We were happy we got to see more of Courtney and Carolyn in Utah in October, even if we weren't happy for the reason they came out here.
Elise immediately put Coco to good use on the swing set.
We went to Kneader's for lunch after Lou had gymnastics and she insisted on wearing her tank top. It doesn't matter how cold it is, if Elise is wearing a tank top she likes to show it off. She was also happy to show off her Frankenstein cookie.
Sadie came home from school one day excited to show Mimi her spider hat.
Courtney came over and carved pumpkins with us. Both girls were terrified to touch the inside of the pumpkin so I bribed them with ice cream. I just knew once they did it they wouldn't be scared. Sadie took the ice cream bait immediately and stuck her hand in. She was happy to discover that it wasn't scary. Elise was not swayed by Sadie's assurances and below you have one of my favorite series of pictures.
Once the pumpkins were cleaned out the carving went quickly. Elise chose a pre-made template and Sadie wanted a 2-D shape pumpkin because that's what she had been learning about at school.
Not sure what day these are from, but Carolyn took them on a nice day in the backyard. The nice weather is a distant memory now.
Somehow Courtney got a good picture of Camille. Usually when I show Millie the camera she moves to try and touch it.
Coco did bedtime reading with Millie. And Millie happened to pick a book Courtney bought for us when Sadie was Millie's age.
On Coco's last morning we all had brunch at Jim and Sharman's new house, 5 minutes from us.
The day before Carolyn left she watched the younger 2 girls while I helped with Sadie's Halloween party at school. I signed up to help without noticing it was during the time Lou would need to be driven to preschool, so Carolyn drove her to school and put Millie down for a nap. Man, how nice it would be to have family closer to help with stuff like that. Below she was helping Elise with her take home reading before her school Halloween party.
Good thing Mimi will be back here in 1 week. We got used to seeing her around here.
2 comments:
That's so fun to have family come visit! And don't feel bad that you don't have family that live here, when they are around all the time they aren't very eager to help out because they see the kids all the time.
I LOVE the pictures of Elise and the pumpkin. perfect capture of the moment
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