Shhh-caaa-gooo

Chicago.

We visited. Chunk of P was there for 3 weeks- so the girls and I went to visit for the weekend rather than he come home. We wanted to see some friends and fam and do some Chicago things (AKA go to the American Girl Store- so cultured of us) Hang with the Bampa Bampa (my Grandma and Grandpa), Lucia, Ryan and the boys- and baby Lucy and Lindsay! yay to babies!

Chillin' with Bampa

Asleep on Bampa.

Impromptu trick-or-treating parade in my super fav town- Oak Park! No costumes for my usual princesses? No problem! Spider girl and Bat girl here they come.

Chicago Pizza and Over Grinders for lunch- favy Chicago place.

Bean entering American Girl. (Bridget had fallen asleep on the ride there)

Kit got a new outfit.

Daddy, Daughters and Dolls. 

The girls and their dollies outfitted to perfection.

Baby Lucy!

The Lindsaey's and our babers!

Uncle Bruce's Mr. Rogers neighborhood! Fun times chatting with Bruce.

So glad we went and hung out with some of our fav people in all the land.

Bed for Bridge- why do we try?

Im not sure why we are considering buying bridge a nice new shiny white bed. She prefers the floor. What i mean is by that is she refuses to sleep in her new toddler bed. *sigh* ok- no arguments here-  i mean as long as she sleeps and i schedule her regular massages with the beloved family masseuse who cares right? 

Bridge..??? Where did you go?

Oh hey there, girlfriend.

Well- you look comfy and you're sleeping...so okay whatevs.

Preschool Open House

Wanted to get this in here before it totally passed us by! Been a busy week so I am a snidge behind. Trying to keep on track.

Anywho- we had an open house and Nora's preschool last Sunday. She got to show us around and of course enjoy a cookie or two. So cute! She loooooves school and her teacher- and we do too!

Jumping around so excited to show us her class.

Nora and Mrs. Ross.

She made a paper mache pumpkin. She loved paper macheing. I did too as a kid- but it will prob stay as a school activity.

Happy Owl Room girl. Who is this big kid I see in the picutre??!?! omg.

Sister wore her owl sweatshirt in honor of her visit to the owl room.

Cookies outside on a beautiful Fall Kansas day!

Swimmer Girl

Nora gets the most improved swimmer girl award. Last summer was painful after a scary incident at swim lessons that turned into a fear of the water most of the season.

This year by the end of swimming pool season- she was jumping off of a diving board (multiple times i may add) and loving it.

To keep up the momentum- we put her in another round of lessons that started today. Here's the leason in pictures:

Well it started with Nora falling asleep on the way there---dont worry her fan remained upright.

This was her face when she realized I didn't bring her goggles. 

This was her face after I showed her the previous picture and she realized she was being redic.

This was Nora practicing holding her breath.

And this is her in the water. She went facedown for 3 seconds (a huuuuge improvement) NOT crying- actually laughing/splashing and LOVING it! Hoorah!

Fall Fun!

We pumpkin patched it up this weekend! It's been great having P-chunk here. No captions on this one- just a day in pictures. 

First Haircut for Bridge!

It was getting out of control. I cut Nora's too early and said I wasn't going to cut Bridget's until she was 20- but I caved.

Off we went to get a snippet. I overpaid to have them cut about .1 inch off her head- but it does bounce a little bouncier and curl a little curlier- so they probably did something I couldn't have done. No tears and a lollipop at the end equals success.

Pre-cut. This is sometimes how Bridget smiles..so it really is pre-cut smiles. 

There is a TV in front of her. When a TV is on my kids zone- so that's a good thing when it comes to haircuts and other times when you just want your kids to zone out and tune out. 

An after cut french braid!

Bean got a trimmers too. So proud of her sister.