Disney on Ice

We have a tradition of attending Disney on Ice, and we all really look forward to it each year. That said, this year's theme was Princess Wishes. That made it even that much more exciting! We attended the pre-show and were able to view all the princesses' gowns and other personal items, as well as meet Cinderella! Very cool. The above picture was in front of Snow White's section of the pre-show.
Belle's section of the pre-show. (Belle is Mackenzie's favorite.)

Guess the camera flash was a little bit bright. I snapped this one just before the show began.

David took this one for us. Josiah insisted that the flash was too bright and he did not want any more pictures taken.

This captures the kids faces as the show began! Can you just feel the excitement?!

Josiah's interested and intent profile. Notice the twirling light up dragon toy in his lap. He loves that thing. Light up toys were very popular there as they do look neat during the darkish show. Mackenzie also got a spinning light up toy; hers is Tinkerbell related.

Minnie Mouse!

If you look closely at the above picture (or maybe click on it to make it larger) you might be able to see the bubbles pouring from the sky! Very neat underwater scene from The Little Mermaid.

Classic Cinderella arriving in her horse drawn carriage.

All the princes and princesses came out together for the grand finale! The above pic is just of the princesses.

Here's all of the princes, princesses, and Tinkerbell in the middle.

Mackenzie after the show.

Josiah showing off his dragon toy after the show.

Fun times. Good memories. One more blog post to go, then I'm all caught up! ;)

Trunk or Treat

A week ago tonight was Trunk or Treat at church. The kids had so much fun getting to dress up, participate in all kinds of activities, go to class, and gather candy in the parking lot after class. Dorothy from Wizard of Oz and Clone Trooper from Star Wars.
Aren't they precious?! :)

I love the ruby red slippers we found at Target for my little Dorothy. Kinda makes the outfit!

This is the pose she had seen on the front of the costume package when it arrived in the mail. Had to add it to the blog post, of course!

Close up of my sweet girl.

My little Clone Trooper

I loved this pose!

But this one's pretty great, too! :)

Josiah, Mackenzie, and Me...a proud Momma.

We were in the church parking lot getting ready to head inside.

David holding a clone trooper. Somehow, that seemed picture worthy to me!

All the Star Wars kids at church. Quite a big group. From left to right: Josiah, Sam, Will, Dylan, Anna, Owen, and Joe.

Mackenzie, Aurianna, and Egypt.

Mackenzie and Lauren.

Owen (Yoda) and Josiah (Clone Trooper).

Mackenzie paused during the activities long enough for me to take a picture. :)

Here is one of the activities. Hysterically funny to watch! They have a race to see who can finish eating the powdered doughnut faster. The tricky part is that someone else is holding the doughnut on a string and you are not allowed to use your hands!

Here's Mackenzie enjoying the doughnut.

Taylor (Wendy from Peter Pan) and Mackenzie racing to eat their doughnuts.

Too funny!

The boys (Will, Sam, and Josiah) trunk or treating together.

The girls (Lauren, Allison, and Mackenzie) trunk or treating together.

Mackenzie receiving candy.

The boys.

All together now! Both Mackenzie and Josiah are in this picture trunk or treating.

Mackenzie and Lauren with Allison in the background.

Matt handing out candy to our crew. You can actually see Josiah and Mackenzie's face in this one! We all had so much fun that evening. Time spent with friends is such a blessing.

Now...I'm only 2 posts behind! More to come...

Turkeys and School Parties

I am so thankful that I was able to swap out my one predictable day of work for a different day in order to be able to attend Josiah's Fall Party at school last Thursday. Since I was making the Oreo Turkey's for Josiah's 4 year old class, I decided to make enough for Mackenzie's class, too. They were not having a party that day, but Mrs. Hatmaker was excited to have the treats anyhow. So, the first picture is of the Oreo Turkeys that I took for Josiah's class. This second picture is of the whole flock of turkeys that I took for the 21 kids in Mackenzie's class! I was glad her teacher said it would be okay for me to bring them, as it is kind of a tradition for us. Mackenzie was pleased, too.
Here's an up close of the turkeys. We got the idea a few years ago from a Family Fun issue. Mackenzie was actually pictured in the magazine mail section with them one year!

The next set of pictures are of Josiah's class party.

Above is Callie, Logan, and Josiah. By the way, fall party day was also pajama day!

Logan and Josiah.

Josiah's whole Tues/Thurs MDO class. From left to right: Mrs. Wendi, Ava, Logan, Josiah (my little turkey), Brooke, Callie, and Lexi.

Another picture of the entire class together.

Josiah

Mrs. Wendi picked up my camera while I was handing out the Oreo Turkeys. I like this picture of Josiah, me, and the turkeys. :)

This one's my favorite!

Another mom made the spider cupcakes. Aren't they adorable?! Josiah enjoyed his plate full of treats.

This is Callie's mom, who made the spider cupcakes, reading a book to the kids.

Mackenzie's class had a day full of fun crafts, like decorating pumpkins, on Friday. They were allowed to dress up like farmers, hillbillies, Indians, cowboys, or cowgirls on Friday. It's kind of a story telling festival. Big day of fun, though it wasn't a day where parents were invited to attend. So, I took Mackenzie to school as usual. Poor kid. I was not creative enough to dress her up that day. When I dropped her off in her uniform, I quickly realized the whole class was dressed up! One little boy asked her, "Mackenzie, did you not want to dress up?" I was in the hallway and could not hear her response, but I felt horrible. She HAD wanted to dress up. I did not have anything on hand at home to use to dress her up, so I sent her on in uniform. Well, without Mackenzie knowing it, Josiah and I rerouted our morning plans. We headed straight to Target. I had no idea if I would find anything, but figured it was worth a try. Guess what?! Target had several choices of girly flannel plaid shirts! Perfect. I quickly made a selection and we headed straight back to school. I pulled Mackenzie out of class for a few minutes. She was confused about why I was there in the morning. When she spotted the shirt and jeans that I had found, she was delighted! Once "properly" dressed, she returned to class and enjoyed her day. She really had a good attitude about having been one of two kids not dressed up. I was pleased with her "it's okay"attitude, especially since I knew that she did, indeed, want to dress up! She says she was a hillbilly in her flannel plaid shirt! I love it.

I stuffed Friday Folders each Friday afternoon this month for her class, so I snapped the above picture of the class as I picked her up at the end of the day on Friday. What a fun week for both kids! And for me, too. ;)

Now I'm just 3 posts behind to have October complete!