Music Fun

We were listening to music this morning and the girls started fighting over the drum. So, I showed them how they could bang the blocks together. They started really getting into the music.

Playdate with Josie

We spent another day playing with Josie again. She and Stephanie are so cute together and get along really well. Stephanie is dressed in one of Josie's dress-up dresses. She was so pretty! They are looking at the birthday card that Stephanie decorated for Josie.

Playground fun with Daddy

We went to the playground when we got home from church. The girls had fun with Daddy.

Makin' Mommy and Daddy proud

It took a few Sundays to convince Stephanie that she really ought to sit with us until the Children's Sermon instead of going straight to the nursery, but she finally agreed. She was timid and wanted us to go up front with her. Then, this past Sunday, she didn't even hesitate. When it was time for the kids to go up front, she went right up front all by herself. She sat up on the stairs in the middle of the crowd of kids, listened intently and bowed her head for the prayer. When the sermon was done, she went straight to the lady who brings them up to Sunday School and didn't even look back at us! She looked like such a big girl.

Sunday was also potluck Sunday. After lunch, Stephanie went out to the playground all by herself and played with the other children. This was also a first for her - to not require one of us to go with her. It was a beautiful day and the older children got together to play a little soccer.

I went a little nuts for the potluck again. I just have too much fun. The theme was Thanksgiving. So, I brought Tyler Florence's Sweet Potato casserole, an apple pie, a pumpkin pie and 2 9x13 pans of sticky buns. Just in case you ever go to a potluck and need to keep your dish warm, I wrapped 4 bricks in foil and baked them next to the casserole and sticky buns. I put 2 on the bottom of a large cooler and stacked the food on top of them. I put the other 2 on top of the food. It worked great. The bricks were still almost too hot to handle 4 hours later when I was cleaning out the cooler.

Never happy!

Stephanie requested pancakes again. She wanted a pancake that looked like a house. While I was making the pancakes, I was playing around with shapes and ended making what looked like a little bunny (I put the batter in a ziploc bag and snip one corner). So, I got inspired to make her plate look like a little picture. I arranged orange wedges to look like the sun, the eggs are supposed to be the ground and then the house and bunny. She wanted one pancake to have syrup and the other to have jelly. So, I thought I had done a pretty good job. When Stephanie came to the table, the only thing she said was, "But Mommy, I need 2 bunnies!"

Funny sisters

We had a crazy week last week and spent most days out of the house, but one day we just hung out at home. We had fun playing in Erica's room.

We played "Merry-go-round" with the chair. At one point, Stephanie claims she doesn't like it. However, she says it while giggling.

Playground Fun

We took a walk today after lunch and enjoyed all the Halloween decorations in the day time. :) Not so scary in the sun light. We stopped at the playground and the girls shared a ride on the frog.