Lydia's 3rd Mermaid Birthday Party!

We had a mermaid pinata and it took a few turns for the 3 year olds to knock her apart (the two big siblings helped). And after six beautiful Saturdays in a row, we got a cool drizzling one so we were inside the whole time except the quick pinata. The only other activity besides playing was putting mermaid stickers on party hats.
Lydia has loved mermaids since this summer at the pool. Of course there was lots of Ariel stuff but Mariana & Dora (from Dora saves the mermaids) and other random mermaid stuff.
Gloria (who was a cute prop in her mermaid dress) enjoyed Daddy's cake. We also had hot dogs, fruit salad and chips.
After lots of great presents (and Lydia did a wonderful job of saying thank you to each person), we cleaned up and got them in bed. Lydia currently has a bladder and ear infection and a lingering cough so we were very impressed with her at her party and think a good time was had by all.

More Fun (bdays and leaves)

Fairy Birthday party for a friend
Jumping in fall leaves!

We have been doing the Fall Birthday circuit. In her SS class there are 5 girls born within 6 weeks, so every weekend except Halloween, we've had a party. This Saturday is Lydia's Mermaid Party and she is getting to watch the Little Mermaid for the first time right now. Ever since the summer when an older girl at the pool suggested playing mermaids, Lydia has been enthralled. And Dora has a mermaid episode, too.

Sisters

in matching dresses with their daddy before church.
Both wearing Big Girl Shoes
We went to the Botanical Gardens today and had a great time. (you can see the pigtails didn't last on either of them)

Fun

The weather has been wonderful for weeks. So we have been enjoying it.
We went to a farm and posed by some Morning Glories with our Glory. It was drizzly but still nice to be out.
Then Lydia stayed a night with the grands and got to ride a horse for the first time!!

Dress up!

Our neighborhood had a Festival the week before Halloween.
Then the night of my parents came and we handed out candy and took Lydia down the street for trick or treating. Caleb hadn't cut his hair in a while so he made a great Wolverine.

3rd Pumpkin Patch

This was our third patch in 2009 and also the third year in a row that have been to this one in Austin. Our Sunday school meet together and then we had dinner at Phil's afterwards. Same itenary last year (but with Caleb's family) and it was Gloria's first time to go to a restaurant, now she is big enough to eat sweet potato fries.

Carrie's pumpkins

After the reunion, we put Caleb on a bus and stayed with Carrie for a couple of day. We went to a pumpkin patch that was so wet. Gloria LOVED to crawl through the mud.