Strawbridge Elementary Fall Festival

I took the girls to Sophia's school tonight for the Fall Festival.  They dressed in their costumes.
Lilly - The Popstar from The Princess and the Popstar (A Barbie movie)
Sophia - DracuLaura from Monster High and
Don't they look super cute?

They played some games, got their faces painted and ate a few cupcakes.  Lilly had a rainbow painted on her cheek and Sophia asked for hearts all over her face.

They each came home with a bag of goodies and small plastic trinkets which they love.  Lilly emptied the contents of her bag onto her bed when we got home and refused to let me move any of it when I tucked her in tonight.

Neither of their wigs lasted very long. 


This is a picture of three of the kids in Sophia's class.  We all waited in line for the Haunted Stage together.  Natalie, Jacob, Josslyn, Sophia

Hunt Club Farm, more fall fun....

Last Saturday we went to Hunt Club Farm and then Sophia had her very first birthday party slumber party!  (More about that in a minute)...

Sophia loves this Candy! NOW! shirt.  The monster is fuzzy.  I think it's a little obnoxious, but she's becoming her own little person with her own sense of style.  I only help a little bit in the mornings before school these days.  She usually picks out her own clothes...or at least has an opinion if I pick out her outfit.





Lilly, on the other hand, wants to wear a "pretty dress" every day and seriously gets mad at me if she has to wear pants!

At Hunt Club Farm the girls got to go in the bounce houses, feed the goats, ride on a hayride, and then
we purchased a few tickets to the carnival rides.

Here's a video of Sophia acting a little crazy before we left.



A GIANT PUMPKIN!!!!

Yes, real men wear pink.

 Here's Lilly on the car ride.  It just goes around and around.  It's definitely her speed.

Brave Sophia wanted to try the Fun Slide.  She absolutely loved it as you can see in the next picture.  I think she went on it 3 times before we were out of tickets.

Sleepovers

Sophia was invited to a sleep over birthday party last weekend.  She was so excited to use her sleeping bag for the very first time.

Her friend, Maggie, turned 7 and invited 7 girls to spend the night and watch movies, eat popcorn and stay up late.  Sophia told me she was up until 11pm.  She also told me she was tied with another girl to be the first to wake up in the am.  Will picked her up at 9 and took the girls out to breakfast while I was at church.

Let me back up for a second....Lilly also had a sleep over on Saturday night.  She stayed at our neighbor's house with their two girls, Taylor (11) and Riley (5).  Sophia, Riley and Lilly are the best of friends and play together on most weekends while the adults get together to watch football. 

We even sent Lilly without a pull up and she stayed dry all night, thankfully!  I didn't even think to pack one and I'm sure Will never checked her bag when he dropped her off.  :-)

Since we had a free night we went out to dinner at my favorite casual place, The Baker's Crust and then we browsed around a fru-fru grocery store for a while.  I couldn't think of a better way to spend a Saturday night.

The best part about it all was that I got to sleep for 1/2 hour extra on Sunday morning.  Lucky me.

Lilly without Sophia

Lilly and Sophia wore matching shirts to school the other day.  I forgot to take their picture together....so here's 1/2 of "the look".

Photos from my phone

Here are some photos I found on my phone.  They were taken over the summer and I'm just now downloading them!  Yikes!!!

 

Taken at the Children's Festival in Norfolk two weekends ago

Another cute picture of Lilly

Here's Lilly in the garage one day after school.  (She's wearing her plastic Princess and the Popstar shoes...which can't be comfortable!)  And, the little doggie in her baby carrier is Riff, the dog from the Princess and the Popstar movie.  Told ya she is obsessed! 

Lilly and her costume

Lilly is absolutely obsessed with The Princess and the Popstar movie!  It's a Barbie movie...and now there are dolls, clothes, and accessories available in the stores!  She's going to be the Popstar for Halloween.  We got her costume a few weeks ago at Target and it's a flimsy purple outfit. We got her a purple and white striped "rocker" wig to go with it and I also found a pair of pink cowboy boots to complete the look.  She will carry a microphone too, but unfortunately I don't think anyone is going to know what she is supposed to be.  It's a completely unrecognizable costume.

She's so obsessed with the outfit that she strips out of her school clothes the minute she walks in the door and decides she must wear her purple Popstar costume.  I hope it lasts until Halloween.

Sophia is going to be Ms. Draculaura...from a tween toy series called Monster High.  Another completely unrecognizable costume if you ask me.  Click here to see the full costume
Yes, she got the socks and the wig and we even bought some makeup so we could paint a few hearts on her cheeks.

Both of them will start off in wigs....I wonder how long they will last. 
 

A fun day....from this summer

In August our church had field trips for the girls on a few Wednesdays.  We went to a farm, the animal shelter, a mini golf course, to eat yogurt, and also went swimming.  The girls had a great time!  I volunteered to be a chaperon so Lilly was allowed to tag along.

We took Elizabeth with us to the animal shelter.

Lilly and Carlie - still best friends

A mom took these at our Girl Scouts ceremony on Wednesday night. 

Carlie and Lilly are still best friends even though we don't see the Wyles as often as we used to....life just interrupts the chance for any fun playdates these days!  They still take dance class together on Thursday nights.  It's so cute to watch them hug until they fall on the floor!

Farmer's Market

We went to the Farmer's Market this past Saturday.  The girls enjoyed playing in the bounce houses and climbing on the giant pumpkins.  Here are some of the better photos from the day.

Lilly, Sophia and Summer

Summer is our neighbor and she and Lilly attend Beach Manor together this year.  It's worked out great that Summer comes over in the morning to our house before school when her mom goes to work and I take them to school.  Then Sue, Summer's mom, picks them up at lunch time and brings them home.  Sue is a morning Kindergarten teacher so she finishes her day at the same time the girls do and it's only a short drive from her school to Beach Manor to pick up the munchkins. 

Lilly and Summer LOVE coming to the Sophia's bus stop every morning...I have a feeling they wish they were allowed to get on the bus with the big kids.

School is in full swing

The girls are thriving at school.  Sophia loves her teacher and she's getting good marks on the papers the she brings home.  Her homework so far has been a review of things she already knows so she's breezing through it.  Either Will or I show up every Friday to have lunch with her.  It's kind of funny that Will knows all the boys in her class because they try to sit with him.  I, on the other hand, know most of the girls in the class.  I was in her classroom last Wednesday and heard Sophia being referred to as an example of good behavior.  I was very proud of her.

Lilly loves school.  I haven't connected with her teacher at all this year and her assistant,  Mrs. Brantley, is barely there because she's going to have a baby soon (not terribly soon. in November), but there seems to be a substitute quite frequently. 

Lilly's school photo: fall

Look how Lilly posed for this picture.  It's so her!