Dressing up is so much fun!

What is that I hear? Could it be? A delivery at the front door?!! Yippee!! Thanks to Reen and Scott, our cousins in California, Evie and Nora spent the afternoon as fierce jungle cats. OK, Evie was fierce and sassy as always. (I swear she has claws!) And Nora pretty much purred her way through the day. Typical! What a wonderful surprise - thank you again! We will be sure to wear these to one of our many Halloween parties this weekend. Tomorrow morning is Evie's Halloween costume parade at school. Bring on the boots and hat - this cowgirl is ready for the rodeo. Yee-haw!

One more thing - I counted the rolls on Nora's thighs today during her bath. 4 on each leg! Seriously! OK, I better delete this before she's old enough to read :)

Finally - sunshine!

The sun finally came out on Sunday, and Evie was feeling better so we headed to the pumpkin patch at Deanna Rose. Everyone close to me knows how much I look forward to these types of family outings, and my expectations were exceeded this year with a beautiful day and (mostly) happy babies. I love this picture of Evie and Nora on a hay barrel. Evie touching Nora's fingers, loving her little sister. What you don't see is how she pushed her away a mere second later. Ahh, sisterly love.
And check out Evie with her cowgirl hat and boots - totally worth the ridiculous amount of money I spent on them as she wears them every day if she can!

As I mentioned above, Evie has been sick, so we spent three extremely long, cold days stuck inside, cleaning up snot (me) and playing with whatever we could think of (Evie). Here's Evie (and Nora watching in awe) finger painting in what's supposed to be our "formal living room" - HA!

And love this - Evie playing dress up and checking herself out in the mirror. I love how she mixes her winter hat, 1st birthday tutu and cowboy boots. Aunt Melina would be proud!

MIZ!

We may live in Kansas now, but our girls are sure to be MU Tiger fans! Here they are last week in adorable gear courtesy of Miss Lauren Martin and family. Thanks again Lauren! I think the girls look alike in this picture ... and Nora is definitely gaining on Evie. Won't be long before they're sharing clothes!

As dress up is an obvious part of parenting two girls (and fun for Mommy too!), here are the girls in Halloween attire. It IS October after all - we want to get our money's worth :) Looking forward to posting pictures after the actual Halloween holiday, when our little cowgirls come riding into town!