Halloween 2009

Halloween was good. Check out the pretty moon! Frances was a beautiful Snow White and Delaney was a Butterfly. Frances had a fever so we just sat on the front porch and passed out candy. The girls really enjoy doing that every year. We usually have friends over to help but didn't want to share our fever. I did take the girls for a very short walk to a few houses so they could get their "own" candy. One of the things we passed out was halloween pencils. It was fun to see how many of the kids were genuinely excited about a pencil! Such fun!

And what is more halloween like than spiders...here are my girls playing with a spider that their daddy was suppose to squish. It was on the ceiling and he decided to catch it and let the girls play with it!!!

children's museum

We enjoyed a visit to the Children's Museum this week. The kids were all so well behaved! There were eight kids and three adults!!

Denver Rocks!

We spent 5 days in denver recently and it was a great time! The event that brought us there was my good friend Michelle's wedding. It was so great to see all of my old girls from college! They are truly great friends! Michelle's new guy seems great and I am so so happy for her/them!!!

We also got to spend some great quality time with my sister-in-law and her husband! The girls loved seeing aunt Tricia and Uncle Corey. They took us rock climbing at an indoor gym. Frances was awesome! She climbed to the top of the 37' wall probably 6 times!!

We also went up to the mountains (just in the foothills) and went for a hike. Both girls had it made as they were in backpacks. Frances was a little on the heavy side but it would have been torture to have her walking. The sites were beautiful and the weather was perfect! Just a little snow up in the mountains but none in the city.

The girls helped aunt Tricia rake leaves one afternoon as well. Tricia has a fantastic camera and took many great pictures! It was a fantastic trip! Something we will definitely have to repeat (although the airplane ride was direct it was still a challenge, we will have to remind ourselves how much easier it was than driving). thanks for the great time Trish and Corey!!

big marshmallows

Here are the girls enjoying their HUGE marshmallwos from gramma JoJo.

multiple uses

Most of you know that I have tried to use cloth diapers at least 50% of the time. Tonight, quite appropriately since it is getting cold in our house, Delaney discovered that her fleece diaper cover also makes a great hat! At least they get some use!!!

Delaney is showing a huge interest in coloring lately. I am impressed at her attention span with it and her ability to hold a crayon somewhat correctly. Such a smart little girl!

We went to a 4 year olds birthday party and were suppose to dress up as cowboys. Frances borrowed a pink hat from our neighbor. It looked pretty good! Delaney dressed up as a cow, didn't get a picture of that.

My mom sent me a photo of these cute turtles many years ago. Frances is just now starting to eat hot dogs so we gave it a try. It was so easy and the kids could help. They loved them so much!

Package from grandma JoJo

My mom told me she had sent us a package so we were excited to see it arrive today. She also asked if I would capture the girls' face when they opened it. Here is a video. Thanks Mom!!