Spa Birthday Party

Tatum & Talia celebrated their birthday parties together last weekend.  It was a spa party where all the girls had their hair, makeup and nails done.  Then we went to Purple Swirl for cupcakes and frozen yogurt!  Fun day!!

Tatum getting her hair curled 

Talia doing makeup 

Taizley did great having her nails painted - she sat better than the older girls! 

Getting ready to do toes! 

All the girls after they were done getting fancied up! 

Sweet Birthday Girls 

Halloween Girls

Talia and Taizley had little ghost outfits on today so we decided to get an early Halloween picture!

Happy Halloween from my little ghoblins!

Taizley Singing

Taizley wanted to sing a few songs for me on video. She had two she wanted to do. Once she started singing the first song "Jesus Loves Me" she got distracted and then started getting silly. I couldn't ever get her to finish the first song :-)

1st Grade Fall Party

Tatum had her 1st grade fall party - the kids in her class are so sweet!  They played games, did crafts and ate treats.  Talia even got to join in the fun!

Look how cute they are! 

Big kid classroom with their own desks this year :-)

Soccer

Moms played the daughters in soccer a few weeks ago - not sure who won?  Hopefully we weren't keeping score!

Playdate

Taizley finally has her own playdates!  She is always playing with sisters or the older girls, but this fall we started doing a playgroup on Tuesday mornings.  She is having a blast with her little friends!

Only had 2 booster seats, so Taizley was in her high chair :-)

October Farm Fun

Grandpa and Grandma thought it would be fun to take us to a nearby farm one Sunday afternoon - it was a beautiful day and we had a great time!

Tatum would hold onto Taizley while they were riding the little train 

 I love this picture!!

Miss Taizley loved riding the horse 

and petting the little pony! 

Taizley and Grandpa feeding the goats 

Talia loved all the animals - she would do great on a farm! 

Tatum petting the cows 

We all decided to ride the little train together - it was a tight fit for the adults & you could feel every bump! 

Look closely and you can see Taizley's head besides Talia in the very back :-)

Big Girl Taizley

October 2, 2012
No more babies in the house - so sad!  Taizley Ella gave away all of her pacifiers!  She took them over to my friend Marsee's house to give to her twin girls (Maycee & Matilee).  She gave them away willingly, but I think she thought she had more at home.  It has been 3 weeks and she still asks for them at least once a day. Then she will say "Oh yeah, the babies have them....Taizley not need them, Taizley's a big girl!"  I love how she refers to herself in the 3rd party :-)
The hardest part about giving the pacifiers away is that she no longer naps!!  I had no idea if she gave those away, her naps were gone too!  Had I known that she would have had them forever!

Taizley giving her pacifiers to the babies, Maycee & Matilee 

She did get a lollipop out of the deal :-)

Chicago

The guys decided they wanted to go to the Ryder Cup in Chicago last month, so the girls tagged along to go shopping!  Fun times!!

Dinner at a tapas bar - my new favorite way to eat!! 

The enertainer at the piano bar was a Kansas State fan!! 

Fun Times!!

Church Picnic

The girls rode horses at the church picnic - reminds me that we need to go to the stables and ride once in a while.  They love it!

Talia, Elle and Tatum 

Talia and Cousin Elle 

Tatum looks serious riding 

Talia is loving it!

Mini Me

Cousin Elle was here and she has preventative glasses for reading (mom is an optometrist).  Taizley found them and put them on.  She and Tatum were twins!  :-)  Taizley really did look like a mini Tatum!

School Fitness Challenge

Both Tatum and Talia ran again this year in the all school fitness challenge.  They had a record number of runners there this year.  There were 1,200 runners altogether, grades K-6.  Each girl ran a quarter mile.  Both did awesome!  They surprised me - I didn't even get their pictures when they were running because I was not expecting them to be coming in so soon!  Some friends had taken their pictures and sent them to
me :-)  They both finished in the top of their heats - Fun morning!

Talia and Brecken 

Tatum and Catie (from her class) 

Talia and Ashley (so cute - they were holding hands) 

Star of the morning - Willie the Wildcat

Taizley's Wild Hair

Taizley has the wildest hair that I have ever seen!  Everytime she wakes up - whether its in the morning or after a nap, she has out of control hair :-)  We have to wet it down and use detangler on it.  So now I officially have to do all 3 girls' hair!!

This is how she looks every morning!  Take a good look at her pacifier - we are getting rid of it next week.  This is the longest any of my kids has gone with a pacifier - so after our Chicago trip, it will be gone :-(  It will be the first time in 7 years that there will not be a pacifier in our house!  So sad!! 

I call her Kramer (Seinfeld)

Soccer

Tatum has been playing soccer again this fall.  This season she is on an all girls team.  They are doing really good - Grandma came to the game last week and Tatum struck this pose for her!  Too funny!