BOO at the ZOO!

On Saturday, grandma, grandpa and tia joined Chris and I, along with Tinkerbell and a ladybug for the "World's Largest Halloween Party." 

Maddie ready for the candy stations and Sydney checking out the costumes!

Starting the walk through the forest!

What do you mean, I get no candy? NOT FAIR!

The girls going through hay maze.

 There were A LOT of characters. At first Maddie was a little shy. This was our first one and she wouldn't even look at Alice. Fortunately, she warmed up!

Little Tink and big Tink!

Yes, we're adults. 

Waiting on the haunted train!

Sydney's first time on the carousel!

And…she's not ready yet. 

What a beautiful, fun night!

Quiet Time

Lately, Madeline has been staying awake during her nap telling me she prefers "quiet time" to napping. I peeked in on her the other day (she naps in the guest room) and she was fixing her baby doll's hair.

I watched her through the crack in the door for several minutes. She sang to her, rocked her, and eventually put her baby down for her nap.  Goodness, I just love her sweet soul.

If she doesn't fall asleep, her quiet time is about an hour. Then we have some time to hang out before little sis wakes up.

Snack selfie

This week we went to All About Kids and KGA.

Sydney loves the trampoline. 

After KGA, we had lunch with Harper and Elizabeth at Chik Fil A.

Maddie and Harper are hilarious together. This morning, they both dressed themselves and showed up in a lot of pink and sparkly sequins.

Sweet friends!

Fall Fun

This weekend, we took food to K and D and got to spend a little time with them and baby Sloane. Kyle had raked up a ton of leaves and Maddie and Hudson had the best time playing in them!

Sydney got in on the fun!

I am so lucky.

We played at the park!

We are so excited that baby Sloane is here! Sydney is looking forward to having a new friend!

KaZoing!

The girls and I found a new fun spot this week - KaZoing! 

There was one room filled with all kinds of toys: a huge train table, dollhouses, kitchens, blocks, etc, etc. 

We played there for awhile and then we went into the inflatable room. There were 5 HUGE inflatables, the biggest I've seen actually. 

Maddie playing basketball.

Truth be told, I put my camera down and went in and jumped around with the girls so this is the only selfie we got. And it's terrible. But, kind of funny too. 

I tried to get the girls to look at the camera and smile. Maddie decided she was going to make a pig face and Sydney, well, she just was too busy looking at us.

We had a great morning playing together. Maddie has already asked if we can go back. (Every day)

We also discovered that the Middletown Target has carts more conducive to shopping with two monkeys. 

And, they have an interactive Barbie game where you can take a picture of yourself in Barbie's clothes.

Fun!

These two girls light up my life. I love watching their relationship grow every day.

Nana offered to watch Maddie and Sydney on Friday so Chris and I could go out to dinner by ourselves. It took us about 5 seconds minutes to decide we wanted to go to Mojito.

This is the face of two people who just stuffed their face with solomillo, tacos, and Graeters ice cream. Thanks nana!

A Hot September Weekend!

We've had some great weather lately! Crisp, cool mornings with hot, sunny afternoons. 

I mentioned last post that tia spent some days at our house. This meant every morning, Madeline would run over and knock on her door at our house.

(I think she had to get up a little earlier than normal at my house.)

We met up with Hudson at the park on Sunday. We were bringing our littles and asked Hudson and Kyle to meet us. Baby Sloane was born last week!! 

It was H-O-T HOT! I ended up letting both girls run through the splash park fully clothed because I was worried they were getting too warm. 

Sydney loved getting close to the water. She didn't get soaked but she got pretty wet.

Just feeling that sun on my face!

The other night, Madeline and I were in the playroom and she wrote the letters of the alphabet. I was pretty impressed-she can write nearly all of them! I had to help her with a few, but she was pretty good.

Sydney is being Sydney. She wants to do anything Maddie is doing. If Maddie is coloring, she wants to be at the table. If Maddie is in the play kitchen, she's right next to her. 

Here she is trying to watch Peppa Pig with her.

I love my sister! I love driving her crazy!