Painting Party

Over the past few months we have been making trips to help with the renovation of my parent's house.  It has been a long time coming and we have been so happy to help out in any way we can.  During this trip we had a painting party.  Unfortunately, we weren't able to start painting as soon as we planned because the dry wallers weren't quite done with the mudding upstairs.  However, the downstairs was done and just needed a quick sand.  While we waited for final touch ups we played outside and visited with Great Nana Audrey and Papa Leo for a bit.  When we returned, the downstairs was ready so I painted with Meemaw and Papa K, while the kids got to hang out with my cousin {their second cousin}, Alyssa and a few of her friends.  Avery got her nails painted rainbow colors, while Wyatt got to sit and watch his favorite movie - Rio - uninterrupted!  Rowynn got oohed and ahhhed over by the girls.  Avery and Wyatt got to help eventually and had a great time painting Meemaw and Papa's closet and each other.  We had a great time helping get the house ready for Thanksgiving.

 

My little fairy

I couldn't resist adding a pic of Rowynn from our Trunk or Treat.  She was having such a great time and looks like a picturesque fairy - wisps and all! 

Happy Halloween

Halloween was a blast this year.  This year, when asked what they wanted to be for Halloween, Wyatt immediately knew he wanted to be a knight with armor.  It was inevitable that Avery would want to be a princess, and boy we were right!  Avery decided Rowynn would be a fairy.  Morgan paper mached a helmet and we created some great armor from cardboard with hot glue rivets for Wyatt.  I took a dress that mom-in-law had made for a flower girl dress years ago and dyed it to match Avery's personality.  We added a shirt and made a lace crown using starch and spray paint.  Rowynn's outfit was pre-fashioned and I only had to add our Asay flair with some sparkly leggings, a big flower and the cutest little girl to make it all work!  The kids had a blast getting it all on and we opted for a photo shoot with a friend of ours the weekend before.  Her pictures of the kids are below and they turned out great!  It only took the kids the 30 minutes to warm up and by then we were all done with the pictures.  My shy kids {except for Rowynn}!  They sure are sweet though.  We enjoyed a trunk or treat at the church on Halloween night.  They have already started planning for next year.  Among the options are Spiderman, Ladybug Girl {one of Ave's favorite books}, cowgirl and cowboy, Batman, and I'm sure many more ideas to come!