Halloween was fun

For dance class she dressed as a princess fairy, a goldfish for her friend's party and for school and Halloween night she dressed as a puppy dog. She's like a regular princess Amidala. The princess part anyway.

Sydney was cat in the hat and Jake was the color blue. He's such a teenager. :)

Halloween is such a great opportunity to get out and meet and visit with neighbors. We went to one of Sydney's friend's house for pre-candy gathering. We had a costume contest where all the kiddos walked away with an award and a really silly murder mystery game that the kids and parents had fun doing.

Thank you to the Marshall's for hosting the fun times and for sharing the time in the neighborhood.

Dance Class

Such a busy schedule for our four year old. She is really enjoying doing tap and ballet. It would be really cool to see her on stage someday. :)

Kiley turns Four!!

We're very excited that our littlest angel is now four.

Favorite character: Dora the explorer
Favorite animated show: octonauts
Favorite treat: orange leaf
Favorite bedtime story: walls of Jericho
Activities: gymnastics, ballet/dance, impromtu singing

Parents day at Crenshaw gymnastics

Sydney with a Great Friend

I'm really enjoying Sydney and her playfulness. Today she was playing with a friend from down the street. They still enjoy a great game of hop scotch!

Play date!

Kiley had her very first play date away from the parents today. It's with a very good friend of ours and hers. We weren't sure how it would go but were encouraged by her enthusiasm.

I think it was more a milestone for me than anyone else.

Kiley is writing her name

Kiley began to write her name often and decided that it would also be good to have an out line of her hand as part of the signature. It's very cute an she is so excited about it.

Yesterday she told Courtney that we needed to celebrate the newly discovered skill by going to Orange Leaf. Only she called it the ice cream parlor. I don't think that we've ever called it that. We thought that she may have gotten it from a Dora episode. So this afternoon she found our frequent customer card and herded us out the door.

She had me place her collection of signatures in a notebook on three hole punched paper with tabs. She's so organized. :)

Courtney was thrilled that her highlighters, with the sticky tabs built onto the markers, we're used so thoughtfully.