So Cute

Just a few fun pictures we took today.

Trees and Snow

Mabel at the Christmas Tree Farm helping us pick out a Tree

Yes, this is our backyard - can you believe it -- and it took 4 days for it to all melt. So fun but so cold too.

Sisters for 1 whole month

Mabel loves to hold and kiss Hattie. Aren't they cute?!

Thanksgiving Turkeys

I had to include these pictures -- Mabel actually sharing. Just kidding - she does share sometimes, but it is always nice to see. Isn't Allie cute?!

Mabel's Hand turkeys:

Mabel - always a character

Mabel came downstairs the other night dressed like this. She said she needed to go swimming. Then she proceeded to run around the house pretending to swim. Note the stamps on her body. It says "created especially for you by NataLee" It's the stamp I use on the back of my handmade cards.

Mabel with LoLo and Hattie

Mabel was painting yesterday. When I noticed she had moved from painting the paper to painting her hands, I told her if she was going to paint her hands, we might as well paint them all. So we put paint all over her hands and then made handprints on the paper. I told her we could cut them out and make turkeys. She told me she didn't want to make turkeys, she wanted to make a panda bear. So she asked for some white and black paper and got to work. She would ask me to cut out circles, etc. and then she taped them all together and made her panda. Don't you think it is cute? I just love her tall, skinny panda bear -- much better than those turkeys I made.

Mabel and Hattie in their matching pajamas

Snow White and Trick or Treating

When it was time to get ready for Halloween, Mabel decided she didn't want to be a Witch anymore. She wanted to be Snow White. Her uncle Howard bought her a Snow White costume for her birthday, so she was excited to wear that. She didn't however, want to go trick or treating. But her friends came trick or treating to our house and convinced her to go. She had a fun time saying trick or treat with her little friends and her daddy. Her mommy was upstairs in bed with baby sister since they just got home from the hospital that day.

Even Snow White can be Scary.

Mabel was so excited when the "real" Snow White came trick or treating to our house. She had Grumpy with her as well, which Mabel was also excited about.

Welcome Baby Sister

Mabel now has a baby sister and she is so excited. I was so worried she'd be jealous and not want Hattie to live at her house, but so far I was wrong. She is so happy to be a big sister and she loves her little sister Hattie Laura so much. It is so cute. I'm so glad to have to happy little girls.

This picture is what happened while mom and dad were at the hospital and Grandma Laurie and Mabel's aunts were watching her.

Our Little Witch

When I asked Mabel what she wanted to be for Halloween, she tol me she wanted to be a monster. I waited a few days -- I thought maybe that idea would go away and she'd want to be a princess or something. I actually was trying to get her to be Strawberry Shortcake since I already basically had a costume for her from her birthday or Snow White since her Uncle Howard and cousin Dallas bought her a Snow White dress for her birthday, but no, she insisted on being a monster. A couple weeks ago we got a Halloween costume book ad in the mail with hundreds of costumes in it. I got her to sit down and look at it with me. I figured when she saw all the cute little girls costumes, she would want one of those. I asked her which one she wanted to be. She found a horrific looking monster costume for a teenage boy with a terrible mask and said that that is what she wanted to be. First of all, they don't make costumes like that for 3 year olds (thank goodness) and second of all, even if they did, I was not going to let her wear something like that. After some thinking, I eventually convinced her into a witch -- this way she could still be "scary" and cute. So I got her a little witch outfit and a cheep black wig. And while she thinks she is scary, I think she is pretty cute.

Here's a "scary" face....

We dressed her up in her witch outfit and took her to our Ward Activity last night. Here she is with Grandpa and his Witch friend -- Grandpa is known for his Witches Brew (homemade rootbeer). He makes it every year.

Grandma Laurie came as a witch too. Cool hat Grandma Laurie, look at the spider.

Mabel's favorite dress

Mabel loves this little Red and White striped dress. If it is clean in her closet and she gets to pick what she wears, she will always choose this dress. Today, she got herself dressed, so of course she chose her favorite dress. She just forgot to take off her pink cloud pajamas before putting on her dress, and she insists on keeping them on. She is a funny one.

Mabel at LoLo's book signing

Mabel's Grandma LoLo had a booksigning for her new Princess Party book on Saturday at Borders. Mabel dressed up like a princess for the occasion.

A few fall pictures

Mabel and Grandma Belly
I love Mac n' Cheese

Mabel the Witch

Pumpkins and Mabel

Mabel Turned 3

Mabel turned 3 this week and we had a little Strawberry Shortcake Party for her. She loved it.


Meet Strawberry Shortcake:

Her Strawberry Shortcake Hat Cake:



Playing with Play dough

Playing a party game:

Opening Presents:

I think everyone had a fun time. For Mabel's birthday, Fred and I gave her a new room. Fred painted it and we got her a little bed and she got to pick out the bedding and a special night light. She loves her new big girl room and big girl bed and she has slept in her new bed every night since her birthday. Daddy tells her a couple stories and then says good night and she hasn't come out of her room yet until morning. Amazing.