Wrapping up the Fall!

It's almost Thanksgiving! The leaves have fallen, the temperature has dropped a ton, and we've even had our first snow day! (Don't get me started.)

Here's how we wrapped up Autumn:

We had a bowling party with Girl Scouts.

We saw the doctor a time or two, but thankfully, it wasn't for anything too bad. 

We went back to the bowling alley for cousin Willa's birthday!

On our teacher work day, we headed to All About Kids to practice our gymnastics. There is not a more appropriate picture for Sydney. There just isn't. We often describe her as a wrecking ball.

Daddy went out of town and we had lots of sleepovers in mommy's room. 

Maddie went to cheer camp with the UK Cheerleaders, and had an absolute blast!

Grades 2 - 12 at the stunt clinic. 

Little sis was too small so we played dress up and snuggled.

We celebrated Claire turning 8!

I had lunch with Sydney!

I love having lunch with these kiddos. It's an absolute riot to hear their discussions. AND! Most of them call Syd by her real name instead of Cindy, so that's forward progress!

And, just like that, it's almost Thanksgiving! 

Halloween 2018

We still had a few days of Fall Break when we got home. We invited Emerson's family over for dinner and had a lot of fun with them. Chris and I went to high school with her parents, who are also high school sweethearts! Maddie and Emerson really want to be twins (their birthday is 7 days apart) and tell everyone that they are. 

My Secret Pal dropped off some Halloween goodies, including a little gift for the girls.

There was bad weather predicted for Halloween so our town pushed trick or treating one day sooner. Cinderella and her fairy godmother hit the town, pillowcases in hand, ready for some candy!

We trick or treated with our main peeps, Hudson and Sloane.

We met lots of friends along the way.

We stopped after about 45 minutes and headed home. The kids were tired and we had ENOUGH JUNK! Ha!

On Halloween, we carved our pumpkins.

And got a little silly!

Happy Halloween!

American Girl Doll Birthday

This year we gave Syd the option of having a party or going to the American Girl doll store in New York to pick out a doll and have lunch. She chose the shopping! 

When we disembarked our cruise, we headed to Rockefeller Plaza. The girls thought the ice skating rink was pretty cool!

Anxiously waiting to go in!

So excited for her special day!

We started downstairs with the Bitty Babies...

Then we saw the Wellie Wishers...

This store is huge! Already worn out!

Then Sydney marched down the row of dolls, trying to find the perfect one for her. 

While Sydney kept shopping, Maddie had an appointment at the doll salon for MaryEllen.

It was actually super impressive!

We learned lots of tricks for how to keep her hair from getting crazy again, so hopefully we can do it!

Once we got our doll (and a few accessories) we went to the cafe for lunch.

Happy birthday Sydney girl!

It was a fun afternoon and a great way to wrap up fall break! We flew home that night and our doll had her own chair on one leg. 

But a 5 night cruise and a day shopping in the city was too much for this little one. She passed out. 

 And, with that, I am done traveling for the year. THANK HEAVENS. It's good to be grounded again. I had spent 2 out of 4 weeks on a cruise ship in the North Atlantic and was feeling it! I felt like I was rocking for 2 days after I got home!