Rara came in for a girls’ weekend while Mike was at a conference in Austin.  We did way too much shopping and running around – we had a blast!  In this first picture, Noelle was cutting green beans with Rara.  Her mouth would open each time she opened the scissors.  Noelle is in the hallway by the bathroom door in the second picture, reading books until Rara finished her shower.  Can you guess what she is in the middle of saying?  "MONSTERS!!!"

We went to Brighton and Blanche’s birthday parties in Prosper on Saturday.  The gift bags (Noelle calls them purses) were one of our arts & crafts we did together this week.  After I traced the circles on the construction paper, Noelle helped cut them out.  She cut the far left middle circle ALL by herself!  She also helped glue the circles and add the eyes and sparkles!

We took Blanche, their big sister, a Cinderella pumpkin.  She was so excited to have her very own pumpkin and took it straight to her room!