Halloween Party

This evening Emma had a Halloween party for some of her closest little girl friends.

There were 8 of them and they were all between the ages of 18 months and 4 years old.

They were an adorable group of girls. They were also so well behaved and played well together.

Emma was a big helper and put all of the sprinkles on for me.

Emma also helped us make the yarn balls.

Pin the nose on the pumpkin.

The girls also played "freeze dance" and they were pretty hilarious.

Then we headed out back to the pumpkin patch.

We tried for a group picture, but no luck.

That is our classy daughter naked and eating her dinner.

We had such a fun time with all of the girls and their parents.

A great big thanks to: Reese, Corinne, Rachel, Kendra, Jillian, Aubrey and Harper for being so fun. We loved playing with you all.

Thank you to Papa and Abuelita for stopping by to see all of the girls.

And a big thanks to Douggie for putting up with all of my project ideas. He is such a trooper!

Go Ricardo!

Yesterday afternoon we went to cheer on Ricardo at his football game.

Their team was undefeated and yesterday they did not disappoint.

They won again making their record 8 - 0.

This whole season they have only had 3 touchdowns scored against them.

We are very proud of Ricardo and his team.

Looking forward to those playoff games!

Douggie dressed Emma in her WSU cheer leading outfit.

She saw the cheerleaders and said to us "I be a cheerleader too."

She went over and danced while watching them. She is pretty darn cute!

Pumpkin Patch

Someone realized that her pumpkin was heavy.

We all picked out our perfect pumpkins.

And we also enjoyed some sweet treats from the store.

Bates Nut Farm... we go every year for our pumpkins and I love it!

Projects... finally finished

We have been working on projects around here for a while.

Our first one was a mantle make over.

BEFORE...

AFTER...

We decided that since it isn't just the 2 of us, we shouldn't have just a wedding picture up.

We wanted something that we could change up and include lots of family pictures.

We finished this project weeks ago but I kept moving things around trying to make it perfect.

The best part is that it will never be perfect and we can always change it... that is the whole point.

Project #2

Since we had an extra pallet we decided to make an outside table for Emma.

Here is the finished table and benches.

I love them!

Some of you are probably thinking "Is she crazy?"

I love that nothing is perfect. I love that they look rustic and I love that everything was made from re-purposed wood.

Thank you Douggie for all of your help and patience.

1st school performance

This past weekend was our annual church fiesta.

Since Emma's pre-school is at our church, her class sang for the school performance.

She only went to school for two days before this, so we weren't expecting much of a performance on her part. She did smile pretty and stand still on the stage.

Showing me her pretty pose while getting ready.

A little pre performance popcorn got her in a great mood.

You can barely see her in the back row.

Our big girl stood still, smiled pretty and didn't cry.

Most of the other kids in her class did cry at some point.

Emma's friend Ethan is in the 3 year old class, so he was on stage with her.

Ethan was a star performer and did a great job singing.

I did take some video for Douggie.

He was at a bachelor party all weekend so he had to miss the big performance.

Hopefully I can post a video soon.

Pre-School!

Our little girl is not so little anymore.

Today was her very first day of pre-school.

The rest of the class started about a month ago, but Emma was on the waiting list and a spot just opened up for her.

She looks absolutely adorable in her uniform!

Something about her in her preppy little jumper... it is so precious.

I drove Emma to school today and she couldn't stop telling me about all of the fun things she wanted to do at school.

When we walked in the classroom we put her stuff away in her cubbie and went straight for the potty. After she washed her hands she ran off and went to play with the kids.

No hug, no goodbye, no kiss.

I was already getting misty eyed so I knew it was best that Emma was ready to be independent and excited for school.

After I chased her down for a hug and a kiss, I said goodbye and I was off but she could have cared less.

After school I asked her to tell me all about her day...

these are all of the highlights.

Emma is so excited to go to school where Abuelita also went to school.

When Abuelita and I went to pick her up, Emma came running with excitement.

She gave me a huge hug, a kiss and said the sweetest thing.

"Mama you came back. I lost you and I cried."

Turns out she did cry this morning when she was transitioning from one activity to the next. She realized I wasn't there and got sad, but her teacher says she cheered up quickly.

Douggie and I couldn't be more proud of our big girl!

We know she is going to have such a great time, meet new friends and learn so many new things.