On two wheels

We have a bike rider!!!!! Finally!

Whew! It has been a challenge teaching Jaina how to ride her bike but she finally did learned. After Justin got Jaina her new bike he was out there everyday trying to teach Jaina how to ride it. Some days were bigger challenges then others but she finally got the hang of it. I told her a while back that when she learned how to ride her bike then I would take her to Build a Bear. Boy, she has not let me forget that either, lol!

Way to go Jaina! We are proud of you! 

Jolee has wanted to be just like sissy. She likes to ride her tricycle while Jaina rides her bike

We plan on getting Jolee a bike for Christmas this year from Santa Claus and plan on teaching her early. I think she will be a little bit easier training then her sister

She loves to ride her "bike"

Watch her go!

Trunk or Treat

Tonight one of the churches in town had a Trunk or Treat.

This year Jaina said she wanted to be a peacock. I said a peacock! I just knew I wasn going to be able to find a costume because a peacock was so random but low and be hold I found one at Walmart!

Here is the back of her costume. I thought it was really pretty and looked cute on her

Jolee on the other hand wanted o of course be a dog again this year. So I gave her a choice of Paw Patrol, Clifford the Big Red Dog or Scooby Do and she insisted to be Clifford. I looked far and wide and finally came across this one. Not so cute but hey its a Clifford costume!

And she looked cute in it by the way

The volunteers had their cars decorated and the girls got to go up to each one and grab a candy out of the bowl

They had a great time and even got to do a cake walk

And to end the night we all went on a hay ride

 

When we got home they went crazy over all their candy

Clothes for Annie

Jaina got two birthday surprises today. My uncle Rick sent her a card with 7 dollars in it. She was so excited and said Mom, now I can buy 7 whoopee cushions now, LOL

Thanks Great-Uncle Rick

Then my parents came into town tonight. They are just staying for two days. My mom was eager to get down here to give Jaina her birthday presents since she missed the party

first both Jaina and Jolee got a goodie bag full of Halloween goodies.

Snack, writing pad, candy and all kinds of things

Then Jaina got to open her birthday presents. She got a doll locker for her American Girl doll

And then she opened a special gift my mom has been working months on for her. My mom has been busy sewing doll outfits just for Jaina's doll!

Jaina was SO excited. She had a night outfit, a dress, a jacket, shaw, several dresses and even a Frozen dress!

My mom even made a replica of a dress I had when I was little. See the picture of me when I was little, she made a dress out of the same fabric she had save all these years for Jaina's doll! That was such a great idea and Jaina loved it.

Cant you tell she was over the moon.

Jaina gave my mom a giant hug for making all of her doll clothes for her. It was worth the wait! And even though she wasn't able to come to the party it made it special that she got to open her gift from Mimi without all those kids around her. It made it more special.

October Happenings

Last Sunday my friend Nicole invited the girls and I to go to a church carnival so I dressed the girls in fall orange and we headed out

They had all kinds of games and prizes for the kids 

Jaina saw her friend Joshua there that was in her class from last year

They had Spanish dancers that did a performance for everyone

Then we played a ton of games and had tamales

Jaina was even brave enough to climb the wall. She didn't get far but at least she was brave enough to say she wanted to try. I'm so proud of her lately because she is really testing her limits and coming out of her shell trying new things

Jain started back at daycare this last week. All the workers were excited to see her and excited she is back. We are only taking her twice a week and so far she says she likes it

After Jaina got her ears pierced the other night she topped her night off by getting a cookie at the Great American Cookie Company

This little girl LOVES these little carts. Anytime we got to a store she loves to find the car carts so she can drive the carts

Last week my uncle had to come over and watch the because I was late getting home one evening so after we got home we headed to Freddie's. Its one of the girls favorite places to eat. They have the best ice cream!

Today was the first actual day of cold weather. I went up in the attic and drug all of Jolee's winter hand me downs. It was chilly out and felt great!

The girls love fruit snacks but I hate buying them because the whole box is gone in a day. I saw a recipe on pinterest and have really been wanting to try it out. It was SO easy to make. You just take one cup of any juice you want, organic, less sugar, sugar free or whatever. Then use two packs of gelatin and that's it. Stick in the fridge until they get jelly like

Halloween is next weekend. I managed to get both girls costumes this weekend. Jolee said she wanted to be a puppy again this year so I suggested she be Cifford the Big Red Dog, Paw Patrol or Scooby Do since those are all her favorite shows. She chose Clifford. I looked everywhere and finally found a costume her size. Jaina on the other hand said she wanted to be a peacock. I said peacock? Now that's random. I wasn't sure where I would find a peacock costume but sure enough they had them at Walmart. I asked her what made her think of a peacock and she said two of her friends at school are going as peacocks so that's were she got the idea.

Another picture from our date night the other day. I wish we could have gone on a mini over night trip to the hill country but as is gone now that Jaina is in school :( Now we just get a date night every now and then

Saturday it stormed and stormed here at the house. We got over 6 inches of rain. We hunkered down on the couch for most of the day. The girls were "bored" out of their minds as Jaina would put it but guess what? Momma was loving it!

Today I finally got my Halloween decorations out. I use to love decorating for Halloween but with planning a birthday, anniversary and my birthday, plus everything else Halloween decorating gets pushed to the way side. Here's Jolee playing with some of the stuff in the box

Friday after I got off work we headed out for dinner, Ha doesn't Jolee look cute

Jaina chose to go eat dinner at Corona's where the ducks are

She's such a mess!

LOL Dixi cracks me up. She always sleeps like this under our bed.

Today I took the girls to my friend Ashley's daughter, Keely's birthday party. She turned 8 today!

 

Still rolling in

The birthday presents are still continuing to roll in for this little girl!

Granny Pat and Pops arnt able to attend the girls birthday parties any longer because of the long drive but they always send gifts to the girls. Jaina receive the big Barbie doll and Jolee got the little one and they got Barbie doll magnets to share. Thanks Pat and Pops!

Kimbra and Waymen always send the girls a gift too for their birthday. Kimbra always sends the neatest gifts. Jolee got a personalized red head doll with her name on it for her birthday and guess what Jaina got?.....

can you tell she was excited! Lol

Arnt they darling! She got one with brown hair with her name on it too

Leah, Brayden and Kynlee were not able to attend her birthday either so they came by last week before the party to give Jaina he gift. She got an outfit, this writing board

And a picture frame with her, Jolee and Kynlee in it. So cute

And we also saw my friend Nicole last weekend who also gave Jaina a gift. She got a bag full of Frozen stuff

Even a Frozen game

She's a lucky girl to have so many people remember her on her birthday! She says Thank You to everyone!