Halloween

Halloween was a lot of fun this year. Things like that get more fun every year as the girls understand more and look forward to them and get excited. Hannah really wanted to be Cinderella, but not the OLD Cinderella. It had to be the one from the NEW Cinderella movie. Clara was happy with Hannah's old Rapunzel costume, and Lucy used Hannah's old Cinderella costume. That's one of the perks of having all girls- hand-me-downs! They were super cute and we got lots of compliments about our beautiful princesses. Our new neighborhood is so much better than our old neighborhood! There were TONS of kids! We gave away so much candy it's kind of ridiculous. We live right on a corner that all of the trick-or-treaters pass, so Dan was kept very busy. After we were done walking around, the girls loved helping Daddy hand out candy to all the kids that came by.

Pumpkin carving

We carved a pumpkin with the girls for the first time this year. I'm not a huge fan of carving pumpkins, and this is the first year I felt like Hannah would enjoy it. Unfortunately the pumpkin was a little rotted, so we didn't make them scoop at all, but Hannah enjoyed drawing on it and watching Daddy carve. We had another pumpkin that we let the girls paint, and they had a lot of fun with that, too.

New house fun

We recently moved into a new house, and my mom moved in with us. It has been a huge blessing for all of us in lots of different ways. My mom decided to use some of the money she made on the sale of her old house to buy a really awesome play set for the girls, and she even hired some guys to come put it together for us! (Best decision EVER, by the way!) The girls absolutely love it.

Grandpa!

My dad came in August to visit the kids and meet Lucy. We had fun going to the zoo and the botanical gardens. We tried to go on a train ride, but there was a water main break along the route and the train was closed. The girls weren't too sad, though, because there were some kids there having a birthday party and they invited our kids to join them. They got snacks and cake, conductors hats and train whistles. They loved it! We tried to get pictures of all the grandkids with Grandpa, but Clara would not cooperate. Oh well.....

Lucy's blessing

The sad part of having multiple children is that sometimes, events that used to be a big deal get lost in the shuffle. I don't remember when exactly we blessed Lucy. I know it was later than what we've done for the other two because she fit into the dress better that Hannah or Clara did. I may have written down what was said in the blessing, but I don't know where. What I do have are a few pictures of her in the dress.

Hannah's birthday party

This year, Hannah decided she wanted a pirate birthday party. She loves Peter Pan and Jake and the Neverland Pirates and even the movie Hook. So my mom and Dan's sister, Chandler took the theme and ran with it. They had all kinds of water games, a ring toss game using a crocodile, they had to walk the plank, and Chandler and her friend even dressed up as pirates. Hannah loved it and all of the kids had lots of fun.

Hannah HATED being sprayed by the hose!

ARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!