More Cora Birthday Pics!

Here are some more pictures of Cora's birthday...thanks to Aunt KK!  Also, here are some pictures of Cora at her preschool on her birthday!  I brought in cupcakes for the class...she was SO excited!  After school, Nana and Pop gave her their present...a playhouse!  She loves her playhouse, especially playing in it with her brother and cousins!

Sam the MC!

Cora LOVED getting her makeup done!

Such precious girls!

Love these two together!

Craft time!

Cora with her Meme!

Isabella put on a great performance...Madelyn is her biggest fan:)

Cousins!

Josh joining the girls!

Cake!

The birthday girl is 3!

Cora with her little class!

Playhouse from Nana and Pop!!

What a great day it was.....

Cora's Makeup Runway Fashion Show Birthday Party!

Today we had Cora's birthday party.  Her birthday is this Tuesday, so we have lots of celebrations until then!  Cora has been requesting since this summer for a Makeup runway fashion show birthday party.  Where she got this idea, I have no clue.  But she has stuck to it!  With some research I found other ideas from the web and put it all together!  I have to say, her party was a hit!  Sam made a 16 foot runway..it was amazing!  The party would not have been the same without it...it made everything fit together!  Ten of Cora's closest friends (and cousins) came in their fanciest attire and worked that runway!  Kirsten was very generous and did their makeup before it was runway time.  The girls looked awesome!  I only grabbed some quick pics with my phone since it was so much going on.  Hopefully Aunt KK will send me more to add to the blog.  But here are just a few.  What a wonderful day!!

Before the party started!

Kirsten doing makeup!!

Doing the craft!

Princess cake!

The craft table and the decorations!

Madelyn, Cora and Talia!

Isabella wanted to do makeup too (just like her mom)!

Here comes my princess!  And Sam is the MC, so funny!!

Sam and his plastic microphone...love it!

Talia!

Stella!

Quick Isabella!





Quick Ellie..she was soo cute!!

Madelyn taking it in!

The sisters make the runway!

Sweet Natalie!

Lunch time finally!  The girls were hungry!

Opening presents!

A little chaos during present opening, but we made it work!

Josh came to the party after the fashion show...
He joined in the fun!

             






       

Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year.  First we headed over to the McGuire house and had lunch.  Meme, Uncle Bobby, and Jenny were there too!  We had a great time together and ate lots of good food!  The girls of course had a blast together and Josh joined in with them playing as usual!
We then headed over the Susie and Gerald's house for dinner.  We had a great time there and there were lots of people, so it was a crowded house!  Cora had fun playing with her cousins, especially Nolan.  Josh walked around and clung to his Mama for the most part (this boy sure does love his Mama!).  It was so nice to be around family and have everyone in the same area for the holidays.  We have lots to be thankful for this year.  Let the holiday season begin!!

So thankful for these two beautiful faces!

Helping cook with Daddy!

The girls!  Josh was "trying" to take a nap!

At the table..missing me because I was rocking a sleepy baby!

Our wonderful family!

Happy 5th Birthday Madelyn!!

So I'm a little behind (again) in the blog world, so let me get caught back up!  A few weeks ago Madelyn had her 5th Birthday party and Pump It Up!  We had never been there before so it was very exciting for Cora!  Josh was a little hesitant but loosened up in the end and started walking around.  He even sat at the big kid table with everyone!  Hard to believe Madelyn is 5 years old and will going to school next year!  Where does the time go?!  I remember it like it was yesterday that I first laid eyes on that beautiful little girl...we love you Madelyn!!

Josh was so excited to be at his cousin's birthday party!

Now that's alot of kids!

Watching Madelyn open presents!

We went back the the McGuire house after the party for pizza. 
Cora was very excited to give her cousin her present!

Look Who's Walking!

Josh is walking!!  He just about started walking when his big sister did...around 14 months.  We were so sure he was going to walk earlier, but he showed us that he would walk when he was ready!  He is just so cute walking...he looks like a little Frankenstein.  Our little Josh is now more busy than ever walking everywhere...he keeps us on our toes as always!!

His new favorite thing to do is walk into the pantry...and make a mess!

On our way to the vet the other day!

And there he is...browsing Party City!

Halloween 2012!

I am a little late with this Halloween post, but better late than never!  It's hard to believe Thanksgiving is next week, but let's track back a few weeks ago to Halloween!  I was in charge of Cora's class Halloween party with another Mom.  Halloween day started with her school parade.  Cora got to wear her Halloween costume to school, which she was super excited about!  Josh and I enjoyed watching her and he kept waving at his big sister, so cute!  Then Nana kept Josh and I went back to school for her party.  She kept kissing and hugging on me the whole time.  She was just so excited I was there!
That night we went to Grammy and Papa's for our annual trick or treating with the Nolan cousins.  Cora had a blast as usual.  Josh and I stayed in with Grammy and ate food:)  It was chilly outside!!  Overall it was an awesome Halloween.  Can't wait for Thanksgiving!!

In the parade with Lillian and Alex (she has a huge crush on Alex!)

It was a cold morning...I kept telling her to roll down her sleeves!

Cora and Alex:)

So excited at the party!

Only 6 kids were in the class that day, 4 were sick!

Love, love, love my girl!

Cora and her wonderful teacher Mrs. Hennesey!

Ready to leave for the Nolans!

One of my favorite pictures:)

These two are going to be taller than me one day!!

Last Day of Soccer!

Well our first soccer season has come to an end!  I think we've all had enough fun on Saturday mornings for the past 8 weeks and now it's time to relax:)  Cora did an awesome job this season...a few tears here and there but overall did great!  She is not an aggressive kind of person, so she liked to run up and down the field and smile more than kick the ball!  Oh well, she had a good time and that's all that matters!  We'll see if she wants to play in the Spring...should be interesting!  I signed her up for Gymnastics starting next week.  I'm hoping she loves it...Nana will be taking her.  Good luck to Nana! :)

Josh may get in the soccer action eventually!

Last game with her friend and schoolmate Talia!

After soccer, we switched gears and got ready for a petting zoo birthday party...
Cowgirl boots and all!