Eliza is such a prisspot. She cracks me up! She wants to look cute ALL. THE. TIME. She was dressed to the nines last Wednesday night—in a fancy dress and shoes (on what is supposed to be a casual night) and we went to sign in and get her security yellow armband.....she says, “mama do I have to get that—I look much beautiful-ler without it....” she so funny!

Anna Claire got Andy good yesterday. He thought he would be smart and shoot her with a water gun from the shower.....well the girl went to the kitchen and got a full cup of ice and water and went in there, opened the shower door and slung that water all over him! He screamed like a girl and she laughed her head off!!!!

11-10-18

Bella is hilarious.  Completely unmanageable at times, but so funny.  She is addicted completely to Yo Gabba Gabba just like Anna Claire used to be.  She calls it "Doe Doe" (Yo Yo).  Andy will speak to Siri on his phone and say "Play Yo Gabba Gabba." She has observed him doing this, and then we watched her on another occasion pick his phone up and very bossily speak to it "DOE DOE!!!"  She wants Yo Gabba Gabba NOW!  LOL!

Kim kept the girls tonight while we had dinner together and did a little bit of Christmas shopping.  I am grateful for the time she spends with the girls.  She is a great spiritual influence on them.

National Peanut Festival: Anna Claire won 3rd place in the pumpkin decorating contest and 2nd place in the poster contest!  I was so proud!  She worked really hard - especially on her poster and I'm glad her work was rewarded. 

At the library, they had a book character pumpkin decorating contest as well - all three girls entered it and did a GREAT job!!  It was a popularity contest on Facebook, which annoyed the stew out of me because it doesn't take their effort into consideration.  Anna Claire won 3rd and so did Eliza in their respective age categories, but the awards mean little when its' just based on Facebook likes.  I was more proud of their effort - and Juliana's pumpkin was just as good as theirs was!  I hated to see her little heart hurt by not winning, because honestly hers really was just as good.  Next year she wants to enter the recipe contest in the peanut festival and I think she will enjoy that - she is my best kitchen helper!

10-31-18

Great time at trunk or treat tonight. The girls convinced andy to dress up and that was totally out of his comfort zone. That’s why I was so proud of him for doing it! He dressed up as solely from monsters Inc., I dressed up as a Renaissance ladies, Anna Claire was Cleopatra, Giuliana was ninja, Eliza was the cutest clothes ever in Bello was boo from monsters Inc. It all went well and good except for the fact that Villa absolutely hated Andy‘s mask! She wouldn’t let him near her with the mask on and she wasn’t thrilled about him even without it! It was funny to see her recoil from the mask! She said “no, daddy, no won you!” 

11-2-18

We got two cats which has been the most fun ever! Bella is tormenting them though! Sometimes she wants to be nice but sometimes she kicks at them or picks them up by their necks! Ack!! Poor kitties! Even andy has enjoyed them. The second cat was actually his idea. I still can’t believe it.  I don’t know what kind of dark voodoo they used on him. We arrived to get one outside cat and came home with TWO inside ones!!!! 

Bella is talking up a storm. She is also a walking storm of destruction. She is extremely strong willed and likes to yell when things don’t go her way! She can be sweet and is so spunky and mischievous! We tease that she will get more spankings than anyone, even Juliana! She will demand her bottle (cup) with a particular spout on it, and isn’t happy with any other. Then she will say “ meelk” and if you give her juice she will band it back to you and say “I ownt wannit.”   So funny, but so stubborn!!

Eliza chatters away all the time also. We were in the car on the way to dance and she was asking me if I saw “that thing out the window with the letters.” Of course, with that description, I had no idea what she was talking about. She was frustrated and she said “mommy, you need to learn some fings !” Silly girl! I’m like, “Eliza you to learn how to use descriptive words if you want me to know what you are talking about!”

Anna Claire and Eliza both won 3rd place in their respective age categories for the library’s book character pumpkin decorating contest!

Also Anna Claire came in 3rd in the pumpkin decorating contest for the National Peanut festival! She was excited! She enjoyed making her space pumpkin and it was a new skill that I think she enjoyed trying out. It was hard for her to do the shading. She did well for a first time experience though: good try for sure and she was happy with it and that's all that matters.

They got SOOOO excited to see the peanut festival getting setup.......looking forward to going with them next week sometime.