Happy Halloween, 2013

Halloween was a lot of fun this year.  Nadya was set on being a scary ghost and was really happy with what I came up with.  Pretty simple but as long as she is happy it works.  Samantha wanted to be a princess again which is fine.  She actually let me put her hair in a bun which the pictures don't really show.  Grace was a monkey this year and was pretty cute in the costume.  She loves being able to go around and get candy from people and being so cute most people gave her more than she probably needed.  

I have to post this part of the story.  Every day when I walk the girls to the bus stop, there is a family and their neighbor that walks past us to go to another school.  Their neighbor walks his dog with them and Grace gets so excited to see them.  She squeals at the top of her lungs and jumps up and down until she gets to pet Nick.  Blake is his owner and he has been so nice to let the girls pet is dog and waits patiently while they do it.  Well on Monday, he came up to me and handed me his address and asked us to stop by his house on Halloween.  When he did, he wasn't home but his wife was and when I told Grace to say hi to Nick, she knew exactly who we were.  She invited us in and gave the girls a few pieces of candy.  Then told us that Blake would be back later and asked us to come back too.  So we took the girls trick or treating with our friends the Knowltons and then headed back to Blake's house.  They again invited us in and Blake pulled out special treats for the girls.  Grace got a cup full of M&M's with her name on them and Nadya and Samantha got propeller holding M&M's.  It was so sweet of him to do that for the girls.  I guess Grace has really stolen his heart.  It was a lot of fun.

Nadya and Samantha at the ward Halloween Party

Grace at the library with her dad.

I love this cheeser of Grace.

Kansas City Zoo

The girls were out of school last Friday, and for once Earl had that afternoon off.  He really wanted to do something with them, so we decided to go to the Kansas City Zoo. 
Before we went, Earl needed some rest since he had worked the night before, so I took the girls to get their flu shots.  They were very patient since the wait was an hour and a half.  Once we went in, I thought that Grace and Samantha would take it the worse.  I was wrong.  I held Grace for her shot and she let out a little "Ow" as the nurse gave her the shot then she hopped off my lap and played around until the other 2 were done.  It was pretty cute.  Samantha took it like a champ.  Didn't make a peep the whole time.  Nadya was a little more skittish and didn't want it but was fine was it was done.  I have 3 pretty tough girls.

Once the shots were done, we went home, had lunch, got Earl and headed for the zoo.  We surprised the girls and they were very excited when we pulled up to the zoo.  It was a fun day but very hard to walk being almost 7 months pregnant.  The girls had fun and we all enjoyed having Earl with us for the day.

 Kangaroos.  They had at least 20 in this clearing with no fence I could see holding them in.  It was pretty cool.

Grace's 2 Year Stats

So this is a few months late but as I use this to keep up with the girls, I am going to post it anyways.  Grace turned 2 in July and we were able to get her well-child done in August.  It wasn't much of a surprise when they told us how big she is.  She is growing so fast and keeping her in clothes is difficult.  Just like her sisters. 
Height was 36 1/4 inches, above the 95th percentile
Weight was 31 pounds, above the 95th percentile.
She is amazing in her learning skills, too.  She blows me away with everything she does but she also keeps me on my toes with how active she is.  She loves babies and whenever she see one she says "oh cute baby" and wants to touch and hug them.  We are lucky to have this little girl in our lives, even when I want to pull my hair out.