Lizzy's Birthday

On November 21st, Lizzy turned 4! I can't believe she is that old already. We had a few friends over to eat cake and ice cream with us, but otherwise it was a quiet day.

Here is Lizzy blowing out her candles.

Lizzy really wanted an Ariel cake for her birthday, so I made her this. The night before I baked the cake and then put it in the fridge overnight. A cold cake is easier to frost - less crumbs. I found a picture of Ariel on the internet and drew the outline with black frosting on her cake. Then I filled in the spaces with the correct coloured frosting. Kind of like paint by number :)

Here is how it turned out.

Lizzy showing off her presents from Mommy and Daddy: a train set and a Little Mermaid doll (kind of like a polly pocket). She loves to change Ariel's tail into legs and put a dress on her.

Me Lizzy just chillin'.

Gabe. He's now 6 months old, and a hefty 19 lbs. What a big boy! He's sitting up by himself now and loves it.

Halloween

Lizzy showing off her tail just before leaving for trick-or-treating.

Lizzy was a skeleton-cat. I think her favourite part of the costume was the whiskers I drew on her face with my eyeliner. It was chilly out that night, so Lizzy is wearing her winter jacket underneath her shirt. She looked at it and said, "I don't want to be a fat kitty!"

"Meow!"

We went to our Branch Halloween party at the church and all dressed up as skeletons. Well, I found skeleton shirts at Wal-mart for cheap. I thought it was cute that we had a theme. I especially loved Gabe's skeleton onesie

So cute!

The booty!

Crafts

The public library here in Albert Lea has the best children's programs that I have seen. The story time is really great and Lizzy loves attending. Recently the library put on a "Where the Wild Things Are" party. They read stories, played games and did crafts all associated with the book (and the new movie).


This is the mask and crown Lizzy made at the party all by herself.Me being a "wild thing."Lizzy being a "wild thing."

My mom sent Lizzy an Halloween craft for fun. She had such a blast making her own jack o lanterns and decorating them.

This is the Daddy pumpkin Lizzy made. Can you see a resemblance?

Gramma and Poppa

Here are a few pictures from my trip to Ontario to visit my grandparents.

Gramma and Poppa meeting Gabe for the first time.

Poppa and Gabe.

Lizzy and Gramma.