Pumpkin Carving Time

Tonight we (and I mean everyone else) carved our pumpkins. The girls have been waiting for about 10 days to do this. Jadyn has asked every day "Can I decoration my pumpkin?" Well tonight she could. Jadyn actually drew 2 faces on her pumpkin. It's cute.

When Bill opened up our big one, he wanted the girls to help clean it out. Tiff went in and got a lot out. I think this is the first year she did not complain. :-) Then it was Jadyn's turn. Nothing scares her. She loved it. Then we had to make Abby get in there. She did not want to get messy. She only did it for the photos, then she was out of there! LOL

The pumpkins look really nice. Tiff actually carved the 2 smaller ones all by herself. She made me so nervous, but she did great.

Tomorrow is the big night. I'm not a fan of Halloween. Hopefully it will go by fast. I will take photos and upload them on Saturday.

Enjoy the slide show.

Tiff amazes me-UPDATED 10/30 8 PM

I just wanted to say that Tiff had to turn in her project today. She said that last night at church her prayer request was that the project would be okay. Well today, the teacher announced instead of each student getting in front of the class and reading it, they had to pass it around and everyone had to read them in their seats. Tiff was so relieved. She said a few students said "Wow, why didn't I think of him?"
I will let you know what her grade was when she receives it.



Tiffani has a project due for Language Arts. She was to choose a hero and do a comic strip about this particular hero. Well, Tiff was thinking of who she could choose. Then she thought about Jesus. So she chose to do it on him. I was impressed. I don't know what her teacher will say. You know how they can be if you put religion in schools. But I'm proud of Tiff for standing up and doing this. She is such a witness to others. She is not afraid to share her faith and show it.
I'm not sure if it is due today or next week. Once I find out what her teacher said, I will blog about it.
In the mean time, here is her comic. She did it all on her own.

Preschool Trick-Or-Treat

Today Abby & Jadyn got to trick-or-treat in school. They wore their costumes to school. They were so excited. I volunteered to pass out candy. Thankfully there were enough moms helping that I could go around and take photos. All I can say was it was organized chaos. :-) Every class went to each classroom and got candy. Then they did it again. The kids had fun and loved every minute of it. I did get some cute photos. It was tough running between both classes.
Now they are having snack and then a special lunch. I chose to come home. I'm exhausted.
The bags that they used today they made in class. They are so cute. Some other moms helped out.
Enjoy the photos. I will have more tomorrow night of Halloween.
Until next time.....

Another Trip to Disney

Today we skipped school. I know, bad parents. But it was for a good cause. Our good friends are up in Orlando and we wanted to spend the day with them. So we got in the car and drove up to Magic Kingdom. It was COLD today! The car temp said 47 degrees. That is COLD for FL.
We had an awesome day. The crowds were lighter than on the weekend. We did Dumbo, the Carousel, The tea cups, Goofy's roller coaster, lunch, Small World, Monsters Inc Laugh Lab and the race cars. The girls had a blast! Before we knew it it was 3 PM. We planned on leaving by then so we could get home before rush hour. We said our goodbyes, which was very hard. Autumn does not like goodbyes and the look on her face made me so sad. It took all I had not to cry.
We started to leave and then saw the crowd for the parade. So we rode the people mover and then Bill saw the line for Space Mountain was 20 min long, so he & Tiff did that. Then we were off.
Tinker Bell & the fairies are at the park now for the kids to see, so we tried to see them earlier in the day and the line was 90 minutes long. So we did not do that this time.
Here is a slide show of our day. It was a good day. Everyone had a great time. I wish the Clarks did not live so far away. We miss them already.
Until next time....

Annual Birthday Celebrations

Every year, my friend Dawn & I make sure we get our families together in the fall to celebrate our girls birthdays. They are September (Abby), October (Autumn), November (Kya), and December (Jadyn). This year we did a Halloween Theme. The girls loved wearing their costumes. Kya was Hannah Montana. Abby was a Cheerleader (High School Musical Cheerleader if you ask her), Autumn was Spider Man and Jadyn is a Cheetah.


We strongly believe that Abby & Kya knew each other in China. They had a bond that we instantly recognized. We have vowed to make sure they remain friends. When they see each other, they act like they see each other every day. They are so happy together.
Jadyn & Autumn did not grow up together in China, but we adopted them together. And they have so many similarities that it's scary. They are also very good friends. You can tell by the photos below how much our girls love each other.



After they opened their gifts, they swam in the pool. We met our friends at a town home they are renting for vacation. It has it's own little pool. The girls had the best time swimming together. It was fun to watch.


After pizza, it was cake time. Nobody had a match or lighter, so we did not have candles this year. But we did sing Happy Birthday. The girls loved it.


This final photo is of Tiffani & Kya. Kya loves Tiff. I was happy to get this precious photo of the 2 of them.


We had such a great time. It was fun to see the kids. Unfortunately the visit was very short. So we planned on meeting them at Magic Kingdom so Kya & I can ride Dumbo together. :-) That was her only request. It made me feel special.
Until next time.......

Our Weather!

Look at what the news is predicting for this week. BRRRRRRR. I love it!

Preschool Fall Festival

Today was the Preschool Fall Festival. We were worried about rain today. So most of the activities were held inside. I volunteered at the pumpkin roll game. So Bill was great enough to come and take photos of the girls doing the games with their classes.

The girls had a blast! They were so excited that today was the day for the festival. They did a candy walk, pumpkin roll, got face painted (except my girls wanted it on their arms), got to decorate a cookie (and then eat it), go fishing etc. They had a lot of fun.

Bill took some good photos. He actually took 175 photos. There are only a few in the slideshow below. :-) The last photo was fun. Ms. Tara (Jadyn's teacher) took the kids outside of the classroom and arranged them on the grass to spell out FUN. Because they all had fun today. It was a riot watching this. Ms. Tara and Ms. Kirsten even got in on the spelling. It was very hard to get a photo of the "word".

The girls are really enjoying school. Jadyn more than Abby I think. But they are still having fun and they love their teachers. Next week they will get to dress up for Halloween and go trick-or-treating around the school. Of course we'll have photos.

Until next time......