Off to the Races!!

On your mark...

Part of the race

Having some fun

Good Friends

Ready to Race!!!

Our neighbor, Ryan, loves to race bicycles. Last weekend he told Noelle and Logan about a race that they could do. You would have thought that they were waiting for a major holiday by the way they were counting down the days. They practiced a little bit everyday and yesterday Ryan showed them what they will have to do on the course.
Race day: We get to the race early and watch some of the men racing. The race is held at a place called Wheeler Farm. It is big and open and has lots of trails. The trails aren't paved either. There is plenty of dirt to go around. Noelle, Logan and Jackson had to race in the 9 and under division. There were a quite a few kids and Noelle and Logan were the youngest. They started and were the last out but their little legs were going 90 miles an hour!! They only had to do one lap. We waited and waited and finally Logan came around. I thought that Noelle must be right behind him. Still waiting and no sign of Noelle...I went to look and when I got back she was there with Cyd. I guess she was in front of Logan and took a wrong turn and got off the path. She went back to ride to the finish with Logan and got a flat. She pushed her bike into the finish. It was a good race and Noelle said that she would race again. We will have to see if it will be warm enough!! Nice racing Noelle!

A few new accessories

Noelle and I went to the mall to return some things the other day. We had some time to kill and I asked her if she would want her ears pierced. Her face lit up and said "Yes!" We went to Icing and within 10 minutes she had little "diamond" earrings. She didn't even cry and said her kindergarten shots hurt worse.
Holly noticed Noelle's earrings immediatly. I asked her if she wanted to get her ears done as well. She didn't agree quite as fast as Noelle. After we got to the mall she was still a little nervous. She wanted to go to Claire's. Holly picked out little pink flowers. Luckily, there were 2 employees that were able to do Holly's ears at the same time. I don't think she would have done the second ear if it was one at a time. She was scared and shed a few tears after. The next day Holly said she was glad that she did it!

A new look at life

After failing two eye exams and receiving a letter from the school nurse, we had to go and see the eye doctor. The news wasn't too surprising. Holly was very resistant to the idea of glasses at first. After trying on many frames she came around to the idea. We decided on some pink Hannah Montana frames and some oval ones. She looks so cute in them!! And a little older too.

More Halloween Fun...

Vampira and her pumpkin

Trick or treating

SuperGirl and Vampira

SuperGirl saves the pumpkin


And now we are on to the kid fun of Halloween. When school started, like any good mom, I signed up to help in the girls' classes. What I didn't realize was that I signed up for Halloween in both classes. The only saving grace in my stupidity is that Holly's party was in the morning and Noelle's in the afternoon. So after a day of class parties, we moved on to Shawn's work! Three floors of fun and candy!! The girls racked up the loot and then we were off to hit the neighborhood! Noelle could not wait to go trick or treating with Logan. We did a few streets and then called it a night. Yea!

Halloween Fun

Ok, I am playing catch up here with my blogging. Every year our neighbors have a halloween party. The challenge is to come up with a good costume. We usually try and come up with a fairly original costume. For example, one year we went as prisoner Martha Stewart and her "cell mate." Oh, the pressure to not have a lame costume!!! We thought and thought and finally decided on one. Finding just the right componets proved to be a little more challenging than we thought. We (really just me) finally found everything just hours before the party started! Whew! So, here is what we came up with.

Welcome my friends to Fantasy Island!!!