We had so much fun with our friends at Chickfila’s princess night this year!!!

The girls felt like a million dollars riding the horse-drawn carriage.  I’ve never heard so much giggling in all my life… it was great!

Noelle, Emily, and Ava were loving this photo-op!

I had to get a pictures with me and my girls! 

Kay Kay and Grandpapa stopped by to get in on the fun!  The girls got to introduce their friends to them so that was neat!

We were having a blast!  The girls were practicing their princess waves!

This progression of pictures is too good not to go in order…

I love these goofy girls and am so happy Noelle has such great friends!

Avery and Anna Kate were so polite and classy… they were acting like true princesses!

Noelle, Emily and Ava and Avery, Paxton and Anna Kate!

These pics were at the beginning of the night… the anticipation was the best part!

Flashback… last year we were at this event with the Horton girls, and as we were at this event this year, Tanna was in the hospital having Audree at the exact moments we were riding the carriage… that was so special to me!

Princess night 2011… next time you see this carriage it will have one extra little princess on board!!!

Anna Kate wants to be a dentist when she grows up. She’s been saying this since she could understand what it meant… probably since age 2 ½.  We’re always encouraging her love for science, and when I found this fun skeleton in the Halloween section, I knew Anna Kate would LOVE it!  She totally dug it and told Rose not to look because she was not a doctor, and it would scare her.  We looked up skeletons on the iPad, and as we were putting together her skeleton she said, “Mom, I’m going to pretend the iPad is my x-ray machine.”  She really gets it.  And she’s not grossed out by blood or anything else, she actually is really curious and interested.  It’s neat to see her figuring it all out.

Who knows what Anna Kate will end up loving, but today she loves the thought of one day being a dentist, and I think that is so cool.  She even gave me the assurance that she wouldn’t give me braces. Thank.you.very.much!

Anna Kate dressed up as a worker, princess, and wicked witch at school this week!

“For the letter Hh, we ride a horse around a house and wear a hat, which we sing to the tune of "If You’re Happy and you Know it".” ~Paula (Pics by Mrs. Paula too)

This is Rose (20 mos) and Anna Kate (3 1/2) all dressed up for story time this week!

These are the only pictures I have of the big girls in the same dresses (lol)… Anna Kate (19 mos) and Noelle (4 1/2), so she was a year older than Anna Kate is now in the pic with Bekah (being silly).

It just seems like a wink ago Clarissa was visiting and we were at the pumpkin patch with my two little girls in their cute yellow cardis while I was pregnant with Rose.  I remember that time so fondly, and I think Anna Kate and Rose are carrying on the cutie pie look of these sweet little Wally World dresses!

Rose and I had a blast meeting Audree Ann on Friday!  She’s so great!!!

She is so beautiful!!!

How is my baby this big!?!  I couldn’t believe it as I was watching Rose and Audree lay side by side comparing their little features… they are such miracles and grow so fast!  Thanks for sharing your little piece of heaven and earth with us… we can’t wait for our first play date!  All the girls are standing by… (all 5 of them)!!! 

We had so much fun getting boo’d and boo-ing our neighbors and PTA friends.  These treats went to the Cunninghams, Zillmans, and Montanas.  We had so much fun shopping for our friends and even more fun sneaking up to their doorsteps to drop of their treats, because we were their “Boo Fairies” this year!  I love this fun tradition!

Rose was so proud trying on my rain boots!  Couldn’t go anywhere, but stationary is good for her right now.  I like that idea!  This is a pic of Noelle on the way to her photo shoot in Fort Worth!  🙂

Madison’s mom, Mindy, made some holiday bows for the girls.  She’s amazing!  Madison and Noelle had fun playing with their mustaches while their moms chatted it up!

Rose is strutting her stuff in the first picture I took with my phone.  The next picture was a night Mike went to a concert, and I was home with the girls.  We did make-overs and had the most girlie fun night possible.  Rose felt so pampered, and Noelle had fun with her eyes!

Everyone was calling Rose “The Yellow Rose of Texas” at our cowgirl themed story time this week, and Noelle got an accessory for her Halloween costume as her prize for getting all of her spelling words correct! (that gives you a clue what she’s going to be, lol!)

Silly girl won mustaches in the school treasure chest this week!  She’s having so much fun with those silly things!

Then it was Mommy’s turn for a little fun (okay a lot of fun) at game night this week!

Meggan was so sweet to host (I wish I had a picture with you!), and we ended up just playing a white elephant game to swap out our gifts… which was a blast!

Noelle had fun walking down the streets of the big city the day of her shoot!  There were so many sites and seats (lol, the bus stop) that were new to her.

Anna Kate asked Mike to write “Anna Kate’s World” on a piece of paper.  She then taped it to the craft closet under our stairs.  After it had been up a little while, I walked by and saw that Noelle had added, “Noelle is her sister!”  They are so cute!

We went to princess night at Chickfila on Thursday night, but I haven’t had a chance to work on those pics yet… and my friend Tanna had her baby Audree last night too!!!  So many fun posts coming your way soon!

Noelle was so giddy as we were walking back to the car after her photo shoot!  I asked if she wanted to take some more pictures on the streets of downtown Ft. Worth, and of course she said yes.  These were some of our favorites.  Noelle is so beautiful, on the inside and out!

We were so excited walking up to the Star-Telegram building to shoot Noelle’s ad for Ella Bella!  Be looking for her in the November edition of Indulge magazine!

Noelle was so at home behind the camera.  Even though it’s just for fun, I was super nervous, I don’t know why.  I always get nervous for pictures… but not Noelle.  She was having a blast under those lights flashing her poses left and right!

Here’s a before picture in the dressing room about to get dressed, and here’s Noelle in her cute little outfit Kara picked for the shoot.  I couldn’t use my good camera, so my behind-the-scenes shots aren’t great, but it captured the memory.

Not only was Noelle brave, she was living out a little dream of hers and truly having a BLAST doing it!  I was happy she got to do something she has always wanted to do!  Thanks Ella Bella!!!

This week, Mrs. Paula took the kids to “The Pumpkin Store” otherwise known as Green’s Produce.  Anna Kate had a blast!

The fun is about to begin!

Sweet Anna Kate… always so kind and happy!

Exploring the corn husks!

Anna Kate and Layla are sweet friends at school!

Pictures by: Mrs. Paula