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This was a fun year. Hannah is old enough to really hunt and this is the first year she didn’t have a green hand dying the eggs! ha ha! For Katie she was so excited she could hardly sleep. She informed us she heard the Easter Bunny hopping around downstairs and even sounded out the sound his little paws made hopping on our floor. We couldn’t believe it! And yes of course he brought their favorite candy “jolly ranchers” amongst other assorted goodies. And for the finally yes, EGG WARS!!! So far the blue egg reigns…

John “Come on Girlfriend!”
Hannah “I’m NOT your girlfriend! MOMMY is your girlfriend.”
John “You are absolutely right.”

You tell him Hannah!

I walk into the bathroom and find Hannah head to toe in baby powder sliding around in it. I ask her what she is doing and she reply’s “Learning to ice skate!” Oh how I wish I had my camera!!!

This year the girls decided they wanted to throw a little valentines party for their friends. Mommy didn’t take pictures because she was too busy painting nails! But here are a few things they got from their friends and school.

Our good friend has an annual tradition at her house to have a Christmas party and invite Santa. Santa has worked with Mommy during a breakfast with Santa last year so he was kind enough to come to our friends house last year and this year. The girls get so excited that he remembers them, knows about what they did for their birthdays etc. He’s the REAL deal!

I hear crying from the other room as I work on my desktop. I hear John saying Mommy won’t be mad, you can tell her. And in he comes with Hannah and her new haircut. I bit my tongue needless to say but later when she showed me where she had cut it, hidden behind the dinning room table where no one could see her it was clearly not a case of impulsiveness at the craft table. Hmmm… What to do? A little Karma lesson may be in store for her… No candy only meat since protein helps the hair grown back I think should do it. ; )

Daddy: Hannah what do you want for dinner?
Hannah: Nuggets and macaroni and cheese.
Daddy: I’m getting a little tired of making macaroni and cheese and you not eating it.
Hannah: Well then make it delicious.

Ok… So funny. John just called. He was driving and Hannah was talking to herself in the backseat. She didn’t know John was listening. This is what she was saying… “Bow to the Prince. Curtsy to the Prince. Kick the Prince in the butt.” ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!

Well it rained and it was cold but they hung in there. Hannah had a cold so she came home a little early. But they ate candy ALL day today so I am guessing they felt it was worth it.

Our annual tradition of going to the pumpkin patch.  You would have thought Katie was a teenage with her moodiness and fancy dress.  She snapped out of it eventually and had a blast after that…

The girls decided to get all dolled up then  wanted Mommy to do a photoshoot of them.  Here are a couple if the images from my little fashionistas.

I couldn’t help but post this… She really has no idea how big she is… She just wants so badly to be that little puppy we brought home 5 months ago…

In preschool for both Katie and Hannah leader of the day is always such a big deal.  They get to be line leader all day, bring and pass out the snack and do a little show and tell.  Hannah loved making this little Halloween snack with me as much as her friends enjoyed eating it!

At Katie’s elementary school they have a bibliotek run each year to raise money for the library to buy new books. Katie was so proud. She ran 8 laps around the track. For each lap the got a rubber band in their teams color. And whichever team had the most bands at the end of the run gets a pizza party. We still haven’t found out yet but we’re hoping it’s her class of course! Also, you will see a picture with her teacher whom she absolutely LOVES. Her teacher refers to herself and Katie as the “Sassy Flats Girls”. Which Katie LOVES being our little fashionista in the house.

Hannah pre-school does a trip every year to Ken’s produce. This year they added a lot of new things that made it much more fun. The corn stall which they all LOVE. Then a fun hay fight with the teachers. And lastly the corn maze and playground. Hannah wasn’t real hip on the corn maze. About 2 minutes into it she wanted to go home. Then she kept worrying. “Mommy I think we are lost.” Of course I tried to explain that was the point and we have a flag if we are really lost and someone will come get us. I don’t think she ever really got that it was supposed to be part of the fun. ha ha!

This was HILARIOUS!!! The girls were playing princess and we had recently bought a dog costume for Sunni for Halloween. The girls picked it out of course. Well, they couldn’t resist dressing Sunni up for their princess game. The kept running around in a very royal voice calling her “the Royal Puppy”.

Hannah playing with Sunni on one of the last warm days before fall had really set in… Hannah is still not 100% sure she likes Sunni. Somedays she loves her and some days she wants nothing to do with her. But Sunni sure loves her! She tries so hard. She will even trying to get in Hannah’s seat with her. She just doesn’t realize she’s not a tiny puppy anymore and is now bigger than Hannah. She basically takes up the whole seat on top of Hannah and you can only see Hannah’s little head poking out. I am going to have to get that with my camera soon!

We had just returned from the Halloween store to buy some spooky stuff to decorate the house when the girls decided they wanted to play dress up. Hannah had begged me for this vampire make up kit at the store and as usual I caved and bought it for her. (She is going to be a fairy for Halloween not a vampire.) I should have known they would find another creative use for it and they certainly did! There are some seriously blood red lips here! ha ha!

My favorite day of the week is Tuesdays. This is the day that Katie’s teacher sends home all of her work from the week before which has all her stories. As you can see she writes a lot about Sunni. I think one of the funniest is when she says “and she bites”. She did have a little issue with playing with the girls too rough and biting. She has MOSTLY been cured of it. She has a couple of stories about Grandma and her trip with good friends of ours to the beach.

Hannah and I went to the Farmer’s market to pick out our pumpkins for carving. She ate two whole boxes of those raspberries. I was cracking up.