The Halloween Parties are here

What better than a biking parade to kick of the Halloween weekend festivities?! Especially when Mollie conveniently mastered the art of pedaling AND steering this week! She was so excited to be dressed as a fairy AND riding her bike while celebrating Halloween with her 12 classmates.Our shy little one?!!! WHAT?! Yes, Mollie wasn't about to get near the class portrait. She decided to stand two feet away and keep her distance.
It took a little coaxing from Miss Hillary to get her to partake in the festivities.

She was extra excited to get a bike upgrade to her classmates fancy Trek tricycle and was off down the street so fast I could barely keep up! We will have to see if we can bring ourselves to splurge for one of them in the near future!

And this was only the beginning of the exciting day!

Shout it from the rooftops!

here is one happy girl :)

Pumpkin Time

THREE YEARS of pumpkins. WOW! Here is our spunky little pretty girl at the Arboretum pumpkin patch yesterday... and below are the previous two years. That little girl has grown into quite the fun little bottle of spunk and I can't get enough of her!2 years, 2 months -
1 year, 2 months -
2 Months -

A big girl needs a backpack!

Mollie was so excited about her new backpack, she hasn't taken it off since!

My pretty little ballerina

Looking so official with the bun. I LOVE IT!

Then there is the fake smile on demand.

First recital is next week, so stay tuned. I'm training on my new video to capture the moments.

Grandma and Grandpa Time

Mama and Daddy off to Miami...Grandma and Grandpa to Dallas...

When Mom and Dad are away, Mollie will PLAY... HARD! It was such a treat to have Grandma and Grandpa here to spend time with Mollie while we went to Miami for the weekend. They had so much fun exploring the parks, arboretum, playing in the yard, taking late night walks, making new friends, going to restaurants and doing some shopping. They had a ball and so did Mollie! Until Grandma sends her hundreds of pictures, here are a couple from our cooking session yesterday, which of course captured Mollie shoving tons of dough in her mouth. YUM. Thanks for everything Grandma and Grandpa. We miss you already!

Evening at Nana and Papa's...

...Appears to be auditions for the upcoming theatre production of Little Red Riding Hood!

Nana and Papa, thanks for helping with Mollie and encouraging her interest in the arts :)