together. I laughed when Doreen, Sabrina's mom, told me that Sabrina insisted on having a Spider Man cake for her birthday (Amy would totally do that). I brought along my camera (finally), and I wanted to share some of the pictures from the party.

Dustin and Eddie. Eddie loves Dustin and being held by him. I'm pretty sure Dustin loves him right back.

The gaggle of girls enjoying their cake. They are chanting: "Happy Birthday, Sabrina!" (Dylan was also present, but I think he was enjoying the playground-sorry he's not in any pictures Sarah, I was noticing that and feeling bad).

Sabrina received some Russian nesting dolls from her family, and she was so happy to get them, I loved her face when she saw them.

I was pondering today about how my family and I have been a part of all 3 of Sabrina's birthdays, and what a treasure and blessing it has been to do so. We just love her to pieces and her family, and have loved having them in our lives for the past three years.

Happy Birthday, Sabrina! We love you!

Funny Faces

Okay everyone, I haven't been in the mood for posting lately, and tonight I have finally updated the blog. There are so many posts that they go on to the next page, so if you want to read them all, don't forget the other posts hiding out on the next page. Happy reading!

October 31, 2009

After trick or treating in the neighborhood we went out to eat at Applebee's. Our last hurrah with Gramma. I took lots of pictures and though they aren't all that great, I love the funny faces. I was telling the girls to make a sad, happy, angry, and excited faces. The results were quite funny. I hope you enjoy them.

Here's where things get silly. Amy was a crack up and don't worry, she wasn't really sad, just being a ham and having fun. Oh, and sorry she has such a yucky face.

my favorite, the excited face:

"Okay Adelynne, make an angry face:"

"Make a happy face:"

"Make a sad face:"

My mom visited us for three weeks and we all had a great time shopping, talking, sewing, reading, and much more. We really didn't do anything unique, but I really enjoyed just having my mom be a part of my every day life. The girls loved it too. I think some of their favorite time was having Gramma read to them, and Gramma read lots! But they sure loved all the new clothes that she made and bought for them too. And Adelynne was lucky enough to have Gramma make her such a beautiful fairy costume. This morning after Amy was up, she looked through apartment calling out, "Gramma? Gramma? Mommy, where is Gramma?"

We love you Gramma!

Halloween!

October 31, 2009

Here are some pictures of the girls trick or treating around a nearby neighborhood. Adelynne was impatient going house to house, they just weren't close enough together (like the dorms were). Amy LOVED the different decorations. She would have just stared at them all night if we had let her. That is what she is doing in the picture below.

Best picture of the night-I'd love to learn how to edit this picture.

And finally, after visiting for 3 weeks, and on her last day with us, I finally capture a picture with Gramma! We are so glad she was with us!

Adelynne's Halloween preschool party

October 30, 2009

Adelynne had a Halloween party at her preschool on Friday and when she got there, her teacher, Miss Lori, was dressed as Cruella D'ville. Pretty awesome! When I went to pick her up, I snapped a picture of them.

pre-Halloween trick-or-treating

October 29, 2009

We did some trick or treating at the dorms again this year. It is a great place to take the girls for some candy, plus it is fun to hear the college girls ooh and aww over your cute kids! We also went with Molly and her mom Kim. We intended to go to two buildings, but the girls were ready to be done before we finished the one. Amy was yelling at us on the second to last floor, "I want to go home!" Unfortunately we started out on the boy floors, and the boys don't participate nearly as much as the girl floors do. Understandable. But the girls had a nice haul from 16 floors of dorms. Here they are ready to get some candy! Oh, and by this time, Amy was ready to wear her dragon costume. Although she was commonly mistaken for a boy dressed as a dinosaur/alligator. That seems to be Amy's lot in life no matter what she wears.

sisters

pretty Molly-she's such a good friend!

cute wings

oh, and Amy wanted to wear wings to be a "fairy dragon."

We love trick or treating at the dorms! And it was especially fun this year to have my mom, gramma, along with us. She always comes to visit us this time of year, but has always gone home before Halloween, so it was special to have her here for the holiday.

pre-Halloween

October 29, 2009

Amy has been participating in a joy-school that I am doing with three other friends. We had a little Halloween party for the kids on Thursday. They of course wore costumes. My mom made Adelynne's fairy costume, which turned out great. And when I asked Amy what she wanted to be, a fairy or a dragon, she picked dragon. Typical Amy. So we borrowed a costume from a friend, but when Thursday morning rolled around, Amy decided she wanted to be a princess (dressed in pink and a skirt, just like her sister). Typical Amy. So I of course let Amy dress in whatever she wanted. Thus she is wearing a stained leotard and a big pink slip that the girls wear as a skirt. (It twirls great-see previous post of Adelynne dancing).

Angel Molly

I love Amy in this picture! She is so proud of her "costume."

Our other friends are Ben (lion), Evan (in the back hiding), Molly, and little sister to Evan, Kiah (skunk).

Just had to throw Ben's roaring lion face.