Mascot Night

I know I have mentioned it a few times... but, I really love our local Chick FilA. They do such fun activities on Kids Night. Recently they had Team Mascot night. Rameses was there! So was the NCSU wolf, which Sarah kept calling the Big Bad Wolf.

Of course I had to get the girls dressed up in blue.

Emily wanted to get a picture with every mascot... even that ol nasty wolf. I loved her 'why is this thing touching me' face in every picture. And she had no idea how to do the wolf fingers (I don't know what they are called)

Lauren C. - I know you love this picture don't ya?

Make sure you show Bob!

We ran into Logan and Brown Bear while we were there.

I think this picture is cute of Andy and Ramses!

And who knows why I didn't think of getting a picture of the whole family with the Ram!

Ugh! Makes me so mad since the girls and I were even wearing our UNC gear. Oh well

Christmas is coming!!

I am so proud of myself.... we already have our Christmas pictures done and cards ordered. I am way ahead of things this year. :) Granted I still have to address and mail the cards out, but at least I am halfway there!

This year I am trying out a different website for my Christmas cards.... Tiny Prints! I am really impressed with their card designs. They are very classy! Check them out here.  They have a variety of sizes, layouts and designs. There are so many to choose from, but it is easy to narrow down with their great filters. And I really like that you can get a flat card, but have a message and picture printed on the back too. We just received a birth announcement today from some friends and the announcement was printed by Tiny Prints. It was on heavy cardstock and looked beautiful. It makes me very excited to get our cards!!!

Here is the one I picked... I love it!

You will have to wait and see it finished with our pictures. Andy took some really nice pictures just in our backyard with a tripod. Thankfully we had a neighbor boy jump around behind the camera to get the girls to laugh!

Now I am off to decorate our house for Christmas!

Halloween

So Halloween was a wet, wet, cold mess! It was pouring down raining! I was kind of over Halloween before it even arrived since we had gone to so many parties. However the girls disagreed.

Emily started off the evening by dressing up as a ghost to scare Daddy. Pretty funny!

Then the princesses got ready to trick or treat... in the rain! We definitely got our money out of these costumes since we worn them so many times. (Well, mom did since she bought them for their birthdays.)

Andy was nice enough to brave the rain and take them out to a few houses.

I stayed home and set up a spooky treasure hunt...

...that ended with hot chocolate.Yum!

Reppes Visit and Trunk or Treat

My college roommate, Katherine, was in town recently with her girls. They came over to hang out one afternoon. Her girls are the same age as Emily and Sarah, so they had a fun time playing together. They didn't waste any time on being shy.

The trunk or treat/chili cookoff was that night, so Kat and her girls came with us.

I have no idea why they were putting their bags on their heads, but once the big sisters did it, the little ones copied.

As usual, here is the one shot of Abby just to prove she was there!

It was so nice to catch up with Kat.

Facebook helps us keep in touch, but nothing beats hanging out in person!

And lucky us, we got to see the Reppes one more time before they left. Kat threw a birthday party for Katelyn while she was in town.

 The girls got to wear there costumes AGAIN!

I got to see a few more girlfriends that I don't see much

I dressed Abby up as a ballerina for this party.

She looked so cute!

Preschool Costume Parade

Emily's class had a little Halloween party. The moms were invited to stay and watch the costume parade through the school. They trick or treated in the other classrooms and it was cute to see all the kids dressed up.

Emily was Rapunzel again. We found this nightgown at the Disney Store and thought it would be great for her to wear as a costume and then later as a nightgown. The wig was a MUST, even though it was quite a pain.

Oh, look who jumped in line with the trick or treaters!! Sarah and Zoe!

Emily and her class. 

It has taken her a few months, but she has learned everyone's name and tells me what kind of hair everyone has and who she sat beside. :) 

Pumpkin Patch

Emily preschool class took a field trip to a pumpkin patch. Emily was very excited about her first field trip... as was Sarah since they let her tag along too.

 They went on a hayride, fed some goats, ran through a corn maze... and then finally got to pick out their pumpkin.

Sarah and Zoe thought they were so cool hanging out with the bid kids!

The teachers were so sweet and brought a treat for them too!

 Of course they wanted to carve them as soon as we got home.

What a fun day!

Trunk or Treat #1

We went down to the Boneys for Claire 1st birthday party. Their church was having their trunk or Treat that night, so we tagged along. 

I love Sarah holding Claire in place. Emily and Simon are super close since we used to see him alot when they lived closer, but I love how easy it is for Sarah to love Simon and Claire too! 

 Bumblebee, Rapunzel (Emily added the flowers to her braid, just like in the movie) and Snow White.

 Daddy and Abby Girl!

 Digging into the candy!

 Fun times... as always!