Happy Halloween!

We have had a great Halloween this year.  It was so fun to be able to share it with C and E.  On Sunday we participated in our church's trunk or treat.  Since the girls were dressing up as ballerinas, we decorated our trunk as their dance studio.  It was a lot of fun to help with this.  I know it is something that we will do next

year too.

Here are the girls in their dance studio, complete with mirror and bar.

The sign announcing our trunk.

Emma is ready to dance!

Here are the ballet slippers my mom made for the girls to wear.  She is so crafty!

They were so pleasant through the whole trunk or treat.  They smiled and "talked" to all of the people that came by.

Daddy helping Charlotte on the tricycle, I think she is a little too small.  

Here is what our trunk looked like.  It was a nice sunny afternoon!

Today we dressed the girls back up in their costumes and took them around to a couple of our neighbors houses.  While we weren't actually trick or treating, it was fun to take the girls out visiting and I think our neighbors enjoyed it as well.  We used our red wagon although by the end of the ride the girls just wanted to be held.  

Riding in the wagon.

My sweet little ballerina.

And my other sweet little ballerina.  

At our neighbor's house.

To finish off the day John and I spent the evening with dinner and a movie.  Happy Halloween!

Good Halloween Morning!

In celebration of Halloween this morning we wore pumpkin bibs for breakfast. This was greeted with many smiles and happy noises. We also tried yogurt for the first time. They liked it pretty well.

Helping Daddy

Today was a busy day. We started the morning painting trim in the bathroom and then spent the rest of the day getting ready for the trunk or treat tomorrow. I think it is going to turn out really well. As part of that, John washed the car. The girls came outside in their wagon and helped. It was nice to be outside on a cool fall day.

We Support Mizzou

Both my husband and I went to the University of Missouri at Columbia.  While we have since moved away, we still support our college team and hope to cheer them to victory every Saturday.  E and C have even gotten into it.  I see some tigers in the making.  Go Mizzou!

Our visitor

Yesterday our friend Leo the dog came to visit for a week while his owners are out of town. Gus is not too happy but the girls are enjoying watching him walk around the kitchen. I like having a dog around as he encourages me to get outside and eats the food that the girls spill, but it also reminds me how much extra work they are. I am glad we can borrow him for a while and then give him back.

A Surprise about Parenting

I knew that parenting would be challenging.  I had thought about all of the care I would have to give my daughters, the discipline I would have to enforce, and the lack of sleep I would get.  What I did not anticipate was the fact that parenting would push me to be a better person, and really examine my actions.  I have had two different instances in the last week where I found myself having to chose between what would be easy and what was right.  Both times I considered what example I want to set for my daughters, how I want them to see me and my actions.  I thought that in being a parent I would be shaping and helping my daughters grow, I never anticipated that I would grown and be shaped by them!

My Little Inspirations

Homemade Baby Legs

I have been wanting to get some baby legs for the girls for a while, but haven't quite been able to justify 24 dollars for two pairs.  Having a budget makes getting cute and fun baby things a little more difficult.  Today, as I was looking around on the internet I found a great tutorial for homemade baby legs.  It seemed so easy that I ran out to wal-mart (ok, you can't run anywhere with twins, but you get the idea) and bought some socks.  I was able to put them together while the girls napped, it was that easy.

Here one of the pair of socks.

Here are the completed baby legs, one pair for each girl.  The way the tutorial had me finish them created a ruffle at the bottom.

Here are my models.  They fit really well and I loved the ruffled bottom.

To find the complete tutorial click here.  I will be making more as soon as I can get to target to find some cute socks.