Rhyming Word Fun

This has been a quiet week compared to our last few months and the weekend was really nice since we enjoyed more snuggle time at home than usual.  The girls had a sleepover with the Britton girls on Saturday night.  The mom's and dad's went to a Halloween party so we missed out on the fun - thank you to our sitters for looking after the girls through all of the excitement!  We also made jack-o-lanterns and continue to look forward to trick or treating on Halloween night.  Stella has asked mommy to dress up as a witch with her.  Claire can't exactly say this so when we ask her what mommy will be for Halloween it often comes out more like a 5-letter word completely on accident which is so funny!  Claire-Bear is dressing up as a pretty princess which she says as 'pretty dress!'.  We know what she means!  It should be a fun night this year because Stella knows what to expect and tells us she's looking forward to it!  We'll post pics next week!

Walking with our girls!

This weekend we participated in our community-wide Crop Hunger Walk.  This is the second year we've walked in support of ending world hunger.  Thank you Aunt MJ and Logan for doing this with us, and thank you to our sponsors too!   We figure it's never too early for the girls to start learning about sharing what you have and helping others!
 

My Cousin Haley taught me this!

Playing with Mommy's glasses while
we wait for Stella to finish her gymnastics class.

This week we've also tried to sneak in some playtime outside in the evenings before dinner.  We also went to gymnastics class - Claire is still having trouble staying at her groups station and taking turns but is making some progress.  We were also fortunate to see some family from out of town at a birthday party for Laila, Randy's cousins little girl who like Claire just turned 2.  The girls had such a fun time playing with all the kids

I can carry this ball AND twirl my ribbon while saying "look at me!"

Finally some pictures

A fun crew!

We have a lot of special times to catch up on! We hope you enjoy all of the pictures we've gathered over the past several weeks:

The Bobsled ride at Santa Claus Land!

A few weekends ago we visited North Pole, NY  with Grammie and Pa to see Santa.  This attraction is absolutely perfect for little people and our girls had so much fun!

The icy cold North Pole

Stella making her own wooden toy car in Santa's Toy Shop

The girls dancing with some of the park characters

Stella with Grammie on the Train

The Perrin's visited from Hawaii and the Schuchhardt's visited from Ohio last weekend. The Parker's joined in all of the fun and the kids all had a super fun time.  We also had visits from Maddy and Kalub.  Our girls love to play with other children so the more the merrier!

Grammie planned an 'old-school' halloween party just like from our childhood.  The grown-ups helped the kiddos get excited by dressing up too.  The kids experienced a doughnut on a string eating contest and also tried to bob for apples.  It was great fun!

The girls were our little Princesses for the day!  Claire remembers dressing up for this party so now when ever we ask her what she's going to be for halloween she says (or rather shouts) "pretty dress"!
 

Double-fisting apples!

Skye taking a bite with Stella and Haley

Sleepy kitty!  Jordan loved dressing up so much
he didn't want to take off his costume!

While everyone was here we  visited Fobare's Fruits.  We've mentioned in a previous post how simply awesome this place is.  Everyone loved it!

Skye and Claire

The Perrin's

Claire on the tire playground

Barefoot and loving life!

 

 

Our happy girl really hurt her finger last weekend when
she pinched it between a folding chair.  She's a trooper though!
The Dora band-aids help us keep it covered (sometimes...)

 

 

We also celebrated Claire's 2nd birthday with a Monster themed party.  It was so fun being able to enjoy our special girls day with cousins!

Aunt MJ made this fun cake.  Claire was so excited
about Monster Mike!

Birthday favors and decorations!

Claire was super excited about here green monster cake!

This weekend Caroline, Caleb, and Esme came for a visit.  The girls had so much fun playing together.  On Sunday we climbed Pinnacle Mountain in Santa Clara.  This smaller mountain is a perfect hike for children and it was an absolutely gorgeous day to enjoy the Adirondacks!

Beautiful view from the summit.  (And holding on to our busy body Claire-Bear ReAlLy close!)

Family Fun Fall '13

The last two weeks we've been having great fun with a trip to the North Pole to visit Santa Clause Land, and a visit from family.  We celebrated Claire's 2nd birthday a week early while so many family members were visiting.  Since they are still here this is a quick entry but we promise to post pics from both special times very soon!