Christmas Decorations

We barely got up from Thanksgiving dinner when Makaela asked to decorate the house (seriously, we hadn't even gotten out of our seats).  Begrudgingly, Matt dragged all the boxes down from the attic and the girls and I got busy decorating. I must say, we unpacked and decorated in record time.

Our neighbor had already put lights up so we took pictures by their house

Makaela's Santa list.  She wants a "real phone", "an ipad", "a real car"...not asking too much, huh.

And our Elf came out!  This year his name is Mikey, but it tends to change every year.

11 months of Madi

Madi turned 11 months during Thanksgiving weekend so her 11 month celebration was a whirlwind of holiday decorations.  Madi has only gained 7 ounces since last month (she is now 17.8 lbs) and the doctor is a bit nervous about this.  This kid moves around so much though, she is probably burning off all the calories she eats.  She is doing so well at her preschool and her teachers love her.  Luckily, my very good friend works there and she sends me videos throughout the day.  She is a binky child all the way through too.

Mia turns 3!

Last year Mia wanted to go to Sea World for her birthday and she said she wanted to do the same this year.  At the last minute, she decided she wanted a "Princess Party" so I had to pull together a party in less than a week.  We ended up having a lovely little party for her and all her friends wore princess dresses and costumes.  Mia is such a go-with-the-flow type of kid; she acted like it was a grand party and thoroughly enjoyed it. 

Reaching for the sky.

Her "mean" face

She acts all coy

After decorating cupcakes, she wanted to just decorate and eat icing and what the birthday girl wants, the birthday girl gets

Mill Creek Fall Festival

This was our first experience at a school Fall Festival and it was so cute watching Makaela walk the grounds and show me around.  She was so excited to use the big 4th and 5th grade playground, to see all her friends outside school hours and to try to dunk her teacher.  We LOVE her teacher Mrs. Sprinkle, but Makaela really wanted to dunk her.  We spent a few tickets at that booth.

Makaela trying to take out Mrs. Sprinkle

Mia got in on the action

This was an interesting booth

It was a beautiful night and the campus was beautiful

This was one happy girl.