Birthday Week!

Monday was halle's birthday....tom was on call that day, so we had most of the day to be together! We started out that morning opening some presents. Halle asked for dangle earrings. we got her some and an earring holder, a purple H throw pillow (and a K for kiki), and a tinkerbell lamp. Her Southern Granny from church got her a fancy blue dress that she LOVED! Grandma was in town last week to spoil her ahead of time and my mom sent a package early too, which we opened the week before...which had the only other 2 things halle asked for : a purple teddy bear and a tinkerbell shirt....grandma also sent a purple barbie, its weird looking, but halle sleeps with the teddy bear and barbie every night :)

after presents we went to the pumpkin patch and let the girls each pick out a pumpkin. then we asked halle where she wanted to go for lunch, she picked sticky fingers, which barely beat out the waffle house, me and tom were both happy about that!

that afternoon we colored the pumpkins, went shopping for party supplies and went to tumbling that evening, the class sang happy birthday, and ruthie brought her a present! tom also told them that daddy long legs don't bite and let them crawl all over the girls (there are quite a few around our house)....i had always told them when they see one they should just step on it, now it has grossed me out all week that the girls love to play with them....yuck

that night we had family home evening...the lesson was on keeping the sabbath day holy, we talk about this a lot since chucky e cheese is on our way to church....i just told her that it was closed on sundays because people go to church on sunday...this sunday halle said, mom, its not closed if there are cars in the parking lot :)

tuesday we carved the pumpkins, kiera couldn't stand getting her hands dirty..."i don't like pumpkin guts, its stinky!" ....we cooked the seeds and took them to ballet class for her friends to try. that night we left halloween treats on our some of our neighbors door steps, knocked and ran to hide and then watched them get it from our hiding spot...we left a cute poem that they've been hit by a ghost and a ghost picture to hang on their door and that they have to do it to 2 neighbors...we did it to 5 neighbors, assuming some might be party poopers...one of halle's friends across the street had the windows opened so we couldn't leave it :(....halle picked 5 people in the neighborhood, a couple friends and the lady with the most flowers, aka, prettiest house, according to halle....it was one of the funnest nights...halle was freaking out she was so excited and with the rush of adrenaline from running house to house, she was ready to burst. we will do it again next year! halle did manage to see a couple neighbors out on our walk the next day and ask them if they got a treat on their door step, so much for secrets......it was fun to see some of the ghost pictures on people's doors later in the week!

wednesday we went to dauset trails, a wilderness type zoo place of rescued animals, its free and fun, but 45 min away , so we dont' go that often....we stayed for about 4 hours, with ruthie and peggy and some other friends from church....the girls had a blast and we all came home exhausted!

today we went on a walk, visited our neighbor who has lots of cats, the girls loved it, hung out with our other neighbors, played at the playground, and got ready for the party tomorrow...one of our really nice friends made halle a tinkerbell cake for her birthday...it was kinda a surprise, so i still have a cake i made too....they are different so it will be fun to have two cakes at the party...the friends cake has a tinkerbell doll in it, so halle was thrilled! i took a picture, its really cute....i have some really sweet friends here!

tomorrow is the party, details and pictures to come!!

we got kiera and halle both a step ladder/stool so they can cook with me...they LOVE to stand on the stools and help me cook...they are good about doing jobs i ask them too and watching without touching certain things, its been a lot of fun. i bought them both a potato peeler and they LOVE to peel carrots and things...they love to smell the spices and guess what it is, halle is pretty good at it. and their favorite is when i have a lot of ingredients out on the counter and i give them a bowl and spoon and let them create something....halle will say stuff like "i make a greaaaaat soup".....if she can get a lot of sugar and oats in it, its edible (and yes, we all have to eat what she makes)....once she put in too much salt, water, and soggy bread crumbs....we all faked eating it....halle took a bite and said, "this one didn't turn out so good" and kiera sat there and ate it....i sorta wanted to throw up watching it , but it was sweet at the same time, just doing whatever halle tells her too. :)

i put kiki down for a nap, then i heard music coming from her room, i opened the door to find her dancing in the middle of the room, i said, "what are you doing?"...she looked up at me and said, "opps, sorry" and got back in bed. :)

i was telling tom about a playdate that went awry....halle overheard and said, "sometimes she's not a nice friend, when i am with her she always disappoints me"...me and tom both laughed.

i can remember when halle was younger then kiki, she used to ask me to repeat words so she could say them correctly, i would say look at my mouth, she would watch it very closely and mimic it...she spoke very articulate for her age. so kiki talks a lot, but often sounds like an alien to me ( some of this is the high pitch and volume she speaks in)....it doesn't bother me, but i thought the other day, i thought i would try saying "look at my mouth" to see if she would mimic me....i had a sucker, she said, "i wanna wick (lick)"...i said, "say lick" she said, "wick"...i said, look at my tongue, lllllick....she looked at me and "i don't care, mommy, i don't care"....so, thats the last time i try that, i'm sure it will work its way out.....