this is halle the morning of her birthday! she is the cutest thing in the world! i can't believe she is 5, at times, and at other times, it feels like me and her have been best friends forever. we spend every day trying to make the other one happy and succeding! halle is the most pleasant child, she has nevered whinned, never thrown a tantrum, rarely gets upset, rarely ever cries about anything and has been in time out probably 10 times in her whole life. she is so laid back, goes with the flow. she is truely a dream child and i love spending every day with her!
she is tons of fun. she loves to laugh, and loves to dance. she loves her guinea pigs more then anything in the world. she loves to make our family happy and asked me if she could take the family out to ice cream with her birthday money. the other day i let her to pick out a purse for me, knowing that i would get something practical, and she would pick out something trendy and cute (which she did, i've gotten tons of compliments on my cute pink purse)....she begged me to get a matching wallet. "if you have a pink purse, you should have a pink wallet"....no, i said, there are no pink ones in the clearance section...."please, mom, let me buy it for you with my birthday money"....i told her we would keep our eye out for one at the thrift store, but i am always so happy when she is generous and sweet!
halle loves preschool at home with me. she loves telling everyone that she is homeschooled for preschool/ she loves playing pretend, mostly house, mom, dad, ect and animal and trainer. she loves when i play polly pockets with her. she loves to play outside. she loves to play in the dirt , sand and mud. LOVES her razor scooter, asked me for a skate board for xmas and a remote control car.....which surprised me because she is soooooo girly , but she has other fun sides to her. she still loves fashion, heals, make up, cooking, dancing and gymnastics.
i am so lucky to be this kids mom. i love spending my days with her. it really is like having a friend around. we talk non stop all day to each other, i would be bored with out her as my side kick.
happy birthday, halle!
Monday, October 25, 2010
5 years old!
spook alley
me and tom set up a spook alley at the clubhouse for the party. we hung black vinyl across half the room and had the kids walk through it. with a fog machine and strobe light, orange lights and spider webs and some skeletons, it was just the right amount of scary for the kids!
our first family portrait
this is our first family portrait. haha....
halle insisted that me and tom dress up.
pin the eyes on the pumpkin
halle thinks that a party is not complete without pin the tail on something. this was her idea , her and kiki colored it and she thinks its the funnest party game ever!
dance off!
there were a couple things halle really wanted at her party and one was dancing. i got a really fun, halloween dance songs, like the monster mash, ect. halle loved dancing. i laid out numbers and did a freeze dance and if i called your number you got a cupcake. halle thought it was pretty cool!
happiest kid in the world!
halle is the happiest kid i know! look how cute she is watching the sparklers on her cake!
birthday cake!
my friend made this cake for Halle! she is soooo amazing! halle loved having a witches cat for her cake! what a great friend to make my birthday cakes for me!!!
vampire!
halle has been talking about being a vampire for halloween for months now. and this is her right before her halloween birthday party. she loves the freaky / scary side of halloween....she made me google vampire costumes and told me exactly what she wanted her costume to look like and her make up. i got the cape and boys collar shirt at the thrift store, she had the leggings and heals, of course, i made the red belt....and she wanted her hair slicked back, sprayed black, black eye shadow, red eyeliner and blood down her mouth....
linny
this is linny the guinea pig wonder pet. kiki wanted to be a guinea pig for halloween for months now. then , on our trip she saw her first episode of the wonder pets and wanted to be Linny, who is a guinea pig that wears an orange hat and a cape. she was pretty excited, the weather here is still pretty hot though so the costume didn't last long. but it was cute!
(this was right before halle's party. my kitchen looks like a disaster after 2 days of cooking for the party, carving a pumpkin, making witches brew, a pinata and slime, for the party favors, just want to clarify that my kitchen is not like that normally, haha)
camp out
kiki was soooo excited to sleep in the tent!! everytime a dog barked , kiki asked me if it was a wolf.....no, kiki, we're still in the backyard :)
sleeping in a tent!
last weekend we set up the tent in the backyard and the whole family slept in it. the look on halle's face in this picture shows how excited she was about this! she was FREAKING out, so happy!!!! i bought this huge , 8-10 person tent at a yard sale for 10 bucks. i would have paid 50, its almost brand new. we kept it up all week out side so they could play in it. the girls slept perfect all night, but by 6am, after freezing all night, me and tom had had enough. it was still fun, but i'll be more prepared next time. i can't wait to really take them camping!