Children's Museum and Iceskating

On Monday, November 10th there was no school so the girls and I took Pepe and Burrs to the Children's museum. We had a great time! And this time we also took advantage of some of their free demonstrations and short programs.

Demonstration on flammable gasses...

Time to take care of the animals...

...and make some juice.

Crafts anyone?

Acting class...

Two crazy pirates!

Another great morning at the museum!!

On Monday afternoon Pepe and Burrs came to Abby's ice-skating lesson. Burrs even got out on the ice for the last 20 min.

Kera's Birthday Party

On Thursday, November 6th my parents came to town to help us celebrate Kera's birthday!

First step in her birthday celebrations began on Saturday. In the morning she had soccer...

 Then, it was party time...birthday party time. This year Kera had a Halloween themed birthday party. This was great for me because I was able to leave up our Halloween decorations and add a few more.

For the party Kera and Abby opted for their last years witch costumes.

Kera was so excited for her party to begin that she waited at Abby's window for her friends to arrive.

 



We all had a great time! Here are some of the pictures...

 

 

Another successful party in the books!

Halloween Candy Exchange

This year we continued the tradition of the girls trading in their Halloween candy in for a toy and this year they were VERY excited with their exchange.

Elsa and Anna dolls!

They have been wanting these dolls for SO long. They had planned on asking Santa for them so, their problem now, figuring out what to ask Santa for. 

Birthday Party Fun!

On Saturday, November 2nd Abby and Kera attended a friend's birthday party and WOW, it was elaborate...AND FUN!

There was face painting...

(I couldn't help myself, I had to get one too. My face paint was a the Steelers symbol on my left cheek.)

...a play pony...

...a hay ride...

The girls with their friend Scarlet.

...and real ponies.

There was also a petting zoo!

Plus, the FOOD!

On the right, the birthday girl Karington.

One more thing, did I mention the balloon art?

As you can imagine, the girls had a GREAT time. Happy 5th birthday Karington!

August

On November 1st we welcomed August into our house.

We had August visiting us from November 1st through the 22nd. Her normal foster family went on an extended vacation so, we got to watch this 14 year old beautiful trouble maker.

While she was very sweet she did cause some issues like...

• easting a BUNCH for Halloween candy (I didn't close the pantry)
• scratching our leather couch
• eating all the bones her foster mom left for her in one sitting (I forgot to close the pantry again)
• loved being on the couches even though we don't allow Chewy on the couch
• WOST OF ALL...after all the candy and bones she had an issue with going number 2 all over our dinning room carpet.

We were happy to watch her and, I am sad to say, we were not too sad to see her go. Take care sweet old girl!