Table For 7, Please!

Macey, Me, Jetta, Addalyn, Gentry, Hannah and Harlow

A dear friend of mine from middle school and part of high school drove all the way from Colorado to KC with her 3 little girls, just to have lunch with us! Okay, okay, that's not entirely true, but she did in fact make the drive with a 3 year old, 1 1/2 year old and 12 week old and we were lucky enough to get to see them. The girls ran around and played while Hannah and I caught up on the past 14 years and reminisced about being the last 2 chairs (that means we were really bad!) in our orchestra class and using the bows to our violins to scratch each others backs instead of practicing. :-) I am so grateful for our visit and our pretty hectic lunch (imagine that!).

Macey, Gentry, Addy

Macey and sweet baby Jetta (both of the girls sweetly/naively asked me for a baby sister after our visit)

But clearly I need some practice on how to hold a 12 week old baby! :-) The girls all took turns taking pictures.

Me, Hannah and Jetta (poor girl was dressed so cute but had a major accident--luckily her Mama had a spare onesie to put on her!)

Roller Girls

The girlies decided to have a skate party inside the other day. Addalyn was pretty thrilled that she can do it by herself now but Macey made it very clear that "I tan't do it by my own, mama!" so I held her hand as she slowly picked up her little feet and carefully walked around in her skates. Which to her, was apparently skating!

Sponge Rollers Rock!

So maybe the sleeping part didn't "rock" so much, but waking up to curly hair sure did. I did this last Tuesday night so the ladies could have curly hair for their Halloween party at the sitter's on Wednesday. I just thought they looked so stinkin' cute so I had to share.
PS--I had an AFTER photo, but my laptop died so I lost many pictures. I'm so heartbroken over it...thank goodness I have this blog and Shutterfly to store so many wonderful photos, videos and memories though!

Punkin' Patch

We just didn't bundle up enough for the pumpkin patch today. I think we (Papa and I--the girls weren't so bothered by the chill) only lasted 45 minutes with that cold wind. In that short time we fed some goats, slid down a few slides and saw lots and lots of pumpkins!

Bittersweet 8-)

A few days ago I was washing a few pots and pans and darling little Macey in her darling little relentless way, repeatedly asked for a drink. My answer of "give me a minute, Mace, mommy's washing dishes" was not good enough so she started to throw a fit. As I was rinsing a pot, I asked if she wanted a squirt of water in her mouth. She said yes, so I gave her a spray from the faucet. She got angry and screamed at me and ran off to her big sister for condolence. Which Addalyn was happy to provide. It's so sweet that her big sister took care of her, but I may be in trouble if they gang up on me!

What's On Macey's Mind?

The answer is, a little of everything! I have so many videos of conversations like this that I love to watch over and over. She has the sweetest little voice in the whole wide world, and quite the imagination!

She's Got Moves

This girl has so many talents. I'm sure she's woken up the neighbors by now with her concert she's been putting on for nearly an hour now. She's a huge Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood fan. Here she is rocking out to Carrie's "Cowboy Cassanova". I had a hard time keeping a straight face. She's so passionate during her performances! The darn sun kept slipping behind the clouds so it kept getting dark, but I think you can see what she's doing.

WORLDS OF FUN

This is right before Macey got stuck going around and around in circles

Addalyn got around great in her pink go-cart!

Macey loved this ride

Addalyn had to sit it out the first time to make sure it wasn't scary, but she rode the second time and loved it too!

I LOVE this picture!

The miniature Detonator

Whacky Worm! First roller coaster ride for my babies!

Pretty sure she gave it 2 Thumbs Up, you just can't see the other thumb. :-)

The Snoopy statue wasn't as scary as the real Snoopy, according to Addalyn.

I love these 4 kids so stinkin' much!

Thanks, Nana, for the face painting! (for paying for it, not doing it--haha!)

Poor girl passed out in line for funnel cakes. She missed out!

A relaxing train ride. And my favorite Addalyn quote of the day, "Mama, I bet I know why they call thisWorlds of Fun...because it is SO SO FUN!".

I attempted to video her first roller coaster ride. (as I said before, when Sterling's around, Addalyn wants nothing to do with me, otherwise I'd have video taped her first ride too!) She seemed to like it but you can tell at the end where the ride gets pretty fast and turns a sharp corner, she wasn't so sure. Didn't stop her from riding again and again!

Weston Apple Fest

Macey's first ride on a school bus! (yes, it was Addalyn's first too, but when Sterling's around she's much too cool for Mommy so they had to go find their own seat to sit in)

Macey the bug!

Addalyn, Sydney, Lauren and Macey :-)

Homemade Apple Pie!

Macey painting pumpkins

Addalyn's work of art (poor kids got mommy's artistic skills, not daddy's)

such happy little girls

before...

...and after!

We Love To Swing

S'Mores!

Papa had some old wood to burn and an old grill to burn them in...guess what that means? The girls loved roasting their marshmallows and I only got hit in the face with those super long sticks half a dozen times. I love fall!