Beautiful At Any Length - Paige's Haircut

Paige had been asking for awhile now to go get her haircut short so we decided to start our day with her haircut over at Sweet & Sassy. When Paige first mentioned getting her long Rapunzel like hair cut off I explained that she could donate her hair to someone who needed it. Paige loved that idea and was really enthusiastic to make a hair donation. On top of helping a great cause she can also get a Girl Scout badge to commemorate her good deed.

There are a couple different charities you can donate your hair to, after hearing about the Locks of Love program that makes hairpieces for children it seemed right for Paige's hair donation but Pantene also has a great hair donation program called Beautiful Lengths that makes hairpieces for women with cancer.

So 13" of hair was cut-off to make Paige's new super cute short hair style and is now a pony in a bag ready to be donated.

It was such a big exciting change, it's so different to see Paige with her short hair and I think it made her look a little younger (want to keep my oldest as young as I can for as long as I can).

Adorable outfit by Loves Me Not Clothing

...just after the rough cut for the donation

SO CUTE!

Tickles & Giggles at Bedtime

This past week I had a plan to keep my camera within reach and take pictures of the everyday stuff, this night in particular was bedtime.

It was when I looked at these pictures I realized how much fun we all have together in those last 30 minutes before bed.

tickles from daddy

tucking her little lamb into bed

giggles

running around

silly girl

So very very Thankful for it All

Adorable Indian shirts by EMTanner Designs. and sweet double ruffle pants are Eden's Bouquet

I think my title says it all, I am really so thankful for everything. My family and I were invited to spend Thanksgiving over at my good friend Amy's house, she was the perfect hostess from appetizers to pumpkin pies and everything in-between. The kids had a great time playing together and I brought a couple crafts to keep them entertained.

The most exciting part of the day was Harlow taking some serious consecutive steps, she had taken a few steps early in the week but on Thanksgiving she really started moving those sweet little feet.

Before we left the house I asked each of them to tell me what they were most thankful for (let's assume they are all thankful for family) ...

Aiden isn't much for pictures these days, get ready for when you see our Christmas card picture :)

In case you didn't know all of Harlow's sweet little shoes are by Joyfolie

Taking some serious steps on Thanksgiving

Family Fun at the TX Fair

We were so excited to get to go to the TX State Fair again this year and even better it didn't rain like it did last year (although I did miss seeing Oprah like I did last year).

We kicked-off our day by going on the 212-foot ferris wheel (well minus Jon, he isn't a fan of those heights), lots and lots of rides for the kids, a yummy lunch, more kid rides, a sweet treat break...my favorite being the 'fried cookie dough', then the kids pretended to 'work on the farm' and just before the end of our fun filled day Paige took part in the 'Circus'.

Yup, that little head you see is Harlow who fussed the entire ride because she really wanted to squeeze her head between the safety bars

Aiden was bummed he didn't meet the height requirements to ride all of the rides his big sister Paige did but some he just needed an adult to ride with, Jon and I enjoyed taking turns riding with our little man.

Happy Harlow

Harlow's beautiful Cala Dress and Lila Flower Belt are by Joyfolie

Sweet treats at the Fair...I didn't get a picture of it but I tell you the fried cookie dough was the BEST!

Paige's fabulous Butterfly dress is by Imogen's Garden on Etsy

Pretending to work on the farm

Harlow cheering on her big sister in the Circus

Paige was a beautiful butterfly

Such a great day, we can't wait go go again next year!

Do you Boo? WE DO!!!

So cute in matching glow-in-the-dark skeleton pj's and armed with glow-sticks!

So sorry I haven't been updating my Blog, I guess once Paige started school it's just been busy busy with one thing or another but hey, at least I am back and that's what counts right?

Halloween is my favorite holiday, so many great decorations, fun crafts to do with the kids, so many fun traditions (like 'Boo-ing'), pumpkin patches, costume parties and of course trick-or-treating Halloween night.

Ok, so one of my favorite traditions to do with the kids is to go 'Boo-ing' and it doesn't really cost anything to do since you probably have some of it around your house already. Just grab a bag (any size will do), fill it with some goodies/candy (I usually do small Halloween favor type toys topped with some candy) and don't forget to include the instructions about the 'Boo'. I found these FREE super cute printables over at Lil Boo & Co.

Grab some glow-sticks for the kids and head out to get your 'Boo' on, the kids will love it and if you get lucky you might get a 'Boo' back! We do it every year and have also been lucky to get a 'Boo' back as well :)

Here's some of our 'Boo-ing' pictures from Monday night...

If you buy Halloween toy favors from Oriental Trading they will last forever, I swear I have been using the same little favors for years now along with these bags ;)

So excited to go and 'Boo!'

Jon explaining to Aiden what to do...

We were hiding at the side of the house, waiting to hear the door open and close before we went on to do another. We usually 'Boo' 2-3 houses.

Hope your all enjoying the month of October as much as we are.