Three's Company!

Our beautiful girl turned 3 on November 10th!  She has definitely gone from baby to little girl over the last year.  It has been so fun watching her continue to develop her sassy personality.  Sweet, fiesty, smart, dramatic, loving and empathetic...all rolled into the little girl we are so lucky to call our own.

Current Stats:
Weight, height and head circumference - all still in the 75-100% range
Nickname - most prominent is "Moogs" (which has many variations)
Favorite color - half the time it's blue, half the time it's pink
Favorite lovies - giraffe and pink blankie (there are probably over 15 on her bed but giraffe and pink blankie go to Linda's with her so those must be the faves)
Favorite movie/show - "Air Buddies" and "Max and Ruby" (much to her parents chagrin)
Favorite song - "Here We Go" by the Fresh Beat Band
Favorite princess - Rapunzel

Which brings us to our birthday festivities!

Gotta start the day with a good breakfast!  (of course Nick steals the show as usual!)

Drop Nick off at school and then it's off to the salon for manicures!  She did great...no smudges!

Showing off our manis during birthday dinner at the Charlie Horse

At dance on Saturday.  She got to wear the birthday crown and be the leader during follow-the-leader!

Party time!!!  Rapunzel arrives!!

She stole the show for an hour - filled with nail painting....(glow in the dark polish that didn't quite glow in the dark...at all)...

...a special signed portrait for the birthday girl...

...make-up application...

Chelsea got to hold the mirror and show everyone how beautiful they looked!

A little eye shadow for Addie.  All of the girls were so patient, waiting their turn in the circle.

A little gold for Megan...

...and of course a flower for everyone's hair.  "Look LeLe, you look like a princess!"

Birthday girl is the first one down for the red carpet runway fashion show!

Then a little bit of hair braid limbo!

"Happy Birthday to you!!"

A tribute to Rapunzel

I wonder what princess will be Chelsea's favorite and invited to her party next year (if any)!!!

Fall Back

Since it's going to be close to 70 degrees out tomorrow I feel the need to do a fall recap.  I was feeling like I missed my chance when it was freezing and snowy last week!  So many fall/Halloween festivities...don't know where to begin!

Our new friend the praying mantis

Nick at the annual Easton Sheep Pasture Harvest Fair - so brave! 

Playing with our new friends/neighbors Maeve and Emanuela on a beautiful indian summer day

Carving pumpkins...once again, Daddy had the best ones on the block!

One of my favorite things that happened this fall is we got that huge, beautiful mum for FREE!!  Cuz the kid working the cash register at the apple picking farm didn't know how to ring it up!  Score.

Em's 9th family bday party.  So proud that this beautiful, smart and funny girl is our niece/cousin!

Nick the animal lover

A trip to Winslow's Farm and Animal Sanctuary with the Daley cousins

Weeeeeeeeee!

LOVE this picture!  They all have the same smile!

BFFs.  Uncle Pete kept walking ahead on the "spooky" trail and jumping out to scare the kids...the older ones thought it was the best thing ever



OK.  That's enough.  What time is it?  Pats on at 4?

Thank you for DESTROYING my beautiful FREE plant Mother Nature!!!  That pumpkin is so angry that he has snow and a plant on his head!

Sawyer's birthday party.  Of course we took 25 pics trying to get everyone to smile...yeah right!!!  This is my fave because Chelsea looks so darn cute. (Sophie, Christian, Maggie, Emily, Aiden, Chelsea, Nick, Charlotte & Sawyer)

Nick's farm field trip...pumpkin hunt!

Chrysanthi, Nick and Mikey

Silly kids...well, it was Mommy's idea to put the hay on their heads.  I always feel like I am going to get in trouble when I attend school events!  I totally made up for it when I sat criss-cross apple sauce with my hands folded in my lap during the sing-along.

Finally!  The BIG DAY!!!  They were BEYOND excited to go out trick-o-treating this year.  Such troopers wearing the mask and wig the entire time (hence Chelsea's being a sloppy mess since the crown keep getting tangled in it, so hard to be a princess).

And Tommy dressed up as a ferocious tiger...this cat followed us around the neighborhood like a dog the entire time we were out trick-o-treating.  What a weirdo!!!!