Party Animals!

We have party, party, partied the last 48 hours! First we had a swim party for this cute little guy Connor!

Connor and his parents along with my silly goose!

Noelle loved having all kinds of food she never usually eats! She even had her first juice box- good times!

Betcha never saw a kid give a hot dog "wings" while they ate it.

And then her favorite part- cake! Actually she just licks all the icing off.

Then last night we had some awesome BBQ at "Emwy's house" (Emily's house)! It was so fun for Noelle to play with a girl since she's usually surrounded by boys. They played with the doll house and all the stuffed animals.

Sorry Susan- this picture was too cute to resist. Obviously they'd been having a good time and some wild hair antics!

And tonight we celebrated this big guy's 4th birthday. Noelle had fun bouncing with Caleb.

And playing peek a boo with Emily!

And once again enjoyed some serious icing fun!

And here are all the kids having a dance party to The Wiggles!

Needless to say, we have a super tired, too sugared up toddler on our hands. Maybe she'll sleep late????

Dressing up and messing up!

Yesterday this little stinker got into the toothpaste when I wasn't looking and wiped it on herself from hair to feet! Talk about a mess!

Putting on her shaving cream like daddy. Too bad it was so hard to wash off!!

Yesterday our neighbor's sweet baby-sitter brought Noelle some dress up clothes and she LOVES them! The Junior Ranger hat especially makes the outfit!

A velvet, feathered outfit, fairy wings, butterfly headband, and a bunny - life is good!

Today she brought Elmo into the kitchen and he was bedazzled as well! She was so proud of herself.

A little fairy dancing!

And she is currently prancing around the house in a too small skirted "swimmy suit" that she will probably insist on wearing to nap time. And I'll probably let her!

Mini-Vaca

This week Travis and I escaped for a little mini-vacation (our 1st one in over 3 years!). We headed to Fredericksburg and stayed at a neat little twist on the bed and breakfast idea. It was a little "village" set up with 5 real cabins from the 1800's that had been modernized.

This was the entrance to the village.

The pretty courtyard.

A glimpse of the cabins along the path.

This was our cabin during our stay.

We had a nice view!

The interior was a  fun mix of antiques and modern conveniences!

And everyday they left a yummy breakfast of homemade pastries, fruit, and granola, along with the makings for smores.

We took a drive out to Enchanted Rock National Park, which was beautiful. You can't tell from the pics, but it is huge chunks of pink granite- so pretty!

We FINALLY climbed to the top of this granite mountain where Travis showed off his king of the mountain pose!

We did not have the best marked trail guide and definitely went the wrong way MANY times. This is the huge passageway of boulders we had to climb down because we lost the trail. Yikes!

And because I know most of you just read this to glimpse our cute (boy did I miss her!!!), here are a couple of pictures.

Little miss loves to stamp her nose when I'm not looking!

She is absolutely in love with her "swimmy suit" and puts it on by herself all the time, so tonight we let her have a fun in the sprinklers.

She was such a good girl for GiGi while we were gone and I think she grew an inch. She has been eating a ton lately. She will go to the fridge or pantry and say "EAT!!" in a very insistent manner until you give her food.

She is also still very into her doll baby and stuffed animals and carries them all over the house with their night-nights and blankies and bosses them like crazy! "Sit, lay down, drink, here's your cubbers (covers)" are phrases we hear all the time. When she's not singing songs, of course. She sings all the time!

Her vocabulary continues to grow by leaps and bounds. She always catches me off guard as her sentences grow in length. Her newest is "here mommy, you try it" when she wants to give me something. Or she'll tell me "get up mommy, play with you" when she wants me to play.

Swim Day!

Today is fun in the sun day at school, so I decided last night I better try on Noelle's swimsuit to see if it fit. She was in LOVE with her "Swimmy suit" and refused to take it off! She further accessorized it with a winter hat and proceeded to list off all her friends that she was going to "swimmy" with (Claire, Carlie, Rex, Chris). She loved it so much and threw such a fit about taking it off that she just got to sleep in it!

This morning she is dressed and ready! Hope it's as fun as she's made it in her little mind!

Preschool program

Last night was Noelle's preschool program at Sprout's. She accessorized herself quite nicely wouldn't you say?? Luckily I got them all off before heading in.

Enjoying her dinner with daddy.

And her favorite part of the evening- playing under the table with her buddy Chris.

Little monkeys!

That's my girl leading the crowd of kiddos out to the "big stage." What you can't hear is her saying "yay, yay, yay, yay!" the whole way out! Sorry for the blurry pics, but we were kind of far back.

Standing there nicely not singing a single word.

Getting a little more interested in her dress.....

And up it went to show off her pink bloomers! Very ladylike!

And of course after the performance where she didn't sing a word- she hopped up on the bench outside and proceeded to start singing her song with the motions.

And I had to slip this cute picture in from today. She's so patriotic!