Sweet November

This weekend we celebrated grandma's 60th birthday with a surprise party!  The girls had a great time opening presents with her and taking many photos with guests using the photo booth app and props we brought along for entertainment!



Some days after school we are all just spent!  Here the girls are chilling with the tablet, watching silly videos.


 Stella helping with the dishes one night after dinner!  It was her first attempt at washing and it went pretty well!








We also had a sleepover with Caroline, Caleb, and Esme.  On Sunday morning we enjoyed a nature walk around the corner from our house.  We had no idea there was a trail in the woods but Caleb stumbled across it and it was great taking advantage of the unseasonably warm weather!





On our walk we stopped by the river and the girls were throwing sticks in and watching the current carry them away.  Unfortunately one of Stella's brand new mittens from Aunt MJ ended up in the river too!  Caleb ran along the river and was luckily able to fish it out.  There were a lot of tears but Caleb saved the day!

 Tea party fun!

 Claire simply can't resist playing in the dirt, ever!

 Stella wasn't feeling that great two weeks ago on Sunday morning so she stayed home while Mommy and Claire went to church.  Claire-bear was such a good girl at children's church!

 On the 7th we had a free evening so we ventured out to Appleton Arena for an SLU Men's hockey game.  It was the girls first game and they enjoyed it, especially the snacks!









The girls love to watch shows together - here they are relaxing on the floor with the tablet.

 We have dance shows frequently.  This time in our jammies/undies!

 We spent some time this fall cleaning out the extra room in our upstairs.  We've transformed this into our 'quiet room', where we can play games and read stories - but not leave anything behind!  It's been nice to utilize this space after being here for 5 years and not really using it much!

Claire-Bear walking Sammy with Miss Julie!  Some afternoons on our way home from Julie's after school it will be time to walk the dog.  This afternoon when we made it to our house Claire wanted to keep going with Miss Julie!  So glad she loves being with her :)