High Boots! And other musings of a 2 year old

Elle is so funny lately with her little stories.  She got some gold "uggs" for Scarlett's birthday and she LOVES those things.  "I have high boots!  They sparkly!  Like my high boots mommy?"  She wore them to pick up Scarlett the other day.  We were standing at the gate with all the other parents waiting on the kids and Elle pointed to a mom wearing black leather boots - "see mommy, she has high boots too!"  We went to a birthday party this morning and she insisted on wearing her other favorite pair of shoes, little black mary janes with bows on the toes.  "Like my black shoes, mommy?  I so fancy.  Have bows!  Like my dress?  Has hearts!  Mommy no tutu on.  Mommy not fancy today"  I guess I better step it up with my jeans-wearing.

Scarlett and I were talking about baby Jesus the other morning before school and Elle piped up "Hey, I know baby Jesus!  He mommy Mary!"

I asked her the other day if she liked Santa and she said a quick "NO!"  then followed it up with "he scary.  Santa a pirate."  And then a little later - "I like he reindeer.  They cute!"

Santa

We went to see Santa at the mall this weekend. Scarlett loved him (no surprise) and Elle was terrified. She wanted absolutely nothing to do with him. That's me holding her & hiding behind Santa because she wouldn't come near his sleigh. At least this picture is a little better than last year when she is all out red faced screaming!

Scarlett's 5th Birthday

I'm a bit behind, but Scarlett turned 5 last Saturday and we had a very busy, very fun weekend to celebrate.  Right after school on Friday, we took her to get her ears pierced.  She jumped a little when they pierced them, but said it didn't really hurt.  After that we went to the mall and she got to build her birthday build a bear.  Then we went to dinner at the "China Place" aka P.F. Chang's.  On a side note, I didn't know until our last visit, but they are very considerate of food allergies.  We told our server and he let the kitchen know and they prepared Scarlett's meal away from any peanuts.  By Saturday morning, all the grandparents had made it into town and we were ready to celebrate!  Her party was at Elmwood Gymnastics and it was fantastic!  Between Scarlett's friends and a few younger siblings Elle's age, we had close to 15 kids.  They played on the tumble track, big trampoline, floor and some of the preschool mats and equipment.  After that we had pizza and double doozie cookie cake (delicious!).  When the party was over we came home and had VooDoo BBQ and more cookie cake while Scarlett opened her presents.  

Friday night - getting her ears pierced!  Oh, I forgot to mention that we had Fuzzy, the class monkey with us for the weekend!  Here he is, holding Scarlett tight.  

My big 5 year old!

Her cake.  We didn't have a specific party theme, but she saw this penguin cake and had to have it!  

Birthday girl with all the grandparents

And with Mommy & Daddy

At the gymnastics place with a couple of her friends

Elle wasn't sure she wanted to participate at first, but she ended up having a great time!

And the grand finale!  She thought this was awesome!

5 Year Checkup

Scarlett had her 5 year checkup yesterday.  Everything looks great!  I didn't really realize it until the doctor mentioned it, but we made it through her whole 4th year without a single sick visit!  Let's hope we can keep up that trend!  She is 44 pounds (85%) and 44 1/2 inches (99%).  We knew she was tall, but 99th percentile...geez!

Christmas Spirit

Scarlett drew a picture this morning of Joseph, Mary and baby Jesus. It was so cute I had to share!

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving visiting family in California.  We flew into Los Angeles on Wednesday.  The flight itself went really well.  Everything was on time and the girls did great for the 3 1/2 hour flight.  We hit some traffic and delays once we got into LA and didn't make it to Grandpa's house until dinnertime.  We were excited to see everyone once we finally made it!  We had a great dinner on Thursday at the Pierpont Inn.  There was a great view of the ocean and the buffet was delicious!  We had about 20 people there with us.  We spent the rest of Thursday and Friday visiting with the family at Grandpa's house.  The girls met some second cousins and were just thrilled to have kids their age to play with.  Scarlett and Brooklyn (only 10 days apart) especially formed that "cousin bond".  Friday we ventured down into LA to get ready for our return flight and went to play at the Santa Monica pier for a little while.  The girls were so happy that daddy won them prizes in the games booth, then we all rode the ferris wheel.  We really timed it right because as we were right at the top, we saw the sun set over the Pacific.  After dinner at Bubba Gump, we went back to the hotel to rest up and fly home.  Sunday was a long day of travel, but again, the girls did great!

It appears I am out of storage for pictures on the blog, so I'm going to have to see what to do about that...  In the mean time, here's the pictures on facebook:

Facebook Pictures

Thanksgiving Parties

Today was the last day of school before Thanksgiving break, so I had 2 parties to attend!  First up was Elle's grandparent's day.  We watched them sing 2 songs (ok, so the teacher sang and no one else!) and then made a turkey craft with them.  

My little Indian princess

Her turkey craft

Next up was Scarlett's Thanksgiving Feast

My other little Indian princess

They sang a few songs and told a story.

They each had Indian names.  Scarlett's was Pond Princess.

Then they ate!  Cane's chicken fingers...just like the real first Thanksgiving ;o)  

Black & Gold

Today was black and gold day at school. Go Saints!

"I ready go"

Elle got herself all dressed up yesterday. She came to me and said "I ready go. Bye bye!" Where did she have in mind? Well a super spectacular tea party of course!

Good Question

We were talking about what to have for dinner and decided on jambalaya. Scarlett asked "did Jesus eat jambalaya?"

Trick or Treating

We went trick or treating door to door last night in a neighborhood in Lakeview.  It was a lot of fun!  

Here's the girls getting ready

Our trick or treating crew

Starting door to door

Once we got home with all our of candy, we sent a text to the Halloween Fairy to ask her to come to our house.  The girls picked 5 pieces to keep and the fairy ate all the rest.  As a thank you, she left the girls Velveteen Rabbits, a new coloring book, stickers and a pack of oreos.  The girls were THRILLED with the trade!

Halloween Parties

Today Scarlett and Elle had their Halloween parties at school.  Scarlett sang songs and posed for pictures for the parents, then they had grandparent's day.  Coco was able to come into town so Scarlett had a fun morning showing her around her classroom and decorating pumpkins together.  

Here's the whole class

Scarlett, Coco and their pumpkin

Elle had a little song and dance session, snack and a craft with me.  As soon as I walked through the door she came and was stuck like glue to my side until we left.  All the other kids stayed in the circle to participate in the song, but Elle did every other move stuck to my side.

Here she is growing like a pumpkin

Snack

And making her jack o lantern

Can't wait for more Halloween fun tonight!

Boo at the Zoo

We went to Boo at the Zoo in Baton Rouge today.  We were joined by a few friends for trick or treating.  

We tried to get a picture of all the kids before we set out.  Grayson is a ninja, Emma is Jessie, Scarlett and Elle are black cats, Chloe is the Tinkerbell who didn't want to wear wings or a headband and Raymond is Buzz.  

Here are the girls right inside the zoo

Another group picture by the big black cat.  Or attempt at a group picture I guess I should say :o)   

Scarlett loves the witches...Elle was too scared.

Happy trick or treaters with bags full of candy!

Our Weekend

 

Scarlett had a birthday party for one of her classmates this weekend. It was a pony ride & face paint party, which was a new experience for us. I seriously did not expect Scarlett to ride the pony. She's not exactly a farm animal kind of girl. At the pumpkin patch a little girl handed her a baby chick. She freaked - jumped about 10 feet when the chick touched her hand and dropped it. But she rode that pony 3 times! She had a blast with her friends.

Her new BFF this year - Sophie

 

Here are my sweet girlies before the party. Elle needed to dress up.

 

 

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