Lizzie's Halloween Birthday Party

Lizzie is FOUR!

 Sugared up kids, chaos, games, and messes..its all easier to handle when they are wearing cute costumes.  It was a fun night, and i think Lizzie really enjoyed her Halloween Birthday party this year.

Her big day started when she woke up to a new Elmo highways system :).  Its controlled by remote and she has been enjoying this little toy alot!

The great part about a Halloween birthday is that the girls get another chance to get some use out of their costumes!  This year they dressed up as Cinderella and Belle for the Trunk or Treat, birthday party, and Halloween night.  

The kids had a spooky fun night eating pizza, playing pin the nose on the scarecrow, toss the bean bag in the pumpkin, and opening presents.  

 I gave Lizzie some options and she picked out these style of Halloween cupcakes- bug-eyed spiders!

 We ended the night busting open the monster pinata!  It was the usual crazy candy free for all!

Family Photos 2012

Family Photos for 2012!  Jamie Pace, my sister in law, did an EXCELLENT job like usual.  Couldn't be happier with our family pics.  The beach setting is fitting considering its 5 min away and a favorite hang out spot  (when its not raining). I usually throw together some old clothes that kind of match for photos, but not this time!  Went on a little shopping spree for the occasion.  Its a once a year thing- totally worth it.  After all you know what they say, "Photos are forever."  Oh wait, that's "Families are forever."
Same thing.  Family photos are forever too.

Annual Halloween Party

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

 So its a bit early  but we had our annual spooky bash on the only available weekend night this month!  So what's the next best thing to going to Disneyworld?  DRESSING like you are a PIECE of Disneyworld.  These costumes are not nearly as exciting without the girls....soon though.  They have a birthday party, trunk or treat, and trick or treating coming soon.  When I first put on this costume I had both my girls under my spell. Everything I said to them got the response, "Yes, Snow White!"  Lizzie was so excited to introduce Snow White to all her cats and toys.

 This year the living room transformed into a spider nightmare.

 The front room was a graveyard/ pumpkin patch.

 We had a good turn out and always pretty funny to see what people dress up as.

 These spider truffles were my favorite dessert brought by a friend.

 Can't have a party without slimy bog balls and rat poop!

 Oh, and pumpkin vomit... I mean guacamole.

 I voted for these guys to be SCARIEST costume.  (this was actually a joke as they are Romney supporters)

The kitchen became the sick science lab complete with our poor patient lying in the bed above the counter and the many mason jars full of creepy items...

 Erin won scariest costume with her zipper face.

 Kim won funniest with her baby bursting from her belly to get some candy.

 The girls can't wait for Halloween!!  They are so sugared up already.

L J and Kitties

 Lizzie and Julie always make me smile.  They're so stinkin cute its impossible to not smile around them.  Granted, sometimes I have to suppress my smiles to discipline them. Deep down I am smiling inside though because even when they are very naughty little girls they are even more innocent to the core.

 These girls are best friends and worst enemies.  It changes every five minutes or so.  But is you ask Lizzie who her best friend is she'll say, "Julie!" If you ask Julie she'll say, "Lizzie!"  And for the most part its true.  Being nice to your sister is our number one learning priority these days.  I wasn't surprised at all to hear from an older 11 year old that Lizzie had stood up and prayed in front of the whole Primary to "Bless us to be nice to our sisters."  

 The girls consider each other to be their best friends but they each have a favorite cat that is their "baby."  They dress them, bathe them, and put them down for naps.

 We all had a lot of fun with these matching outfits.  :)

Now, there is a special story behind Lizzie and her cat, Meow.  Meow has been her favorite all her life until she left her at Target one day and when we went back to get her she had disappeared.  She was heart broken.  Until, this last month my Mom came to visit and we all went to the Puyallup fair.  As we stopped by the Ty stuffed animal section we found Meow!  She had visited the "beauty parlor" and was just as Lizzie remembered. She actually teared up when she saw her.  The lady at the store informed us she had made a special trip back to her house that morning for this cat and that she was discontinued and one of a kind! Since then its been like Meow never left...for good or for bad.  (Lets just say that Meow has a very high pitched voice and she talks alot.)