Fun times with Sam

Sam came over to spend the night on Friday and of course Paige was thrilled! She loved playing with her and followed her around the entire time! Sam brought one of her old halloween costumes from when she was a little girl. Paige loved the little cowgirl costume and insists on wearing it every time she gets on her rocking horse! Sam was a lifesaver as I didn't feel very good on Saturday and she stepped up and took great care of Paige! Pretty sure they both had a good time ;)!

Old Halloween Pics

As I was posting the pictures from tonight I stumbled upon all the Halloween pictures from previous year. Look how much our little Lion (cow/ladybug) has grown!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from the Carlsons! We are so lucky, our little Lion had a great day and a VERY fun night trick-or-treating. It was her first "official" time trick or treating and it turns out she's really good at it! I ended up coming home and Ryan and Paige went out on their own, we had tons of trick or treaters and I didn't want them to come to an empty house. I love seeing all the costumes and cute neighbor kids!

A card from Great Granny!

Paige got a halloween card from her Great Granny today! She was so excited to open it, she sat on the stairs and worked hard to tear it open. She got the card out and opened it up...a one dollar bill fell out and she was so excited. She held up the money and said "what's this called mommy", when I told her it was money her eyes light up and a cute giggle came out of her mouth. She sat on the stairs and "read" the card, or pretended to...instead she was reciting the ABC's. Thanks to Great Granny for making Paige's day! We love you!

Friends for Life!

Thanks to my amazing husband for flying my best from home for the weekend! Sara was in town last weekend, we had a great time...lots of shopping, eating, shopping and more eating. We had time to hang out with Ryan and Paige a bit too and Paige loved following Sara around! Every morning she wanted to know where Sara was, then she wanted to go wake her up. Luckily, Sara's the mom of a 2 year old too so she was always up early. We had lots of time to talk about life, kids, old times and just share a bunch of laughs. It was a great! Here are a couple pix from our weekend!

Sorry Sara, I know you're not going to like this picture...but I love how tight Paige is squeezing your neck! Miss you already!

27 Months Old

Peek-a-boo

Kiki was over to play today, Shelly and I are taking turns with the girls every other thursday morning while Eliot is at pre-school. The girls love it and I love having that special "alone time" with them. They were both so sweet today, it was especially cute when they were trying to make each other laugh. They were doing silly things and waiting for a reaction from each other, it warmed my heart. They are both growing up so quick, no longer babies....but little toddler girls. They both have their own interests yet love to play together! Here's a funny video of them playing peek-a-boo with their babies, one of their favorite thursday morning activities at our house.