Marlee's Birthday

We decided to do Marlee's Birthday at Jim and Margaret's house this year so we could do pony rides and a hay ride.  We had her party in mid-November because we thought the weather would be nicer.  We were so wrong.  It SNOWED on November 16th!!  And you know what is crazy?  The weather was absolutely beautiful the weekend of her actual Birthday, of course.  We played games in the barn and made the best of it and Marlee didn't notice the cold. ;)

Here she is walking into the barn

And then she spotted the pony!

 
 
 
Little sister had to ride the pony, too.

Here she is playing games

  
 The girls had to sing Frozen songs on the new karaoke machine, of course.

 
 
 Laynie spent most of her time trying to escape from the barn.

 I don't have many pictures of her opening presents or eating cake because Laynie was over the cold.  But, here are a few.

 
 We ended the party by making some yummy s'mores.

 

 We didn't get a video of us singing Happy Birthday at the party, but we do have a video of us singing on her actual Birthday.

And she loved the singing Elsa doll we got her. :)

 I CANNOT believe my baby girl is 3!!!  I love her more and more each day and I absolutely love the conversation we can have now.  She is so sweet and innocent and has such a big imagination.  She is such a sweet gift from God.

Halloween

I decided to make the girl's costumes for Halloween this year.  Marlee wanted to be a cat, so we made Laynie a mouse. ;)

Halloween WAS NOT a success.  It was FREEZING.  It was so cold that it made the whole thing not enjoyable at all.  Marlee started acting strange about 30 minutes before we went trick or treating and was saying that her tummy hurt.  And once we got outside, she was shivering.  In hindsight, I am sure she had a fever and that is why she was more cold than the rest of us.  We got through about 5 houses when Laynie's little hands were frozen and she had enough.  As soon as I got in the house with Laynie, James comes running in saying that Marlee just threw up in someones doorway.  And then we spent the entire night with Marlee throwing up.  It was a Halloween we will never forget!

Farmland Adventures

We took the girls to Farmland Adventures in October and they LOVED it.  Neither one of them wanted to leave, and when I finally made them leave, they were both a cranky MESS.  It was a huge success and we will definitely go back next year.

Here is Laynie before we left.  She is so cute that I can't even stand it!

 The girls loved the mini petting zoo

 And they loved going to pick out a pumpkin

 Marlee was not going to leave without this green pumpkin

 They both enjoyed riding the cow train 

 And Marlee could have spent the entire time in this corn pit

 Laynie especially enjoyed the corn maze.  That girl loves wide open spaces to run!