Three Day Extravaganza

This Halloween was filled with a TON of fun and activities. It all started on Thursday with our first stop at P&G. The girls went trick or treating to different departments within the company and ended up at a big conference room with pumpkin decorating, treats galore, coloring, gift bags, etc. The costumes were adorable (I thought I would see a Tide bottle or tube of Crest) and Rhaegan and Marlee loved every minute.

Rhaegan was trying to give her pumpkin some hair which wasn't working too well

Marlee of course was getting into trouble and had to be supervised at all times. At least she was enjoying herself and wasn't eating the decorations.
We then went home for a quick bite to eat and headed back out (minus marlee and Shae) to our ward Halloween party.

This party was put on by the Young Men and Young Women and I have to say they did a fabulous job. The kids really enjoyed themselves. Rhaegan was so excited to get more candy and her face painted!!

Sis Dalziel painting a snake on Rhaegan's face. There were so many pictures to choose from, princesses, Hello Kitty, flowers. But Rhaegan picked the snake because she wanted to "scare Dad!"

Day two to come.....

Shaw Farms

Rhaegan had her first field trip this past week and it was a big hit. With it being fall and with Halloween just around the corner, a trip to a pumpkin farm was a must. Rhaegan was looking forward to it for 2 weeks and when the day finally arrived she spent hours deciding what to wear and asking, "who's going to be the line leader? Are we riding a bus? Can I get two pumpkins?" She just couldn't contain the excitement.

For those of you in Utah (Pleasant Grove mainly) this pumpkin farm was a lot like Hee-Haws. It was so cute and filled with kid-friendly activities. The hayride was by far the longest hayride I had ever been on.

All the kids wore the same t-shirt making it easy to spot any runaways.

I quickly snapped this picture while we were trying to arrange the kids for the professional group photo. You can't see everyone unfortunately.
It was a fun trip and I still can't believe Rhaegan is going on field trips!!!

Mommy-Daughter Date

It doesn't always have to be a "Daddy-Daughter" date. It can be a mommy-daughter date and still be just as fun. A couple of months ago one of my friends called and asked if I would want to buy Disney's Princesses on Ice tickets. When she said it was in October I thought I don't even know if we'll still be in Ohio but I decided to go ahead and buy them. Awesome seats for only $11.00 a ticket was not something I was going to pass up. Well, the day finally arrived. I hadn't told Rhaegan anything about what we were doing which made things even more exciting.

We started out with a little dinner at Noodles & Company (a favorite of mine). Then after dinner I realized I had forgotten sweatshirts for us (I mean seriously). So we ran over to Old Navy and got Rhaegan this adorable fleece (see below).

We then arrived at the arena! I had told Rhaegan before we got there where we were going and the excitement in the car was unbelievable.

I of course gave in and bought her a Sno-cone which came in an adorable Cinderella cup. I'm not going to even mention what it cost me.

The fairies from Sleeping Beauty were hilarious. Their costumes where great!

And when the seven dwarfs came out the place erupted with screams and applause. The whole show lasted for 2 hours and Rhaegan didn't move the entire time. It was so much fun.

Recap

We have been so busy lately with school and my new job that blogging has unfortunately taken a back seat. Here's what you've missed over the past month. King's Island was where we spent the most of our summer vacation. Here we are the the Peanuts characters. Linus scared Marlee a little so of course I had to be in there too.Rhaegan loved Sally and of course her pink dress.

And of course Popsicle were a favorite heat-buster.

At the beginning of September we were able to get a wonderful visit from Grandma and Papa Taylor. They were on their way to D.C. and decided to take a detour to good old Loveland, Ohio. We were so happy to have them here. Our first day was spent at the Cincinnati Zoo. The girls LOVED it!!

Marlee imitates an elephant really well so we thought she would love to see a real one. We were right. See thought they were great.

Strolling through the zoo on our way to the next exhibit.

My favorite part!! I love polar bears!

Proud grandparents!

It was a fun but exhausting day.