Fieldtrip with Katie

Last Friday Allie, Will and I were able to join Katie and her class on a fieldtrip.  I absolutely love to go on fieldtrips.  It is so nice when siblings are allowed because then I get to go.  Here are some pictures from the fun.  Katie and Allie did a little bottle feeding and then Katie went for a pony ride.  The last picture is of Katie with 2 of her very best girlfriends.  :)

Senorita Allie

Allie had a wonderful birthday.  She wore her birthday shirt and tutu to dance class in the morning.  We went out to Noodles & Co with friends for lunch.  In the afternoon, she watched her new Barbie movie.  For dinner, we went to Mi Ranchito and then she came home and opened presents.  We let her stay up late playing her new Wii game Carnival.  Here are a couple of pictures of her while they were singing Happy Birthday to her at the restaurant.  She seemed to LOVE it but also hide below the sombrero a bit with a shy little smile.  :)

Only 4 more months...

of being 1.  Yesterday Will turned 20 months.  That is way too close to 2 for me.  I love this picture because he loves balls (3rd in line to cars and trains) and he was trying to share the ball with me.  He is such a sweet boy.

Also, notice his banged up lips from falling the other day at Katie's soccer game while he was being 'all boy'. 

Birthday Week!

Allie is turning 4 on Wednesday!  Tomorrow starts the festivities as she is celebrating at school.  She keeps telling people that tomorrow is her FAKE birthday and then says, "Isn't that funny?"  Wednesday we will probably go out to lunch (any takers?) and then also out to dinner with Daddy.  She has chosen Noodles & Co. of course.  Thursday I'm sure she will be wearing her birthday outfit to school again.  Then, Saturday is her princess party.  The 'big girls' are going to be giving the 'little girls' princess makeovers with dresses, hair, make-up and nails.  Then, we're going to have a fashion show, a tea party and then dance, dance, dance!  (Side note:  A few good friends will be proud of me for this.  Allie wanted a princess party....a real, live commercial princess party.  I didn't try to put any kind of spin on it at all to make it more unique.  I just sent out an evite (gasp), bought the Disney party supplies she wanted (yikes), etc etc.  I must admit...it feels great and I'm not stressed and she's ecstatic!  We're going to have FUN!  I'm still making the cake though.  ;)

Foreshadowing

You know it will be here in the blink of an eye.  Today we picked up a tub of dress-up clothes from a good friend in preparation for Allie's princess make over b-day party this Saturday.  The girls played with all of the clothes for almost 3 hours!  Katie, of course, chose the wedding dress first!

Topsy Turvy

Katie won a little top at school today.  I received my new lens in the mail.  What a happy coincidence!  :)

Please Vote :)

Ok, I know I'm a little more excited than I should be about this but...one of my photographs was chosen for a contest on a blog I follow.  I'm pretty sure it was chosen for the expression of the baby because I know it's not technically correct.  Ok, the prize is a cute newborn prop but it is more about getting my name out there.  Thanks for taking the time to click through and vote for my photo.  It is #2 with the Cookie Clicks logo.  http://www.allthingsbaby.biz/
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