Happy Easter

 I introduced the girls to "Robin Egg Lipgloss"! :)  Anyone else into that 'sweet' fashion trend? :)  

Sinterklaas Day

We celebrated Sinterklaas day very simply and quiet this year. We enjoyed a lazy morning of making speculaas cookies, drinking hot apple cider and building the new puzzles the girls had to hunt for.

Madi's Birthday

 Madi turned 5 on Sunday!  She wanted a guitar cake and to dress up like a rockstar.

On Saturday afternoon we had some family over for cake and ice cream.

First Snow

We woke up to our first snow this morning.  The girls were SO excited!  It wasnt much and was pretty much gone by noon but there was enough for a couple of tiny snow men.  You can see the cute little guy the girls worked hard on in between them.  When Eric left for work in the morning he stopped to make a tiny one in the front yard without us knowing about it.  Then when he left he called the girls and told them to look out  the window.  They loved it, except i dont think they were convinced Eric made it- not so sure who they thought did it if he didnt! :)  Crazy girls!

Halloween

This past Saturday the girls went to Papa and Gogo's for a fall/costume party.  Madi chose to go as a ladybug and Taylor chose a pirate.  They had a fun night.  They went for dinner, played some games and even did a craft.

 On Sunday afternoon I decided to set up some carnival type games.  The girls had SO much fun.  We bobbed for apples (the kind of bobbing that did not soak the girls!)  Madi thought it was funny to chase around the apple but Taylor very quickly got mad because she couldnt do it!  Even Eric and I got in on the action- yeah, we couldnt catch our apples either!  (Madi thought she better dress up as a flapper for the day- gotta love after Halloween clearance to help fill their dress up box)

 We played a handful of other simple games, but the girls favorite was the toilet paper dress up! 

 Eric did a much better job of wrapping Taylor than I did on Madi.  The girls thought it was pretty funny to be able to wrap up Eric and I too.

After the games Eric helped the girls carve their pumpkin.  What a fun afternoon!

A little more updating

Both girls are in preschool this year (2 different schools).  They both go 2 days a week, but Madi's is a longer day.  They are both so happy and LOVE school!

 In September we went camping for the first time since Madi was a baby.  We just went to a local campground/lake. I used to go camping every summer with my family and after going this time I realized how much I missed it!  We had so much fun!
Hiking and looking for treasures.  I decided that I need to make little backpack totes for our camping trips next summer that they can carry their treasures in because my pockets got way too full!:

 Taylor walked around with the tin foil dinner she assembled for herself for about 20 min.  She was so excited to put it on the fire!  Can't you just see the excitement in her face!

 The next day we took the boat out on the lake and Taylor caught her first fish!  Doesnt she look thrilled about it? Ha!  We took it home planning to eat it along with the big one Eric caught, but when Taylor realized what Eric was going to do and didnt seem too excited about that idea Eric told her we could put it in our aquarium which was currently empty.  Its still alive almost 2 months later!  We love that Taylor caught us a pet and she is really proud of herself!!  The funny thing is is that she didnt even realize she caught a fish.  She was bopping her pole in the water, playing while Eric and Madi did some serious fishing! :)  After a while she said she was done and wasnt able to reel it in so Eric took her pole, started to reel it in and was like, Taylor you caught a fish!!  It was pretty funny!



Our Trip to CA- Finally!!

We did so many fun things while we were in CA.  My grandpa celebrated his 100th birthday this past July!  It was a wonderful celebration and so good to see everyone again.

 We spent a few days at my parents house doing lots of fun, relaxing things, just enjoying being together.  Then we headed to Disneyland with my family. 

 We also stopped for a great visit with my cousin and her family.  And even squeezed in a stop at the beach.  So glad we did!  It was a first for the girls and they LOVED it!

This was a super condensed (and late!) version of our trip, but we had a great time and the girls decided they wanted to live in CA so they can go to Disneyland everyday!