Two and a Half

My big girl Chloe got a big girl bed last week. This was a tough one for me. I had to take the crib down for good and we're getting rid of it. That is really sad for me! However.....she LOVES her bed. She is so excited to be in it and get out of it. The first night she was in the bed she was soooo excited that she could get out of bed on her own that she woke up at 4:16am exactly and turned on all the lights. Then she came into our room and hit Justin in the chest and said LOUDLY, "I awake!" She was so happy that it just broke her heart when we told her it was still night time and she had to go back to bed. You can probably guess that she didn't go back to bed. She slept a few minutes on Justin's chest on the couch. She knows now to get out of bed until its light outside.

She's my cutie and my new buddy. Since she has recently stopped taking naps she is my shopping buddy when I drop off Charli at school. Now I can grocery shop and run errands after 1pm! She especially LOVES to shop.....for clothes, Christmas stuff, all of it! She asks me everyday if we can go shopping. She has become my newest little helper and friend. I remember having fun with Charli at this age and just going everywhere together......its a good stage. Love it!

And my newest favorite things she does is pronounce the word "gloves" as "glubbs," and she sings the Little Mermaid Ariel song. She knows the whole thing and its adorable to hear her sing it. She and Charli decorated their pink tree together a few days ago. It was very exciting for them (and me). Charli helped me do our tree too, and I was thoroughly impressed with her. She was such a good helper and really made it fun and easier. I could really tell she's growing up.

Daphne, Minnie, and Some Hillbillies

Here are my cutie pies on Halloween. Charli started out with this wig........

Then we had to paint her hair orange....wig wouldn't stick.
Minnie Mouse was adorable and LOVED Halloween. She talked a lot about "scary people being pretend."

We went to a costume party for lunch on Halloween. All the adults had to dress up as well. Everyone looked great....we had Dora & Diego, a couple of sleepy heads still in pjs with coffee, one couple swapped outfits (the husband dressed as the wife and vice versa), hunters, punk rockers, and Justin and I were hillbillies. It was such a fun party, lots of food and games.

Trick-or-treating with our friends.....

Chloe held Gavin's hand.....so sweet.She LOVED to ring door bells. By the time she rang the bell about 5 times and all the other kiddos knocked and rang, I bet it was a dozen times each door!

After our marathon trick-or-treating in two neighborhoods, the girls camped out at the front door to hand out candy themselves. In hindsight, not such a great idea for Chloe. Late at night is when the big kids with "scary costumes" come to the door. She would peel off that chair running as fast as she could to me or Justin. We finally had to shut this operation down due to the scary costumes.
Was a fun night. Loved it all. The next morning, Charli woke up and said, "Mom, you said after Halloween we could start watching Christmas movies....let's watch one." So tonight we are watching the Grinch. It has started.....we aren't skipping Thanksgiving....just mixing it all together to enjoy it to the fullest. Best time of the year!