October 2015

Marlee loves to help me cook and clean

 and she loves to wear lipstick (she asks for it sometimes before we go somewhere!).

 She still loves to build towers (I think we build "the biggest tower ever" every day).

 And her new favorite thing is arranging "tea parties" where she piles everything on the floor or on a table.  It is really testing me!!!

 

Laynie is in the "don't want my picture taken" phase so I don't have many of her.  She is really hard on herself and will put herself in time-out when she does something wrong.  I have to try hard not to laugh!

I also don't want to forget how she calls Marlee Laynie.  We all get a kick of it and I will be sad when she finally figures it out!

She loves the skinny tag on her blanket and I often find her rubbing it between her toes.  Her blanket has replaced the bear since the tag on the bear wore out.

We went to Frozen on Ice in Tulsa and the girls absolutely loved it.  The also loved the hotel.

  

Laynie wasn't sure about the pool at first but she warmed up after awhile.

 

 We were worried that Laynie wouldn't sit still for the show but she sat there mesmerized the entire time.

 The were both worn out after the show and Marlee asks me about once a week when we can go again.

The girls went on a pumpkin hunt with Jack & Jill.  Ma said Laynie was the first to spot a pumpkin!

 We went to a local pumpkin patch to pick a pumpkin to carve and naturally they wanted these huge pumpkins.

 

 We settled on a smaller one and took it home to carve it.  Laynie kept saying "Wow!" and "It's hot"

 Marlee and Laynie were both Elsa for Halloween and Marlee wanted James to be Kristoff and me to be Olaf.  Her wish was granted...and Frank was Sven.

Since Halloween was on a Saturday this year, we went to Fort Smith to Trick or Treat with Josie and Hayes.  They all had so much fun.  I wish we could Trick or Treat together every year.

 

 Josie dressed up as Anna and they would tell everyone the were sisters. :)

September 2015

We went to watch Maggie dance for the first time as a Dixie Bell.  Marlee thought it was so neat and Laynie liked the Skittles most of all.

 

 My sweet baby has a look that will cut you.

 

I had the girls one Thursday (which is normally my cleaning day), so Marlee "helped" me mop and then we went to Chick-fil-A for dinner and to the pet store to look around.

 

 We went to the fair.  After purchasing an arm band for both girls, we realized Laynie was too short to ride almost everything (She WAS NOT happy about that) and Marlee was too scared to ride almost everything.  In addition, we didn't have closed toe shoes so Marlee couldn't do the fun houses (She WAS NOT happy about that).  Marlee rode the Merry Go Round about 10 times.

 The girls rode the horses on the way out, which was probably the highlight of their evening.

 We savored the last of the warm weather with a day on the lake, lots of popsicles, trips to the park, and water fun at home.

 

 

 I bet Laynie climbed up and down the boat ladder for 30 minutes.

  

Marlee likes to pretend this is an ice cream stand.  She likes to take my order.

Marlee gave me and Laynie a manicure.

Marlee started ice skating lessons and Dada took her to her first Razorback game all in one day.  She LOVED ice skating and didn't love the game.  They left right after the first quarter.  Dada said she was a trooper but she looked so hot.  He said on the way to the car she said "Thanks for taking me to the ball game, Dada."

 The Bradley's came over to watch the second Razorback game and Marlee and Dada camped in the backyard that night.  They actually stayed out there all night long!

 

James was out of town quite a bit for work so the girls and I had some bonding time.  We all slept in my bed and they loved it.  Laynie may or may not be still sleeping in my bed.

 

The girls are so sweet at night and always give each other hugs and kisses goodnight.

Laynie likes to read her books herself now.  She still covers my mouth and tells me "Shh" when I try to read to her.