Rewind to October

Here's a quick rewind of October:

Savannah turned four!

Caroline's fetish with socks was made manifest

 

We carved (instead of painted) pumpkins for the first time in a few years. Caroline was intrigued by the pumpkin goop.

Weirdly enough, Halloween was moved back one day to accommodate the high school football games...so the weather turned out to be really nice. Weird. I know.

Savannah is learning to read Dick and Jane books.

One Saturday afternoon we went to the park with our rake. We became the hot spot for all the kids in the park. So fun!

First Time Chocolatiers

Jason wanted to try his hand at making chocolates this Christmas. It was easier than we thought it would be. The girls enjoyed getting covered in chocolate and having it harden on their fingers. We dipped coconut, fudge, caramel and peanut butter. The favorites were coconut and peanut butter. Success!

This was an unplanned shot of the girls expressing their desire to gobble down all the chocolate.

Clara the Baller

Clara has started playing on her school basketball team. She's had a fun time, although they've lost both of their games so far.

She got to pick her number, and picked 2 because her birthday is on the 2nd. 

Jason signed up to be the assistant coach.

Can you tell what Savannah thought of the game?

Tidbits from August

Clara's first day of second grade. Jason doesn't have to go into work super early to work, so he's been taking  her up to the bus stop everyday. So wonderful!

We borrowed these costumes from my sister. Savannah and Caroline especially love them, and Clara was a good sport about trying it on. Savannah has a little stuffed Pooh Bear that she has recently named "Pooby" that Caroline is always trying to get her hands on. Savannah gave Caroline her big "Oklahoma Pooh Bear"---but the little one is always the coveted bear.

 Caroline is forever climbing on this stool and goes right for the toothbrushes. What a stinker.

 
Clara was so happy that she could lure Caroline onto her lap with chocolate ice cream.

This is the castle for Queen Savannah.The big stack of pillows is the ammunition for the "Catapulter" to catapult to any thieves that come to steal from the Queen.

Tidbits of June/July

Here's what we've been up to lately.

In June we visited my parents; a few years ago my dad bought these green play guns that make noise and light up when you shoot them, and Savannah got the biggest kick out of them. She would place her feet, put up her gun and let out a loud, blood curdling Rebel-yell. It was hilarious. I have a video of it, but it wouldn't load.

 We did the summer reading program and got did lots of reading. Savannah has started reading a little of the Dick and Jane books.

Sometimes Caroline will grab a spare roll of toilet paper and carry it out the house, clutched to her chest. It doesn't always stay rolled up.

Savannah likes to raid my closet and have us present her at fashion shows.

One afternoon we were describing the Olympics to the girls: the events, medal ceremonies, national anthems, etc. So we spontaneously had our own Olympics. We did a few little events, made our flags and chose our national anthems. Clara's was "Footloose," Savannah's was "Yellow Submarine," Jason's was "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." I never won first place, so I don't think I even picked a song. We all had to sing the song of the winning person. It was pretty funny.

Family pictures

A few weeks ago, a friend took some pictures of us at the local botanical gardens. We had never been there in the summer, and it was so pretty. Caroline wasn't at her happiest, but it was fun. We didn't get any of the three girls, but I want to go back and take some of them together, and some more of Savannah.

 Caroline and Clara are watching the dog down the path. Caroline's highlight was seeing the dog.

May

Savannah's been learning about space in preschool, and she made this adorable little astronaut. She's started hanging up her drawings on her bedroom wall, just like Clara.

Caroline just gets into everything. Here she's sitting in the dress up box with her favorite bracelet, halfway under Clara's bed. Just chillin'.

Clara turned 7 at the beginning of the month. Seven! Jason worked late on her birthday, so we had a few days of celebration. She had some friends over and they played outside, painted flower pots and planted sunflowers. I think Caroline is the cutest present, though.

Clara got "Frozen" for her birthday, and they were both just ecstatic. I love Savannah's face in the background.

The weather has finally warmed up, and we've been playing in the water table. We hadn't gotten Clara a new bathing suit, so Savannah enjoyed getting Clara getting wet in her clothes.