Happy 4th Birthday Chloe!

Today was a very fun day for Kylie and Chloe. It was Chloe's (daughter of our neighbors and Kylie's good little friend) 4th birthday and she was able to choose one friend to take to her Pooch Parlor Birthday Party at Club Libby Lu at the mall. Well, that friend was Kylie and the 2 girls couldn't have been more excited together as we headed off to the mall this morning!

First on the agenda was to get changed into pretty little dresses so nothing got on their own clothing. Then after getting their fingernails painted and sparkled, lips glossed and eyes shadowed, it was time for hair. As most of you know, Kylie doesn't do hair (AT ALL) so I thought we were really in trouble. But low and behold one of the hairdo choices was "Hannah Montana" which Kylie quickly picked and that one was the Hannah Montana wig- no twisting, spraying or yanking of real hair required :)!

The girls also got to choose an accessory (Kylie a rhinestone studded microphone and Chloe a set of earphones) as well as a stuffed animal complete with outfit, collar and carrying bag of their choice! They were quite the "Rockstars" (as Kylie told me) when all was said and done :). Once all finished with their makeovers, they played "Pass the Pooch" and did the Birthday Dance!

Here are some pictures and videos of the girls having an absolute blast getting their Libby Lu makeovers for Chole's 4th Birthday! And I think Chloe's Mommy and I had more fun watching our little princesses than we could have ever imagined!

Happy Birthday Chloe and thanks for inviting us to share in your fun day!

Happy Halloween!

We hope everyone had a great Halloween and had their fill of sugar! Here are some pictures of all of our fun (although a bit out of sequence!)...


Peyton surveying her stash when we returned from trick or treating!

Peyton enjoying her warm and sunny 1st Halloween!

The neighborhood gang stopping for a quick pose!

Peyton was very successful in getting quite the loot too - even though she can't eat it yet!

Kylie as Barbie the Russian Princess. She was so excited to finally wear her costume! We bought it over a month ago and it was the first and only costume she had eyes for this year! I got this picture of Kylie outside before we left for school- what a beautiful princess for SO early in the morning :)!

Our gang as we were about to venture off to do our trick or treating- yes, that's Daddy in his scary jester outfit, his good ol' costume to fall back on!

Kylie and I in the foyer at school- yes it's dark as night outside and no I can't believe we were successful in getting everything together that we needed to for all of the Halloween festivities of the day :)! I also had to dress up for my company's annual Halloween potluck so I went as a Tavern Girl (aka Beer Wench per Daddy!)

Another house, another pack of Skittles!

Peyton on Halloween morning before school. She actually didn't mind her little princess outfit and loved her magic wand of course as she has been groomed by Big Sis on that one :)!

The annual picture of "The Stash"!

Grandma B. joined us for Halloween as well and here she is with Peyton who was very happy with the last treat she was given in her bag- a pumpkin straw!

Here's the one picture I captured of Princess Spike. So much for those cute dog costumes you see everywhere now- what a joke! In a matter of minutes, Spike's fairy princess hat and skirt were destroyed!

This guy was the main attraction of the night! Instead of sharing just a photo I thought I'd post the video of him in action! I think Kylie would volunteer to be his partner any day!

Silly Little Peyton!

Peyton has developed quite a silly personality over the last 11 months! She's a fairly content little one compared to how her big sis was but she's following right in her footsteps as far as silliness goes :). You never know what little trick she has around the corner because of her pretty even demeanor. But when you least expect it you'll see those bright blue eyes start twinkling and hear that adorable little giggle that'll bring a smile to anyone's face! Here are some shots of her at Grandma and Papa's over the weekend...



After taking Papa's cookie, looks like Peyton is willing to share it- but looks can be deceiving :)!

Hanging out with Grandma's Halloween Frankie in the pack n play- Peyton LOVED how his eyes lit up and how he talked! There's that silly little face!

Shopping in Grandma's crisper drawer with some of Grandma's play beads on- very formal for just a little grocery shopping!

Tap Tap Tap!

Kylie definitely got the dancing gene! She loves her ballet class that also includes tap. Over the weekend, Grandma pulled out my old tap shoes and Kylie couldn't wait to get them on (no matter how big they were!) and show us what she had!

Baby it's cold outside!

Captured this shot on Friday morning when Peyton was bundled up in a hat for the first time this year. I'd been trying to ignore the cooler winds and darker days lately but I finally accepted that it was getting to be too cool for just hoods and light jackets! But I'll take these 45 degree mornings vs negative 45 degrees any day!

Go Fish!

Daddy recently taught Kylie how to play Go Fish and it's so much fun! It's amazing how quickly Kylie picked it up and how "smart" she plays too! The only hard part is looking across at her when we're playing and thinking, "How is she such a big girl now that we can hang out together and play cards?!" And we can't forget about Peyton- she's not content being the silent observer. Oh no- she needs a card or two of her own to get in on the action :)!

And yes, in these shots from tonight, Kylie decided that with or WITHOUT her pants she was going to be the winner! Do anyone else's kids decide that they just don't need their pants anymore after going potty sometimes?!?

A bowling break

To give his brain a bit of a break from work work and school work this weekend, Daddy wanted to take Kylie for a game of bowling this morning. So off we went and here are some shots I captured of our "team"! The added bonus for Kylie was it was Cosmic bowling time- bowling plus rainbow lights, Hannah Montana music and everything GLOWING!

On a sidenote, I think I got my personal high today, 150, thanks to the bumpers we put up for Kylie :)! Kylie did great with a 75 and Daddy got a 200 of course!!



I'm up!

Peyton had a front row seat with concessions and all!

This looks like a good one!

Anyone need a drink? I had to capture this shot of Peyton with the drink menu Daddy gave her to play with as we were finishing up our game. Picture was taken BEFORE she jabbed the plastic corner of it into her eye :(!