Fashion Show

She posed like this on her own

Kate can't get enough of playing dress-up. So my mom and I had a cool idea, we hit the kid to kid store right after Halloween and got a bunch of 50%-75% off Halloween costumes.  It was awesome! My mom got so many things to fill her dress-up box for her grand kids. We even found a police men outfit for the boys and the very best buy was the speed racer helmet for only $1.50.   Caleb would not even let us take it off of him to ring it up on the register. It was hilarious to see this little two year old running with this huge white helmet on his head,  I have to say by far it was the buy of the day.  Caleb still wears it all over, he loves to ride his McQueen car and race all over Grandma's house.

So back to Kate, after buy all these costumes Kate could hardly contain herself. Kate had ripped off all the tags before we had a chances to properly cut them.   So now I had to find those annoying plastic tag pieces and cut them, more like I had to search to find them, so frustrating.  After we got that out of the way she insisted on have a fashion show.  She tried on ever single outfit, well at least the ones that fit her, we got some smaller outfits for her cousin.  Kate also wanted me to take pictures while she posed and danced in all the new costumes.  Kate had a great time and still is having fun time dressing-up!  What a great idea Grandma!

Kate was yelling Go Cougars...Go Cougars!

Doesn't she look like Princess Peach?

Glam girl

The before picture of the caterpillar on her eye

This is the After picture of the eyelashes on the right way

Kate was having a little too much fun with her new BLACK eyelashes her Grandma Rasmussen gave her for Halloween.  She loved posing and smiling for all the cameras.  Kate had so much fun putting them on and then looking at herself in the mirror.  The first time she put them on by herself, my sister said what is that on Kate's eyes, it looked like she put permanent marker on her eyes.   I started to get so irritated saying not another disaster, but we soon figure out what it was and started cracking up laughing.  We helped her put them on correctly so they wouldn't look like caterpillars growing on her eyes.  Thanks Grandma Rasmussen, Kate loved her eye lashes, what a fun idea!

A day at the Park

So this was a few weeks ago but I still wanted to mention it.  I took the kids including my niece Julia to this new park in Alpine.  It is simply beautiful, the panoramic view of the mountains, that in itself is a site to behold.  This park is really neat, it's got all kinds of spinning toys and creative play yard stuff that you don't typically see on a normal playground.  It has a huge grassy area and a walking/running path all the way around it. In the summer they have a new splash pad that looks really neat to try.  The kids had a great time and it was probably the last really nice, cool, pleasant afternoon of the season before the bitter cold winter.  The kids had a great time exploring the new park and having a picnic lunch under one of the many pavilions.  It was a great day at the park.

Dancing Jane

Jane loves to dance, any times she hears anything with a beat  she has got to move, it's the cutest thing.

Kate's Surprise

Mickey and Minnie and the Gang

Peter Pan and Wendy flying

Tinker Bell

So after Kate got home from school this last Friday I decided to surprise her and take her to the Disney on Ice show.  Kate has been talking about it every time she would see the billboard off the freeway with all the Disney Characters on it.  We also had my sister Karrie and Julia come join the fun too.  My sister also surprise her Daughter Julia with the Disney on Ice.  I thought their reactions would have been more animated or excited, but I guess it just was taking them a while to figure out what and where they were.  Once they did it's like they just couldn't believe it.  They were all smiles after that.  We got there right when the doors open so it gave us a good chance to look at all the booths which can I say so  so over priced.  The girls ended up getting a flounder cup with a snow cone inside with a Sebastian spoon to eat it with.   Kate had a blast! She stared so hard at the characters her eyes began to water,it was like she didn't want to blink or she might miss something.  I asked her what her favorite part was and she said Ariel when she looked like she was swimming and Tinker Bell with her Pixie Dust coming out of her wand as she skated by.  I thought it was pretty fun too, I didn't care for the Leo and Stitch, I think it was the girls least favorite part too.  It was a great evening, it was nice to have a fun one on one day with Kate.  I know she hasn't had that in a while with me, so it was nice to have the chance to surprise her and have a night out with my baby girl.  (note: pictures taken with cell phone so they are not the best quality, just wanted to document occasion)

Jane 11 months old

Jane 11 months old what a cute smile

Bathing Beauty

Jane enjoys bath time

Look at those teeth

Jane loved playing with the Pumpkins

Jane is now 11 month old, can you believe it people??  Jane is growing and doing great. Jane is now walking along the furniture with ease, pulling up and standing.  She is now able to stand for maybe a couple of seconds on her own.   Jane is crawling all over the place. She has three teeth, the two bottom and the one top and a second top tooth on the way.  Jane loves to wave at everyone and giggle.  She is more vocal than she has ever been, she still signs more and all done while eating.  Jane loves to play with her big brother, sometime Caleb doesn't feel the same way.  Jane is very vocal ever time she see animals, she loves to try and talk to them, she say AA AA.    Jane also loves to stick out her tongue and curl it up at the end when she gets excited.  She still has crazy hair, I just don't know what to do with it.  Jane is trying new foods and loving it, she eat Pancakes like they are going out of style.  Jane love Kix cereal and peaches to name a few of her favorite. Often times you can Catch Jane Laugh with her brother and sister when they find something funny.  It's so hilarious to watch.  Jane enjoys bath time and going to the local pool to play in the water.