Halloween

We had a lot of fun this year on Halloween! Abigael was a witch and Adaline was her little black kitten. They were so adorable together. Abigael's school held a trick or treat night where cardboard boxes were decorated as houses and the kids "knocked" on the doors to get treats. She did great saying "trick or treat" and thank you to all the teachers. We even caught a picture of her and her teacher. Abigael really loves her school and actually looks forward to it in the mornings.

Halloween night we went around the block knocking on some doors. She really liked seeing other people dressed up and got lots of attention herself. Her green face and purple hair were quite the attraction :)

Standing in front of a "house"

Eating a "pop" She LOVES lollipops :)

Cute sisters ready for candy

Meow!

Our witch...is she wicked??

Shane and I carved some pumpkins and here's the result!

Abigael and her teacher, Mrs. Rojas

Getting Ready for Halloween!!

We are getting set for Halloween in this O'Hara household! Abigael is going to be a witch this year, and Adaline is going to be her blackcat. Abigael loves the dress she gets to wear, so much that we had to hide it from her until the big day. We are taking her trick or treating on Saturday and on the Friday before we are going to a cute Halloween night that her school is putting on for the kids.

As a home project for school the month of October, Abigael had to paint/decorate a little pumpkin to take to school. She loves to finger paint these days so it was a perfect opportunity for her to show us her stuff :) She was so careful in the beginning just using one or two fingers, but by the end she had both hands covered in paint and was rubbing the pumpkin with the mashup of colors created! It was a great day.

Guadalupe River State Park

Last weekend we diecided to get off our couch and get outside for a while. We found a great state park a little north of San Antonio. It is right on the river so Abigael was able to put her toes in the water and throw some rocks in. Adaline did really good as well, she liked being held by mommy and daddy and eating all afternoon :) Shane is really instilling into Abigael a love of the outdoors. Whenever she can, she wants to be outside with daddy playing in the sun! We had a lot of fun though at the state park. Except for Abigael getting bitten by some ants the day was a success.

Sisters, sisters, never were there such devoted sisters!

You can already tell that Abigael and Adaline love each other and know they have a bond. Whenever they are around each other they are always looking, laughing and touching each other. Abigael thinks is so funny when Adaline will randomly touch her, she'll pretend that Adaline is tickling her :) Adaline loves to watch whatever Abigael is doing and always turns her head towards her sister when she is near. They are really sweet next to each other. Poor Abigael wants so badly to have her little sister be able to play with her. She doesn't understand yet that she is too little to play. A couple more months though and i'm sure that Abigael will be so mad that Adaline is eating all of her toys!!

Kisses for Sissy

Haircuts by Jamie

Shane and I bought a hair cutting kit a while back so we could just cut his hair in the house instead of paying for a haircut every few weeks. It took a while for us to use it mainly because I was too nervous, having never even held a set of clippers before! But thankfully Shane was supportive of me and had confidence I would do a good job. I was scared of making him bald the whole time, but with his direction I did a pretty good job :)

Complete product

Abigael tackles the Potty!!

We are in the midst of potty training Abigael. The school she goes to has the kids use the potty every couple of hours and she'll go in the potty there almost all the time! At home it's a little more difficult because she doesn't want to sit still but sometimes we get lucky. We implemented the jelly bean reward system and it seems to help. The day of only one kid in diapers is close!!

Smiles by Adaline :)

For a couple of weeks now, Adaline will look at a face and just break out the biggest smile. We try and catch some of them on camera but sometimes they are gone before we can get there :) We've gotten lucky a few times and here are some of the better ones!

School Crafts

Every week Abigael is bringin home hew things that she made in preschool. We try and put them up on the fridge to show we love them, but lately there are so many!! Our fridge was full of beautiful artwork and new pieces were still coming in so we've had to start cycling them through :) Abigael loves to go back and look at what she's made. She always points out what colors there are and the shapes she sees. She is learning a lot at school and does much better in the mornings when I drop her off now. There is no more crying as I leave!! YAY!!

The Waco Zoo

While we were visiting Waco for Eliana's birthday, we all went to the zoo together. Abigael was happy to see Nana Dobbie. She held her hand for a little while as we walked around (big deal for her!) and for days afterward was asking for her Nana! Even nowadays, if she's in trouble she'll ask for all the people that aren't mommy and daddy, and Nana is one of the first ones to come up :) Abigael loves going to the zoo to see all the animals. Sometimes though, Shane and I aren't sure if she understands that the animals are real and not just pictures like on TV. Still she likes to yell at the animals to Wake Up and play with her!

Our Little Butterfly

Shane and Abigael as ladybugs :)

Action shot running...

Abigael liked climbing on all of the little statues

A Visit to Waco for Eliana's Birthday

Of course this is a little late of a post, but I wanted to get a couple of the cute pictures up of Eliana's birthday in Waco. Abigael had tons of fun with the other kids there. She seems to really love playing with others whenever she gets the chance. Abigael and Ethan always love being around each other, it's like they know they are related. Abigael of course wanted to see all of the toys once they were open and try them all out. We had lots of fun seeing everyone while we were up there for the day, we wish we could have spent more up there but with two little ones now it much more difficult spending the night places :)

Ethan and Abigael playing with Eliana's presents

Eliana and her little cake

Abigael "helping" to open presents :)

Eating cupcakes