Pumpkins and Cookies!!!

We started the tradition of baking Halloween sugar cookies a few years ago and the girls look forward to decorating them each year. We spent an afternoon and evening doing that with pumpkin carving. I figured I might as well do all the messy stuff the same time so I didn't have to clean up more than once! Haylee got bored with the pumpkin carving because there wasn't much for her to do but she loved getting candy pieces from her sisters while decorating cookies!

Cory wasn't feeling very well but still helped me with the carving. He said the sight of the green frosting made him feel nauseous. That's a first, I didn't have to keep poking his hand with a fork each time he stole a spoonful of frosting or candy!!!

Pre-Halloween

Dress-up seems to be the theme at our house all the time, however Lexi got it in her head that we needed to practice for Halloween. She and Haylee got dressed up to practice Trick or Treating although Lexi isn't going to be a princess and Haylee isn't going to be a pumpkin princess so I'm not sure how much practice they got :)

Happy Birthday Lexi!!!

Princess Lexi is now three years old! Oh how we are into the princess theme for this quick witted girl. Lexi is always dressing up as a princess, a ballerina or just in a skirt to be "beautiful". Can we say laundry? She changes clothes a lot but she is so into her character when she does it is hard to be mad at her at all. I love that she is such the comic relief in our family, coming up with the funniest things!!! Lexi is my home body but you can get her to go outside and do anything for "monies". $$$$ She is really wanting to go to school but I chose to teach her pre-school at home and she really loves it. She reminds me as soon as Sadie walks out the door for school that it is her time for school. Lexi is a fantastic big sister to Haylee and my very best helper in the kitchen. She had changed so much over the past year is it amazing.
For her birthday we had a party here at the house with just the immediate family over. She chose a princess castle cake (naturally) and loved eating the pink candy corn effect. (See pictures below) Her favorite present was her new skirt I made her, which she has worn every day since. Her other favorite was the shark bath towel Grandpa and Grandma Bird gave her. And of course it was complete with "pig food" for her piggybank. It was a fun birthday for everyone.

Lexi also went to the dentist for the first time. She had her "Happy Visit" with Dr. Oliverson. All the kids call him Dr. O and Lexi kept asking me why they call him that. She is so timid in that regard for new things. I can't get her to quit singing at the top of her lungs at home but put her in the dentist office and she barley said five words. She was very excited about the treasure chest and the toys she got from it though. I hope this makes future visits more fun for her. We shall see.

September 2010

Sadie started Kingergarten this year. She is so excited and loves evey minute of school. I'm not so sure I'm ready for this, but it is here anyway. Her teacher, Mr. stokes fondly calls his class the sevan princesses as there are only girls in the class. The schedule is kind of weird, but they go two full days a week for the first quarter. For the second and third quarters they go three full days a week and for the final quarter back to two full days. Sadie also started riding her bike without training wheels this late summer and is sooooo proud of that! Go Sadie!!!
With Sadie gone, it is different at home but the other two like more time with me. We get to do lots of fun things together. Lexi can't wait for the day she can go to school too. So we try to do some school at home. We went outside the other day and collected leaves to count, color on and work on the letter "L" in her name.

My Helper

Haylee the helper!!!