Cowgirl

The week before Halloween was Western week at school and Kate and her school friends dressed like cowboys and cowgirls, pretend roasted marshmallows in their classroom, and made trail mix for snack.

Here are a couple pictures of Kate the cowgirl:

Ready for school

Modeling her vest that she

made at school

Halloween week in review

Wow! Halloween is over and I can say that I'm glad to see it go for another year. While I love Halloween, costumes, candy, and all the fun stuff that goes along with it, I just want to know when it became a week-long plus celebration?! That said, I do feel like we got our money's worth out of the girls' costumes, they had a great week, and we ended up with lots of candy so Halloween was a success!

Hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween! Now onto Thanksgiving or like the Tulsa radio station that's already playing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", onto Christmas!

(Warning: overload of pictures follow so scroll down at your own risk!!)

Family picture at Pumpkin Town - this is the

best we could do!

Maggie's 1st pony ride

Pumpkin Town

Kate and Glammy at Southern Hills'

Halloween party

Decorating a cupcake with Glammy and Nanny

Having fun at the Halloween party

Kate's costume day at school

Looking cute for school

Kate and her school friends - Kylan (UPS man),

Ty (banana), Laiken (Tinkerbell), Kate, and

Caroline (Ariel)

Halloween parade and trick-or-treat at school

Camp Cute n Spooky for Caroline R.'s

birthday party

Cleaning out her pumpkin

Maggie wasn't too sure

Maggie with her jack-o-lantern

The jack-o-lantern artists

Maggie's costume day at school

Looking cute for school

TU/SMU tailgate on Halloween day

Trick-or-treating with Caroline (Ariel) and

Caroline (Minnie)

Halloween cuties in their Halloween pjs

Catch a Falling Star

Kate's dance class had their fall program for mommys and daddies to come watch and Kate was a super-star! She did a great job dancing and singing and loved her costume. Can't wait for the real recital in May...should be cute!

Fall Break

Fall break has come and gone. The girls and I were lazy on Thursday and Friday, staying home for most of the day because it was cold outside. We filled our time by playing, doing art, watching "The Fresh Beat Band" and "Strawberry Shortcake," and baking Halloween cupcakes.

Enjoying a yummy pancake breakfast!

The baker and her finished product

On Saturday night, we made a trip to Bartlesville for the Kiddie Park's Halloween Fest. Kate was super-duper excited to wear her costume and that was definitely the highlight for her! They had local merchants handing out candy to the trick-or-treaters and of course, the rides. Kate's said her favorite ride was the turtle ride with "Snow White" (you'll see in the video). It was a chilly night but both girls were great and had fun.

Alice in Wonderland

Sweet little flower

Back to normal life this week which is good because next week is going to be jam-packed full of Halloween fun!

State Fair Fun

It's that time of year again...the State Fair. We aren't going to Dallas for the State Fair of Texas this year so we headed out on Saturday evening to the Tulsa State Fair.

Ready for the fair!

Kate is a brave kid and loved riding the rides. Poor Maggie was going to ride a few rides with us, but there's a height requirement and she didn't make it. She was so patient to sit in her stroller and enjoy watching Kate ride and then of course we all indulged in the fried fair food.

We're barely peeking over the top of the wall.

Riding the dragon roller coaster

It was a nice cool evening, not a huge crowd (OU was playing), and we had a fun time. Can't wait for next year!

PS...Please excuse our picture quality and total lack of pictures. Our camera met its maker in the form of water and we're having to resort to using our iPhone camera. We're working on a replacement.

Disney on Ice

A few months ago, we had the opportunity to buy tickets to Disney on Ice. Two of my girlfriends and I decided that it would be a perfect daddy/daughter or son date night since the mommys have been fortunate enough to go to 2 or 3 of these events already. So we each bought two tickets for last Thursday night and waited a few months for the date to arrive.

In the meantime, Caroline's daddy (conveniently) had a week-long business trip planned for last week so Ryan was so nice to escort both Caroline and Kate to Disney on Ice. Becky and the kids and Dylan and Luke came over before the show to enjoy a pizza dinner and once the girls were dressed as their chosen princess, they were off to the show. When they got home at 9:45, they were definitely tired but they had a blast. Ryan said that they were perfect and behaved great for him. I think it was a fun date night, but Brent (Caroline's daddy) owes Ryan big time!:)

Dressed and ready to go!

I love this picture...mesmerized!

Kate and her buddies - Luke and Caroline

(It's hard to get 3 toddlers to look and smile

at the same time!)

Ryan and his 2 dates!

Kate the ballerina

Kate had her first ballet class today and had a super time. She loved both of her teachers, Miss Jennifer and Miss Leah and had a great time dancing and singing. I think what she really liked the best was her leotard, skirt, and ballet shoes!:)

Always a hug for her best friend, Caroline!

And this was Maggie's excitement for the day...falling head-first into the laundry basket. And poor thing, instead of immediately rescuing her, I took pictures instead. She was not happy!!