Holidays!

I know I've said this before but the holidays just get better the older the girls get. They're helpful and excited, we can bribe them with Elf on a Shelf, no one is scared of Santa (in fact, this year they've had lots of questions for him), and they seem to appreciate activities like advents and presents a lot more! In some ways it can be more hectic and exhausting because they've got big ideas now that they voice over and over and over until they know we've heard them (case in point, we are requested daily to take them to the snow so they can "build a real snowman and wear jackets"). Even though the holidays can get a little crazy and busy I'm still incredibly thankful that I get to live the craziness with our kids and Alex. 

Halloween Night

Meeting baby Myles-1st boy on any side of the family!

Best shopping buddy 

They've discovered Rugrats 😄

La Zoo

When they aren't tackling each other they're pretty cute!

Natural History Museum

This so rarely happens anymore

Book advent!

The 3 Mouseketeers are ready for Disneyland for Penny's 2nd birthday!

Working on our adopt-a-family boxes

Ellie's back!!

Advent gift: practicing tying a shoe

Hanging out in Meema's classroom

LA Zoo Lights- so fun!

Dad performed some minor elf surgery so Ellie could take a "sELFie"

To date, the girls have seen Santa FOUR times already!

Christmas tree shopping

Their own special tree

Posing with our slightly wonky tree

Castaic Santa Float (Santa number 3?) and gingerbread houses with cousins

Americana for grandma's birthday

 Shakes & a Movie

Pumpkins, Bats, and .....Butterflies!

We've been getting ready for Halloween around here and doing lots of fall activities!

Halloween Countdown!

October 1st: our caterpillars arrived!

The girls did lots of studying to prepare

October 6

October 8: 1st chrysalides forming!

October 14

October 16: all our butterflies are a flutter! We then set them free in the backyard :-)

Art class creations

Bass Pro Shops

Typical night- Dad watching Duck Dynasty and Meema being swindled into doing the girls' nails!

Finally enough length to get some braids!

1st time trying fried ice cream 

Biggest bowl of mac and cheese!

What my nights look like 

This kid can literally grow a rat tail overnight. We have to cut her hair every other month!

Hair cut time! Miss Manuela curled her hair for the 1st time :-)

They love our giant spider

Lombardi Ranch

Ugh. Forgetting all about the pumpkins in your car and going to the grocery store. 

Ballerinas

Last Disneyland trip before our passes expired!

Another art class creation- bat mask!

Helping Auntie in her new apartment 

Olivia has really gotten into chapter books lately

Halloween dress up at dance class!

Pretzels and halloween movies in mom's bed!

Eggplant!

Cabin fever

New furniture....Ya that's not what the cubbies are for...

The girl streak has finally been broken! My older sister gave birth to this little guy on October 24th: Myles Walker.