Bristol Turns Five

So once again it has taken me a couple of weeks to post. Bristol turned 5 on November 10th. I can not believe how fast she has grown. She is full of imagination, loves to learn, draw, dance, and play with her baby sister. We had her birthday party the Saturday after her birthday. She chose several people from school and church. She was so excited for her birthday that she has been planning it for about 7 or 8 months or so now. She was so excited that she couldn't even sleep that morning and woke up early. I hope she enjoyed everything and am glad that all the birthdays are over for the next little bit. Now I just have Christmas left and then I can relax and breath a little.

She wanted a Cinderella cake again. I made one when she was two as well, but it was her birthday so I made what she wanted. This time I made a marshmallow fondant. It was pretty tasty and fun to make. I was tempted to use her Cinderella barbie doll for the top instead of the doll the pan comes with, but her barbie is pretty loved and has crazy matted hair now. So, I opted for the more tamed doll.

I was so lucky that the weather was actually really nice. I was hoping to have her party at the YMCA indoor play area, but it was already booked. I was not looking forward to having all of these five year olds in my house for a few hours. I had one game planned, but I wasn't sure what else I was going to do. Luckily since it was nice out we played some old fashioned games like red light green light, simon says, and duck duck goose.

Present time

The thing about the Cinderella cake is how to put the candles in.

Thought I would throw in a picture of Gwyn at the party to show you how big she is getting.

Five Little Pumpkins

Kali has requested this video to be on the blog.

Happy Halloween...

...Just a couple weeks late. We had a fun time this Halloween. The girls are really getting into it this year. We first went to our ward Halloween party (which Nate was in CA when we went). Then trick-or-treating is called beggars night here and they move it to whatever day works best for going around. For instance I have been told it will never be on a Sunday (because of church) or a Friday night (because of high school football). It works out nice for us. It is also scheduled from 6-8. So you know how long people will be coming around for. Also everybody sits out on their driveways to pass out candy. It is nice because there is no need to go up to people's doors and wait for them to answer the door or not. I think it makes it faster and it is fun to have the whole neighborhood out. Nate once again worked this Halloween (well and the Saturday before which is the day we celebrated, hence my long explanation above) so I took the girls to a pumpkin patch during the day and then we went out trick-or-treating that night. Nate was able to come and join us for 20-30 min around the neighborhood which was nice. Let me tell you it is crazy though trying to get all the kids fed and dressed in Halloween costumes and out the door by 6 and by myself.

Halloween Night. Gwyn was a bumble bee, Bristol was a butterfly, and Kali was a ladybug. I should have had them stand up to get a better picture of their costumes, but hey the fact I got a picture taken was a miracle in its self. Kali's tutu has black spots on it and Gwyn's has stripes of yellow. She liked to suck on the tulle.

Pumpkin patch hayride.

Carving pumpkins. Sorry all of these pictures are backwards in order.

Before the ward Halloween party. Gwyn was not too happy.