some-bunny is pretty cute!

baptism

On October 13 Abigail chose to be baptized a member of the church. She had been waiting anxiously for her special day! We had our little program and then she went to be baptized. Her first response when getting in the water - "it's warm!". Even now the thing she remembers most about her baptism is that the water was warm.  Her grin said it all - she was happy to be baptized!

leaves

The last soccer game was chilly, but the kids didn't care!  They played in the leaves and I chased the baby.

dance

Lily has been taking dance at R&M and she LOVES it!  She is really good at following directions, and loves to be first in line to get stickers.  They learned a Cinderella dance and invited parents to watch, it was fun to see how much she has learned!

Mad skills

Girl & her accessories

Cassidy is a BIG fan of accessories.  She loves shoes, jackets, and bows in her hair!  If I take a bow out, she grabs it out of my hand and tries to put it back!   The kids were playing dress up and she was trying SO hard to get this shoe on!

expressive

Abigail is so expressive - I love it!!  When we would ask her what she wanted for her birthday her reply was always - Harry Potter!  We got her 3 Harry Potter necklaces, Harry Potter lego set, a jewelry making kit (small elastics, watch out for the baby!), and Joe got her a magic set.  All big hits!

Harry Potter Birthday

Abigail was very excited to invite her friends to a Harry Potter birthday party!! I tried to keep the activities a secret so she didn't know what was coming!

 We started off with the scene where Harry gets a wand - the wand chooses a wizard!  We blindfolded the kids and let the wand "pick" them!  Joe had carved patterns into wooden dowels and stained them. They were very excited!

We also let them pick an owl from the Owl Emporium (no picture?!) and then they made spell books.  Outside the kids (and Joe!) were able to duel.  They thought that was so fun!

 A little bit of potion making ...

the crew (L-R): Ivy, Amelia, Nora, Lily, Abigail, Scarlett, Jade and Lyla