Ellie with her piggies
The kids made their own Thanksgiving Turkeys. I decided I needed to step up and do something crafty for the kids after all their friends had fun stuff around the house! They loved making them and Z got a few feathers writing her own words and got tired. I loved their random stuff they came up with!
She picked ARIEL! Seriously.
Emmett thought this card was the coolest/funniest thing ever. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa.
Zoë wanted to know exactly when she could eat the entire marshmallow cookie.
Ellie has been sick for a few days, so she and I hung out during the craziness.
At the last minute she decided she wanted to be the Queen of Hearts for school. Of course I had 20 minutes to sew up all the holes.
The succession of pictures is hilarious to me. They were supposed to be the three little pigs with Alex being a wolf. But Zoë only wanted to be something pretty, Ellie was sick...Emmett didn't care. So we took one picture.
Ellie was just about to freak out.
Then she saw Zoë and totally freaked.
So back to their costumes they picked out 5 minutes before Trunk or Treat. Zoë is a Rodeo princess, Emmett is a cowboy and Alex is a....a...pig vampire???
Our Friend Dr. Love.
Notice her pink horse she carried around the entire time.
Emmett has a hate/love relationship with Halloween. He does NOT get costumes and doesn't like people in his personal space. 
Our cool pathway to the backyard
Alex did a fantastic job on the tile and bathroom. It looks gorgeous!!
Bedroom in basement completed. Notice trim around windows.
I'm the most depressed about leaving my vanity. It is SO amazing. (sigh) It's just a bathroom right?
Emmett swiped the bigger bike. He doesn't care if it's a girl bike - only that it's bigger - which means he needs to try to ride it.
And in two months looks like:
Yes. You are right.
Zoë has been ready to go to Kindergarten for a year now. And boy was she excited. She was ready for school a good hour and a half early. As we waited for the bus, she showed her excitement by posing for the pictures I was trying to take.
Not to be outdone - Emmett informed her that only boys could pose showing muscles.
And wolverine claws.
Then of course the topic of Spiderman came up.
Then Hulk (sigh)
Wait....I hear the BUS!!
All of a sudden Zoë gets very serious
Like any mom, I stalked the bus all the way to school and watched her get off.
Waiting for her teacher to come out to the playground.
In line with the teacher and 4 other kids she knows in her class.
Sitting at her designated seat. Emmett was about 20 feet away when he talked about how much he missed her and when was she coming home.
