Annual Pie Night

We had been debating whether or not to do Pie night since we are leaving town and we usually do it the night before Thanksgiving. But on Wednesday, we decided to go for it! So we planned it for Monday night and it was a hit! We had almost 40 people and nearly 20 pies..Needless to say, no one went home with an empty stomach! My mom and I may have gotten a little out of control..We made 10 pies between the 2 of us, but we were on a roll and just couldn't stop. We had fun visiting and celebrating the season of Thanksgiving with lots of friends and delicious pies!

Love doing fun things my mom! We're a good team. The only thing that would make us better would be Alyssa..and we are going to see her tomorrow!

Brynlee snoozed with our cute neighbor and Brooke had the time of her life with her friend Jessica. A good time was had by all!

"Princess on Disney Ice"

We had been hyping Brooke up for Disney Princesses on Ice for awhile and she didn't let us down! I got to tag along while Grandpa and Grandma took Brooke to the show and it was so fun! I think we spent more time watching her face than we did watching the show. She had so much fun at what she calls "Princess on Disney Ice" and was thrilled that Minnie and Mickey were there! That was like a dream come true for this girl who is slightly OBSESSED with them. She wasn't a fan of Tiana (the Frog Princess..she's never seen it), but she loved Cinderella and Rapunzel! Grandma and Brooke had movie night each night the week before to watch the princess movies. When a song came on that she remembered from the movies, she would get the biggest smile on her face and say, "I know this song! It's my favorite!"..she said this like every time :) It was a fun night, complete with milkshakes afterwards and a late bedtime (although that's pretty common around here!) We will definitely have to go again!

Fun with Grandma..Tea Party and Santa

The girls are lucky to have such a great babysitter when I work. My mom was watching the girls on Saturday and my mom made an impulse decision, after having a tea party with Brooke, to take the girls to the mall to see Santa fly in on a helicopter. She made a mad dash to get the girls ready and they got there in time! She went with my sis-in-law, Ashley, and her four kids. Although Brooklyn was afraid of Santa (despite our many efforts to prepare her for sitting on his lap but she got closer to him than she would have if her cousins weren't there with her. 

Tea Party with Grammy. Wish there was one of Grandma and her together but someone had to take the picture I suppose. They had hot chocolate and toast. Brooke is now obsessed with tea parties. So fun!

Santa came out of the helicopter and of course Brooke cried.  But overall she had fun and is lucky to have such a fun grandma! Brynlee enjoyed it by sleeping the entire time!

"I Voted"

In the {now} infamous state of Washington, we don't actually get an "I Voted" sticker. Everyone votes by absentee ballot, which is actually quite lame and a bit anti-climactic. Since the voting was in and of itself not super exciting (especially knowing nothing we wanted was going to go our way anyways in WA), we decided to have a fun Election themed dinner. Oh how we love our themed dinner parties around here!

So we wore our red, white and blue while we prepared our patriotic dinner and listened to Fox News reporting on the election results. The dinner was a success! Unfortunately, the more serious issues we were hoping for were not, which did put a bit of a damper on our dinner/dessert. Darn it. But we will move forward and hope and pray for the best.

Infants are so much easier to take pictures of!! Toddlers=Impossible! But we tried several times as you can see..At least you can tell we have American Pride!

 If you look closely at our Election Ballot you will see my most favorite detail of the dinner :)

 Brynlee joined us at the dinner table..She looks like she's longing for the days when she can actually eat with us

Don't let this picture fool you..Brooke is our little {almost} vegetarian. She pretty much only eats highly processed meats such as hot dogs and lunch meats..ya know, the kind that are really good for you..ha!)

This cake is so fun!! We are going to have to make it again with different colors for different holidays.

Our little strawberry lover just like her grandma! She downed this in no time!

Happy Halloween!

We had lots of fun Halloween festivities around here! Dinner in a pumpkin, carving pumpkins, Trunk or Treating, Trick or Treating at the high school, Jack-o-lantern pizza and Trick or treating Halloween night. Halloween is so much more fun with kids!!

 The most adorable sunflower and Minnie Mouse

 Grandma and the girlies

 Our traditional Halloween night jack-o-lantern pizza

 Nerdy grampy and Brooke