Birthday girl

We knew we were going to be in Kansas again this year for Maci's birthday so we were looking for fun ideas for her birthday cake.  This one beat out all the rest and the best part about it? I didn't have to make it :)  David did such an amazing job and there were big smiles all around. 

Now that the potty training phase is complete, what is a better birthday present than underwear? Two packages of underwear! Thanks Steph and Carly!

She had been asking for Frozen makeup and was super excited to get it.

She loves playing games.

Grandma and Grandpa Held gave her a frozen necklace that she has been admiring.

As you can see Aleck was eager to help.

One last present from Eric and Paula was waiting for her outside on the porch.

Olaf was well loved that day.

Happy 4th birthday sweets!

Queen Elsa and a cute bumble bee

We went to Kansas the end of October to see my family and help them build a new deck onto the back of the house.  Maci had always wanted to be Elsa for Halloween (along with every other little girl in the US) and I found these cute pajamas for Aleck that would pass for his costume. (Quite smart of me to have a costume last more than one night ;)) Carly and Steph were black cats. This year was quite chilly for KS Halloween weather but we were used to coats and costumes. So here are the cute kiddos.

As you can see, he didn't like to wear his antennas.  But when he did, it was cute! 

 

 

 Maci's facial expression make me LOL!

If you look close, the bumble bee has a side kick; Winnie the Pooh.

Fall pictures

Here are the fall pictures. Maci had already played in the leaves a few times before we raked the yard.  She loves playing in the leaves.  What kid doesn't?!  Aleck has this tongue to the side thing and you can see in some of his pictures.  They were fun subjects but most of the time my camera and I weren't fast enough to get the great shot.

 

 I couldn't keep these kids away from our raspberry bushes this year.  Good thing they are healthy and organic!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Look at these twinkle toes!

 

 This was as good as I could get.  I wish they were closer and Coco was out of the picture but it is still cute.

 

 

 Maci would let me take one picture and would quickly run away.

 

 

 

 

 

Pumpking carving for FHE

We all were looking forward to our FHE pumpkin carving.  The night came and I showed Maci all the cute patterns we could carve and she chose the Grim Reaper.  Really??!! Yep, she wanted something scary.  As we would carve out a piece and pulled it out, Aleck would try to put it back in.  He didn't like putting his hands into the pumpkin. Too icky for him. Maci was excited and glad she could carve the pumpkin by herself (without our help) this year.