REAL Makeup

Anna has been obsessed with having her own real makeup. We have been a little more cooped up lately with her illness so I broke out some old makeup for them. They had so much fun playing beauty salon. At first Anna was putting it on Megan and Mommy. Then Megan got the hang of it and really went to town! What a fun mess! After scrubbing for a while with little success I was glad I found some eye makeup remover.

 

Anna's Pictures

Anna has really been into taking pictures lately. She loves to walk all around the house with my camera and take pictures of everything. It is surprising that she actually has taken some pretty good ones. It is also very intersting to see a new perspective on things. Of course she fills up the memory card pretty quickly. We have a smaller 128 KB card that I told her could be her memory card. For the longest time she kept saying she had her own 'credit card'! Hah! that would be scary. Here are some fun ones she took of things around our house this fall.

 

Pancake Fun

Recently I came across an idea for making fun pancakes. Just mix your pancake batter then pour into a squeeze bottle so you can draw with it. Make the outline of a shape first then fill it in. I bought an inexpensive ketchup bottle from Walmart. Here are some fun creations that we have been making. Anna and Megan really get a kick out of it.

 

Happy Halloween

 

We had a fun Halloween. On Thursday night we went out to Gma and Gpa Clayburns to go to their ward Halloween party. Anna and Megan had fun. They were excited to see all the costumes. Megan was a little witch, she liked riding her broomstick around. I also dressed up as a witch with the word "Brewing" on my stomach. Anna dressed up as a black cat. Some of the costumes at the party were a little scary. Megan got scared and cried several times. But she wanted to be right in on all the action. They had a cupcake walk, beanbag toss, fish pond, and a costume contest where everyone won. The kids had to say their name and what they were dressed as. Anna was really cute, "I'm Anna, and I'm a Black cat" she said very matter of factly. Megan just said "I'm a witch". They had fun with their cousins, and we also visited Wayne's grandma and Aunt and cousin.
On Friday Megan decided she was not a witch, but a black cat like Anna. Anna's cousin had borrowed her a cat costume, after we already had bought a set of ears and tail, so it worked out. We went trunk or treating at our church house. Megan really got a kick out of it. She told everyone "Trick or Treat" at least once or twice. "We're so lucky mom!" Anna said. We didn't plan for enough candy there were two wards there and a lot of kids! So we started giving away the girls' candy, there is no way we would be able to eat it all! Anna was a little worried about this. But soon she realized that giving out the candy was just about as fun as getting it, and she had a lot of fun.

 

Nice weekend

We are having beautiful weather this weekend. The girls all got their hair cut on Friday. It is amazing what difference a good haircut can make. Here are Anna and Megan's before and after pics.


I had a very nice time with my mom this weekend. We drove out to Salt Lake on Friday night and went to Into the woods at the Hale center theatre. It was entertaining and fun! We stayed in the Residence Inn by Marriot, also very nice. On Saturday we had fun shopping, eating at the Olive Garden and just enjoying ourselves. Thanks Mom for being my best girl friend! Thanks to my wonderful husband and dad for taking care of Anna and Megan.

I've been bitten! I decided to see what all the fuss was about, so I checked out Twilight from the library on Monday. Well I am more than half way through, and can see why people can't put it down. It is great writing!

Some October Fun

 

I decided to have some fun this month and do a simple activity every day with Anna and Megan. I made a list of things: baking cookies, making crafts, picking pumpkins, dressing up, ect. Every day they get to add a decoration (window cling) to the refridgerator and we do the activity together. It has been fun, it makes a difference to just spend 10-20mins. with them. We both look forward to it. Today we had a dress up parade, trying on lots of costumes/dress ups. Then they tried on their Halloween costumes. Pretty cute huh? Yesterday we picked the four pumpkins from our garden and put them on the front porch.

 

One day we made pink cookies with sprinkles, yummy and easy. 1 white cake mix with 2 eggs and 1/3 c. oil. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 mins. Frost with a can of Funfetti pink frosting with sprinkles to add on top.

 

Another day we had fun making playdough monsters. Silly monster faces!

A beautiful Fall

It has been a beautiful fall here in Roosevelt. We have been having fun doing simple activities every day this month. Today we went on a Nature walk and collected things to make a little collection. It is amazing how much fun simple things can be. Because we were 'searching' we noticed lots of things that we don't usually notice. It is wonderful what we can see when we look for it. Some things we found: flowers, pine needles, mushrooms, leaves, choke cherries, rocks, feathers, bark, grasshopper wings, ant hills and a wasp nest.
We have been busy with preschool, our primary program, and life. Anna started Dance last week, she has a couple of friends and her cousin Baylee in her class. She enjoys it and its going to be just right for her. Megan is quite upset that she can't be part of it though. We are getting a lot more one on one time with Anna involved in preschool and dance. It is good for us both. Megan is so imaginative. She can really play well by herself, but enjoys having someone to play with and give her attention too.

 

Megan loves to be outside! We have been working on potty training. She is doing great! Mommy is learning to stay positive and be consistent. We are trying a new approach where Megan is more in control. It fits her personality. We just remind her to keep dry and tell us when she has to go. The first couple of days are spent watching her really close and helping her learn to run to the bathroom.

Some cute things to remember:
Anna: "Mommy did you marry Daddy?" Me: "Yes" Anna "Who will I marry?" Me: "Someone who loves you and you love them" Anna "Maybe I can marry Daddy too."

Anna and Megan are getting better at sharing. They like the control of someone asking them nicely for something. The new thing is they have to say "Pretty please with a cherry on top." so cute!

Megan says that her pink tricycle is a motorcycle and she pretends to put on a helmet and be in a race. She also has a pretend friend "twinkers" that she takes care of.