Lulu is Walking! Halloween and a Visit from Grandma

 

She's finally walking!  My baby has been toddling around the house for the past week and it's the cutest thing ever!  She is very proud of herself and so are we. 

 

The girls had a fun week full of activities.  They both had Halloween parties in their classrooms and I was a volunteer for Hailey's party.  She loved having Mommy at her preschool and was definitely the most excited and enthusiastic child in her class that day!  Some of the activities that we did for her class party were a pumpkin patch, a Halloween themed snack, story and craft.  Hailey also made goodie bags for her classmates.  Lainey also had a Halloween treat and made a pumpkin that she colored all by herself. 

 

After our class parties, we went home and rested before Hailey had gymnastics.  This was her 9th week in a row and she is doing great!  She loves doing forward rolls and can walk across the balance beam all by herself!  This week was extra special because Grandma was visiting and got to watch too. 

 

Halloween night was super fun!  We went trick-or-treating around our neighborhood with our friends and Hailey had a blast!  She loved knocking on the doors and ringing the doorbells and she kept trying to walk inside each house!  I'm embarrassed to say that Hailey's Halloween candy is almost gone, and she's hardly had any of it!! 

 

We spent the rest of the week visiting with Grandma.  The girls loved all of the attention and I loved the extra help!  Grandma was a good sport and must have played dress up with Hailey for at least 5 hours! 

 

Now that Halloween is over, Hailey is convinced that it's Christmastime.  She's been singing "Jingle Bells" and talking about Santa all day!  It's going to be a long 2 months!!

 

Lulu is walking!!

 

Happy to see Mommy at her preschool! 

Lining up to go to the pumpkin patch. 

Getting ready to go get their pumpkins!

She got one!

We apparently have a dog and a cat now in our family, according to Hailey's family portrait at school!!

 

Enjoying a Halloween cupcake during her party. 

 

Did I mention that she was excited?!!

Mommy was in charge of making the craft for them to do.  I think it was a hit. 

Listening to a story read by my good friend Rebecca. 

 


After a busy morning of preschool, the girls woke up from naps to see Grandma at their house!



They also woke up to a couch full of goodies!

 

Next, we were headed to gymnastics.  Lainey loves watching Bug do her "chapsticks."

 

 



After gymnastics, we grabbed some quick Chick-fil-a and then headed home to change into Ariel and Flounder.  We met at our friends house and then headed out to go trick-or-treating around our fabulous neighborhood. 



We had a great time trick-or-treating with Ella, Owen, Reese, Jasper and Sophie!



The babies enjoyed some time together while the big kids were scoring some major candy!



Raiding her stash after a long night of trick-or-treating. 



Lainey loved all of the excitement!!



Spaghetti face. 



Looking through the Toys R Us catalog with Grandma. 



Riding the train at the Children's Museum with Grandma. 



Lainey loved Grandma's necklace. 

 

Grandma was a good sport and must have changed Hailey into her various princess costumes 200 times over the weekend!!

 

 The Elf on the Shelf has made his appearance in our house and I now wonder what I ever did without him!  Hailey has to be on her best behavior, or the elf will tell Santa that she's been naughty!

 

Pretending to be the Elf on the Shelf!