Daddy

I've been a little sick the last few days and don't have much of a voice, so Cesar took over storytime last night.  Love times like this when they hang all over their daddy!! *Excuse the clothes hanging out of their drawers...they pick out their own PJs now and this is what those drawers look like every night after they go through EACH pair deciding what to wear!

First haircut

On Saturday, the girls and I went to aunt Deanna's for the day and had a blast!!  Then, we went straight to the mall to play and hang out (Isabella has a sudden obsession wiht Barnes and Noble and insists we go there every chance we get).  As we were playing, I started talking to Cesar about cutting the girls hair.  Their hair was so damaged and straggly, so we decided to just suck it up and do it right then.  They have been TERRIFIED to have their hair cut, so I was pleasantly surprised when Leah was really brave and said she would go first!  Isabella on the other hand, cried LITERALLY the entire time Leah got hers cut...which took almost 30 minutes because the girl had to get ALL the tangles out of their hair which took FOREVER!  Anyway, at the end of it, they both got good haircuts!  Isabellas had a lot more damage, so she got hers shorter...which everyone but me seems to like because it makes them a little different.  It makes me sad to see them so different, but, I guess it is a good thing :)

 

Weekend fun

Saturday night, the girls got to camp with Cesar...one of their favorite things to do.  The got to wear their NEW Minnie mouse PJs...they are IN LOVE with them :)  It was pretty cold out, but the tent was surprisingly warm and they had nice warm sleeping bags, so they had a lot of fun (and I enjoyed 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep!!!!).

 

The first thing they wanted to do when they woke up was to finish a fall activity we started on Friday.  We went on a little nature walk behind our house and found pretty leaves.  Then, we came home and painted fall colored pictures.  Today, we used glue to glue the pretty leaves on to the pictures. 

And finally, the girls got to wear their Minnie mouse outfits that Grandma Vicki made!  They have been WAITING for three days to wear them!!  They were SO excited when they woke up because they knew today was the day they were allowed to wear them.  They showed EVERYONE we came into contact with today...including everyone at church AND every stranger we saw at walmart!!  They really are SUPER cute outfits!!!!!!

ha ha ha...this cracks me up!

Being Silly before dance class

Halloween...Paredes style

Cesar is 100% against celebrating Halloween.  So, we decided that since the girls wouldn't be trick or treating, we would take them for some fun at Chuck E Cheese.  And....it was SO fun!!  There were very few people there, the staff was super nice and gave us tons of free tickets, we got to hung out with a really fun family from our church, and the girls had a fabulous night!!  Overall, it was a great night (and we avoided the rain that cut everyone else's nights short!).

 

 

 

Although we didn't celebrate Halloween, the girls did want to get some new dress up clothes and they wanted to wear it to school on Friday last week, so we let them!!  They have worn these snow white costumes pretty much everyday except Halloween for the past week and a half!!

4 Year check up

 

The girls had their 4 year check up today and I am so happy to say it is over!  I knew they had to get 4 or 5 shots each and I have been dreading it all weekend.  They both did fine with them and after some screaming and crying, were consoled by donuts at dunkin donuts afterwards (see picture below!). 

 

There were a lot of funny things from the appointment to embarrass them with later!!  Leah was so excited to strip down to her underwear that she cried when they made her put her clothes back on and kept telling us and the doctor that she just wanted to be naked!  She also broke out into hysterical laughter when the doctor asked me if she was going pee pee and poo poo with no problems.  The doctor asked the girls what their favorite foods were, to which Leah responded with chicken, broccoli and kiwi and Isabella simply said, "Candy!"  Whoops...looks like I have rubbed off on her a little too much!!  Overall, it was a good visit other than the shots and the girls both seem nice and healthy!

 

Here are their 4 year stats! 

 Leah is 3'5.5 inches tall and 39 pounds.  She grew two inches and gained 5 pounds in the last year.  Isabella is 3'4.5 inches tall and 35 pounds.  She also grew two inches and gained 3 pounds in the past year.  Leah is in the 85th percentile for height and 80th percentile for weight.  Isabella is in the 70th percentile for height and 50th for weight.

 

 

Urbana Fire Department Fall Fest

On Sunday, after church we headed over to the local fire department for their fire prevention day fall festival with our friend Jen and her son Caleb.  It was so much fun!  There was a ton for the kids to do, free food and drinks, balloons, a hay ride to a pumpkin patch where they gave out free pumpkins, and lots more to do.  It was pretty awesome and the girls loved every second of it!

 

 

 



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They got to try out the fire house!  Definite highlight!