First snow, haircuts, and an ultrasound

We got our first big snow last week and once the kids looked outside, I could barely contain them. They started putting all their winter gear on as soon as breakfast was over and ended out playing outside for an hour, even though it was freezing! Here they are all puffy like marshmallows!

Making snow angels

Porter hamming it up in his new tiger hat. Say cheese!

Porter has been in need of a haircut lately so I decided to take Leah along and get her hair cut too. Here is Porter before:

And after

Leah before

During the cut (she did great, she has never had her hair cut in a salon and never this short)

And after, isn't she so cute? I love it! She looks a lot older, just in time for her birthday next month when she turns 5!

After Abbie saw Leah's haircut, she decided whe wanted one too so I took her back to the salon for a bob too.  She loves it and I think it's pretty cute too but it's going to take some getting used to with doing their hair since I'm used to doing ponytails most of the time and this is just barely too short for a ponytail.  It does look pretty cute with a flower or clip on the side, though, and that's pretty easy to do.

We also had the big ultrasound with baby #4 today and here is the little nugget. Isn't he/she so cute? We decided not to find out the sex because we finally have both girls and boys and don't need to buy much of anything and also because I've never experienced finding out at the delivery so I want to see how that is. It will be hard to wait and to have to come up with both boy and girl names but it will make the delivery day all the more special. I can't wait to meet this little baby in a couple more months!

Fall Fun in October

In October my sister and I made a trip up to Idaho to visit my sister Kim. My mom also came over for a while, here she is with Kaleb (4 mos) and Porter (11 mos):

The cousins having a picnic in the nice summer like weather

Lining up to do the airplane with Aunt Liesl

We put rag curls in the girls' hair after bathtime

Here's Abbie and Leah the next day (the kids sleep in them and then you take the rags out and you get the best bouncy curls!)

Abbie and Leah are also in ballet with a few of their cousins, they love it!

Porter loves this Johnny jump-up that we borrowed from Kim

A week or so after the Idaho trip it snowed for the first time. Abbie and Leah were so excited to play in it they put on their snow gear and went out right after breakfast. Here they are showing me their snowballs (before throwing them at me!)

The snowman they made, they were so excited and loved finding rocks, sticks, gloves, and a hat to decorate him with.

The next day we went to a farm for a preschool field trip. Here is Leah on one of the tractors.

Doing the hay maze with her cousins

Looking for the perfect pumpkin

Leah and two of her cousins with the pumpkins they got to bring home

Abbie's kindergarten class had a Halloween party that I helped out with. The kids played a game where they took turns wrapping up each other in toilet paper and making mummys. Aren't they cute?

Leah being a princess witch (just before going out trick-or-treating)

Porter not so sure about this trick-or-treating thing

My adorable princesses and the frog on Halloween night!