Utah Trip

This past weekend the girls and I went to Utah with my parents for my cousin Lizzie's wedding. The kids went crazy for the snow! The cold didn't seem to phase them at all (especially Molly) as long as they were able to play in the snow. I think the highlight of the weekend was sledding in aunt Karen's backyard, but that's probably obvious from the video.

Claire fell asleep in this awkward position on the plane. Never in a million years did I think I would be lucky enough to have this happen, but the stars must have aligned.



The kids dressed in their finest for the wedding, but they unfortunately doubled as play clothes. Yes, Molly is rocking a fur stole, but I think she pulls it off nicely!







Sledding!

Molly's First School Picture

More Molly Talk

The other day we were in the car and Molly asked "Mom, is comforter Spanish for blankie?"

Last week while getting dressed to go to my parent's house I decided that it would be perfectly acceptable to wear a giant t-shirt and hot pink pajama pants with skull-and-crossbones on them. Unfortunately I hadn't realized that we'd be meeting my mom for an impromptu trip to Target, so I decided to just suck it up and go out, hot pink pants and all (not that I look much better when I know I'll be going to Target). We got there a few minutes before my mom did, then as soon as my mom got there Molly gave her a hug and said "Mom's not really supposed to come to the store with those pants on."

Super Molly and Super Claire

Annual ASU Game

On Halloween Chris and Molly went to their annual ASU game. I think they had a good time overall, though Molly started getting antsy after the first quarter. Chris tried to keep her entertained with different activities/food, but after the third quarter they decided to call it a day.



This is Molly refusing to give me any decent poses for our pre-game photo shoot.

Halloween Festivities

Here are some photos of our many Halloween Festivities:


Every year we got to Mother Nature's Farm, but this may be the last year. The tractor ride involves driving around their large lot filled with rotting gourds, dirt piles, weeds, and buildings under construction. The few animals that are on the farm look pretty sickly, and the pig pen was laden with hundreds of old onions. Not sure why they thought that was a good idea, it reeked.







Our ward Halloween party was a lot of fun. Molly's favorite part was the cupcake walk. After the second walk through she wanted to do it again, and I told her she could, she just couldn't have another cupcake if she won. She asked me if I could let the adults working the booth that she wasn't allowed to have anymore, and I told her I didn't need to; she could just let them know she wasn't having anymore cupcakes. A few rounds later she won and she went running over to the cupcake table. There was a quick conversation with the cupcake gal, then Molly came sprinting over to me and said "I let her know that I already had PLENTY!!" I'm not sure who was prouder, me or her.




Molly helped draw on the face for the pumpkin, with a few modifications during carving. Claire liked to eat the pieces of pumpkin that got carved out.






Molly's preschool Halloween party. They got to frost cookies, play games, and trick-or-treat to the moms around the preschool yard. The siblings got to come too, but Eve and Claire were the only siblings dressed up. We couldn't waste an opportunity to wear the costumes!





The final Halloween party: trick-or-treating at the Avenue of the Fountains and a few houses in Fountain Hills.

Claire's New Tricks