The Paper Plate Trap

Grace was carrying around these paper plates.  She stuck one in between the bars of the baby gate and could not get the plate through.  Instead of releasing the plate or backing up to free herself, she hangs onto it, making her "trapped".  She started crying when she was unable to free herself!

Grace and her hats

Grace loves getting out hats (which, in turn, can mean a large mess of things EVERYWHERE!)  She had me put this so she could run around the house with it!!

Play Time

It's so fun to catch Grace quietly playing in a world of her own!

Miss Grace

Little Miss Grace is so adorable!! Love her so much!!!

Kevin

Kevin being productive on the couch!

Church benches

It seems as of lately, the row in the back of the chapel at church turns into a nursery during Sacrament meeting.  We had Elsie Star & Grayson King crawling underneath our bench, eating snacks, & playing with toys.  We also get Lydia Star, Avery & Page Bills coming to visit as well.  It's so entertaining!!

Marley the red-nosed preschooler

Marley's Grandpa (Papa Jerry) got all these reindeer noses from somewhere...when Marley got hers, of course she had to wear hers around everywhere!

Sitting (& crying) with Santa!

This year was Grace's first time sitting on Santa's lap, & it went over as well as I thought it would...with tears & crying!  I tried to sneakily put her on Santa's lap, but Grace wasn't falling for that trick!!!

Our Family Christmas Card 2011

Grace and her little lamb

We got this little rocking lamb for Marley when she was little and Grace just LOVES using it.  Every time she is in Marley's room playing, she gets on it at least once!  It's so cute to see her rocking on it!

Hands off my olives!

Halloween Tattoo

Marley got a little Halloween tattoo from somewhere & insisted that I put it on her!  She loves wearing her Little Bo Peep costume around as well!

Bikes in the park

We took the girls to the park to ride there bikes because our house is on a narrower, busier street with no sidewalks.  I wish we could teach Marley how to ride a bike without training wheels, but we don't get to the park nearly enough with the bikes.  It's cute to see them try and bike around!

The Great Pumpkin

I don't know why, but Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.  Maybe it's because nothing is really expected of you. You don't have to worry about finding gifts for other people or having some elaborate family meal, but there are still so many fun activities and things to do during this time of year.  I love carving pumpkins, so we helped Marley carve one this year.

 Marley holding an odd stare, and the owl magnet she made at the Halloween carnival we went to with the North family.

Halloween at the Millers

Tammy Miller hosted the most ADORABLE little Halloween party for at the kids in the neighborhood that are about Marley's age.  

 From Left to Right: Hendrix Parkin, Marley Cooke, Avery Bills, Calvin Bell, Mack Larsen, Jasmine Jukes, Courtland Bills, Porter Miller

Halloween Party with the North's

We went to community Halloween carnival in Provo with the North's.  It was really crowded, but really fun.  They had so many fun activities for kids Marley's age: a magician, a Peter Pan walk-through house, "fishing", and a little station making these owl magnets.  So fun! Again, I didn't do the best on taking photos.  I got Justin (dressed up as an ape) and Kevin. Then Kinley after she fell in the mud and ruined her cute little Strawberry Shortcake costume.

As you can see from the pictures below, Marley, Kinley and Sadie all really LOVE to smile for the camera...

Little Bo Peep & her Lamb

Marley wanted to be Little Bo Peep for Halloween, so, of course, by default, Grace was a sheep.  Initially, Grace seemed alright with having to wear the lamb outfit, but after a short period of time, she decided that wearing the outfit wasn't something she was interested in.