Adele's Frozen Birthday

Adele had been asking for a Frozen birthday for probably about 6 months.  I'm not sure where exactly she got the idea, but a friend from my moms group was giving away some decor from a Frozen party she did I jumped at the idea, and was ready to go for this party pretty quickly.  My dear friend and decorator guru, Rachel, came over to help me set it all up, and it looked great.  

We had a few friends come over on a Friday morning for a simple playdate party.  Our babysitter did some amazing face paint for the kids, and even made them Elsa braids out of yarn.  The weather was wet so we had some indoor activities of snowman building and ornament making, and the kids did some Frozen karaoke.  

Enjoy the photos!  

 

Here's our lunch spread...

And with the birthday girl...

We put up the poster we made for her preschool birthday celebration.  

Here's the sweetie again.  

Our activity table.

I had fun with the cake.  Here's the cake before it got some bonus decor.

And here it is all ready for the party.  

The TV all ready for Frozen karaoke.

And the girls all ready for friends to arrive.  (Adele got her dress for her birthday, but once she had it on, the others raided the dress up clothes for something appropriate.  I was surprised how many blue dresses we had!)

Fun with friends!

Me and my little Elsa.  Happy Birthday Adele!

Girl Scout Festival of Lights

One of Emeline's Girl Scout events was the Festival of Lights.  It is a holiday event put on by the older GS troops where lots of local troops join to sing holiday songs together.  Here are some photos.

Emeline climbing the trees out front before hand.

Her troop up front patiently waiting.

Hadley and Emeline.

The two first grade troops on stage getting ready.

Singing Cascabeles y Feliz Navidad.

Iphone Photo Dump - November

Here's a glimpse of our November!

Swapping costumes after Halloween...

Mommy's sunglasses.

A walk to the park with our neighbor Joy.

Makeshift drums.

The girls carried all the little chairs to the top of the play structure and made us a rocket ship!

Sleeping sweetie.  Sometimes I have to wake this one from naps to pick up Emeline from school.

Election day at school.  Emeline insists that Hilary Clinton won in her class, and that's all that matters.

Swinging!

A peaceful weekend at the women's retreat.

Thanksgiving & Happy Hollow

My dad and his friend Teri came to visit for Thanksgiving.  We had a lovely dinner with family at Aunt Diane and Uncle Mile's house.


While Grandpa was in town, we took the kids to Happy Hollow.  Everyone had a great time.

Emeline conquered her fears and tried the roller coaster for the first time!

We also discovered she's probably starting to not fit in some of these rides.

But they all had lots of fun together.

Silly on the swings.

Trying out the new pedal helicopter ride.

All done and heading home.

One more ride!

iPhone Photo Dump - October

Here's a glimpse into our October...

Kate got some special time with Mommy and we went to Build a Bear.  Here she is giving her bear a bath.

Then we had lunch with mommy.

Followed by ice cream!

Dinner at the Chans house with the Mathais as well.  All the kids piled on the bed for a movie.

Kate has learned to write her name!

Fun at this years school Walkathon.

Emeline and her friend Niki.

And with Maestra Anna.

Hanging out with Adele while watching Kate play soccer.

Fall First Grade photos came in.

Fun with a hand me down toy from the Austin and Ollie.  We miss you guys!