Anjali's First Trip to Disneyland

We went to Disneyland on Friday night. It was Anjali's first time. She slept the whole time--even through the really loud fireworks show. The Christmas decorations were great. We rode the Christmas version of Smallworld and Lacy got to experience "snow."

1 Going on 16

I was getting ready to walk out the door to a church baptism. I turn the corner and this is what I see! This is the worst case of runny mascara I've ever seen :)

Needless to say, I didn't make it to the baptism. She used up my whole tube of mascara and put a good dent into my blush. I think its funny that she knew more or less how to apply the makeup. (around the eyes and lips) Cliff didn't find the event as humorous as I did. I laughed out loud and took pictures for 5 minutes...then I took her upstairs and threw her into the bath. Cliff then came up and told Lacy that she shouldn't play with mommy's makeup. Good thing there's two of us to pick up each other's slack.

Sisters

Lacy loves her baby sister. We couldn't get both girls to look at the camera at the same time. We kept trying and after 5 or 6 pictures Lacy had enough and started pushing Anjali away. Sheesh, it's like she has the attention span of a 2-year-old :)

Their t-shirts read "If you think I'm cute, you should see my sister." (Thanks Barrios! Too cute!)

Making Apple Pie

How Fast They Grow

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Helping in the Yard/Patio

On Saturday, Cliff was pulling the weeds that grow in between our brick floored patio. Lacy thought that was pretty interesting and wanted to help. She got to sweep up the weeds with the dust pan. What a big helper!

More Princesses

Cliff and Kortney took Lacy to Disneyland today. This time at the Princess Faire they waited in line to meet the princesses and take pictures. I was told that while they were waiting in line there was a shift change and all the 'A-List' princesses took a break. (These are the D-List princesses, I guess) They'll have to go back another day to get pictures with Cinderella, Belle, and Aurora. But regardless, Lacy was quite the chatterbox with these less popular princesses and still enjoyed herself.

Halloween Night

We hung out with Cliff's family in Norwalk for Halloween. We ate a yummy dinner at Grandma and Grandpa's house and then the kids went Trick-or-Treating. Cliff wanted to go around his old neighborhood to show off his two little girls. Lacy did good. It was a chilly night and she stayed in her stroller for most of the time.

My favorite parts of the evening were:
1. While everyone was eating dinner, Lacy decided to 'practice' Trick-or-Treating and took multiple handfuls of candy from the bowls that Grandma had set out to give away and put them into her bucket.
2. After Trick-or-Treating, we had cake at Grandma's house. We stopped paying attention to Lacy for a minute. Next thing, Kortney says "Lacy NOO!". I look up and Lacy is licking the big kitchen knife that was used to cut the cake. Blade side in her mouth of course. (Thanks for saving our child Kortney.)
3. Lacy of course didn't eat much of the yummy dinner that was prepared, so her dinner mostly consisted of Skittles. Subsequently, she was on quite a sugar high. Running around. Yelling. Talking. She dumped her bucket of candy out onto the floor to check out the goods. Then Aunt LuAnn suggested she roll around in it. And Lacy did. What a goober!