Halloween 2014

Halloween is so fun with three little girls.  Actually, a lot of things are fun with these three girls.  I can't help but smile whenever I look at their cute faces.  Especially in action or candid shots.  I can usually tell what they were doing or saying or thinking at that moment.  I really feel so lucky that I've been blessed with these three...

Eleanor dressed up as Rainbow dash, Molly was Minnie Mouse and originally Penelope was going to be Elsa, but then she decided on Katy Perry from her Roar music video. She put together her leopard print shirt and green tutu on her own and she really wanted to make a flower headband so we got out the glue gun and threw one together and attached some flowers to her tutu.  She is such a funny girl.  I love her originality and creativity and her excitement.

  

 I like this picture because it sums up their personalities so well.
Penelope is cooperating and excited to have her picture taken, Eleanor and Molly are running around being crazy :)

Oh Eleanor, silly goose!

 This girl and her faces! She is so expressive. 

  "Enough pictures, let's go trick or treating!!!!!"

Molly was pretty nervous when she saw everyone all dressed up.  

But once she got her first candy, she was totally into it. 

I wish our neighborhood would start trick or treating a little earlier with more daylight. Andrew headed home early with Penelope and Molly because they were a little too scared to stay out once it got dark.  I stayed out longer with Eleanor and some friends. It's been so fun living in our neighborhood and putting down some roots and making friends and creating memories!

Eleanor's Birthday

On Eleanor's birthday we took family pictures and went to dinner at Red Robin.

The next day she invited 3 friends (plus Molly and Penelope) to go to Monkey Joe's - Shaelynn, Arden, and Hayden. 

After they were done bouncing around we went back to our house for pizza and donuts.  Eleanor wanted a donut cake so that is what she got! Then the girls opened presents and played in the backyard.  Penelope loved being one of the big girls and they all had a really fun time together.

 

 It is so fun to watch my girls grow up, and Eleanor is no exception.  She is so smart, she can figure almost anything out on her own, which sometimes makes her seem a little sneaky.  She's very creative. She loves playing with and being in charge of her sisters.  She loves learning new things and she loves having projects and tasks to do, unless it involves cleaning.  She really doesn't like to clean, unless it is her own room.  She loves organizing and arranging things in her room just right.  She loves her stuffed animals, she loves hanging things on her walls.  She likes to make number charts.  She can count to 100. She likes to play school with Penelope.  She wants to be a doctor or a vet when she grows up. She is getting pretty good at tying her shoes.  She loves online shopping on amazon. Whenever I go to actually buy something I have to empty about 60 things from the shopping cart.  She also was chosen as "terrific kid" for this semester from her Kindergarten class.  The teacher chooses one student each semester who has really excelled at being a good student  a good example and a good leader. This is what her certificate from her teacher said, "Eleanor is a role model for our class with her good behavior.  She is always willing to help a classmate and is consistently polite to her peers and adults in and out of the classroom.  Eleanor, I am so proud of all you have accomplished since starting Kindergarten.  Keep up the wonderful things you are doing.  You truly are a terrific kid."  She missed a couple of days of school while we were at Disneyworld and we were a little tardy the day she returned so I had to bring her to her classroom and it was so cute to hear all of her classmates shout, "Eleanor! You're back!!" when we walked in.  She really is a neat little kid and we love her a lot! :) 

Riverbend Farm for some pumpkin picking

We tried out a new pumpkin patch this year and I'd say it was pretty good.  The girls loved it and it was a great start to our fall festivities :)

Molly's birthday in Utah

We got to celebrate Molly's birthday with her birthday buddy, Freddie, in Utah! Andrew is chapter chair for the BYU alumni association in Charlotte and there was a conference he had to attend at BYU so we all tagged along.

One morning after dropping Andrew at his meetings we passed by the stadium and I couldn't help but stop and let the kids get out for some pictures :)

 
It was so fun to spend some down time with Emily, Freddie, Laura and Amy.  So crazy to think that I have 4 siblings in Utah.  While Andrew was at meetings the girls and I mainly hung at Emily's house and let all the girlies and Henry play.  Like usual, Emily was much better at documenting our time together so here's some of what we did together.

Emily was so nice to host a little bday party for Molly and Freddie.  Yummy food and good company! What more could you want?!

Time sure flies and now Molly is 2.  She is such a feisty little thing.  She talks so much and it seems like she knows so much more than the other two girls did at this age.  It probably has something to do with having two older sisters.  She loves watching Barbie life in the dreamhouse and Peppa Pig.  She could seriously watch either of those all day and she thinks the ipad is hers.  If it is anywhere in sight, she has to have it.  She is not a very good listener and usually responds most requests with "no way." Haha it started off being kind of funny but now I'm realizing it's not cute ;) She still seems like the baby but I've got to realize she's old enough to know better so we've been trying to discipline her a little bit more.  She LOVES chapstick.  If it is too quiet, I can usually find her in a corner or under a table smearing chapstick all over her face.  She also loves playing with makeup and picking out what she wants to wear.  Most mornings when I go in to get her from her crib she's taken her jammies off, but luckily still keeps her diaper on. She has to have her baby, her monkey, and her blankie to go to sleep.  Also in her crib is a minnie mouse and a hello kitty but if they aren't there she usually doesn't ask for them unless she is stalling.  She is such a smart little cookie.  Although I think it's more street smarts than book smarts because she still doesn't know her colors.  She loves dancing and singing with the big girls and even knows some words to songs.  While Eleanor is at school, Molly asks about her all day long and when she gets home from school Molly follows her around the rest of the afternoon.  They are cute little buddies.  She loves when I do train tracks with her, she loves playing with little peoples and their school bus.  She loves loading up purses and pushing around her stroller with her baby.  She is just such a fun little girl! We love her a lot!