More Ice Skating!

Last Friday, Gram and Papa came to watch the girls ice skate.  Papa was very excited to try out his old ice skating skills (it had been since 1968!) so he was parent #2 in the Parent/Tot class for Nora and Lila.  I got to watch the girls and snap a few pics! 

Halloween Parade!

Nora and Lila's preschool do a fun halloween parade and then the kids gather to sing four cute songs! 

First Snow!

Fallin' for Fall

Last Saturday, we had fall family pictures done at Lair O'Bear Park in Morrison....amazing!  I am so excited to see our pictures!

That afternoon, we headed to a little fall festival down in Castle Rock.  The girls loved the bunnies, a carriage ride, and picking a couple of little pumpkins from the patch!

I love the look of their blonde hair in the wind!

On Sunday, we went to a local church to get our pumpkins!  We love this spot because the pumpkin pictures are awesome and the money goes to their youth mission trips! 

This is the pumpkin that we picked!  It has a flat side and the girls have been reading a book called "The Square Pumpkin"  They have named it "Squary"  We also came home with tons of "baby pumpkins!!"

Top Ten

 Ten Great Things About Nora At Age Four:

1.  Nora wants to be both an artist and a space man who walks on the moon when she grows up!

2.  I have a feeling that Nora is going to be Daddy's sporting buddy!  She loves watching games with him!

3.  Nora is a great snuggler and loves to be loved on! 

4.  Nora loves being the middle child.  She will also stake the claim to something that is the middle because of this.  If we have three cookies lined up, she picks the middle one!

5.   Nora loves learning.  She does a "homework" book during Clara's homework time and loves it!  She is also learning to write and read her letters!

6.  Nora has a great imagination.  She loves to have a great story going with Barbies, My Little Pony, Littlest Pet Shop or Squinkies.

7.  Nora is a wonderful sister!  She loves to play Mommy - Baby with Lila, where she is the mommy and Lila is the baby. She is so caring and nurturing!  She also adores Clara and will play with her any chance she gets!

8.  Nora is nostalgic.  She will hold on to things for as long as she can.  She had a hard time moving and wanted her room the same.  She was reluctant about changing from a toddler to a full bed.  She also will say things like, "I miss being three."  So cute! 

9.  Nora still loves the color blue and monkeys are her favorite animal!  Gotta love her consistency!

10.  Nora is so precious to our family!  We are thankful for this sweet and loving little four year old!

Nora is FOUR!!!

Nora is now FOUR!!  We love tradition in our family, so we did our usual!! 

 We started the day with gifts...

We went about our day, as usual.  Took Clara to school, went to dance and then spent some time at the park! 

That evening, we went to Red Robin with family.  Daddy brought Nora and the girls and me flowers!  Nora got sung the Red Robin birthday song, had ice cream and opened wonderful gifts!  What a lucky gal!!!! 

Party Time!!!

We celebrated Nora's 4th Birthday this past weekend!!  She wanted a Tanlged theme party at Treehouse Discovery!  She invited a few friends from our old neighborhood, her school friends and her cousins!  A great time was had by all!