Look Who's 4

I am a terrible, horrible blogger. But even worse than that, I stink at taking pictures - or remembering to take pictures anyway. Allison had a birthday - SHOUT HOORAY! I had every intention of taking lots of pictures and really capturing the day for her. Unfortunately, I forgot to take my camera with me everywhere we went. I got a couple of pictures with my cell phone, but they're pretty lame. Anyway, Allison turned four and had a crazy, fun, and busy day.

We started by going to Build-A-Bear Workshop where she got to pick out whatever she wanted. She decided on a pink sparkly unicorn that she promptly named Polly. Then Grandma took her to the Disney store and let her pick out some princess toys. My parents took her out to lunch where she was sung to and got some free ice cream. The ice cream part she loved, the singing not so much. She had an expression on her face that said, "what are you doing and when are you going to stop?"

The next stop was to pick up her cousin and 'best friend' Anondi. We hung out at home for awhile so McKenna could get in a nap (party pooper). Then we went to Pojo's so Allison could play games and ride the carousel. She wanted to ride it over and over again, but unfortunately we're not made of money. So after the cash ran out, we headed home for some cake and ice cream. And with the camera already being there, I was at least able to get a couple pictures of the birthday girl with her M&M cake. She insisted that she have them sprinkled on her cake. Crazy kid!

Waiting to blow out the candles as we sing "Happy Birthday"

She blew out all four in one try. Great job Alli!!

Halloween

Quick story before I post pictures of my super cute kids in their Halloween get-ups. About a month ago TJ's mom took Allison to the Disney store to look at princess outfits. It just so happened that they were having a sale on all of their costumes, plus if you got the costume - you got an accessory for really cheap. So, being a sucker for a cute girl, Cindy told Allison she could pick out any costume she wanted. Allison decided on Jasmine and got the outfit, matching shoes and matching tiara.
Fast forward a week. Allison went to Grandma and said, "I need to talk to you about Halloween." She told her Grandma that she wanted Thomas (her 13 yr old cousin) to be her Aladdin. So Grandma got Thomas on the phone and handed it to Allison, where she proceeded to ask him if he would be her Aladdin for Halloween. And like any good 13 year old boy looking for an excuse for one last trick-or-treating hurrah before he's deemed 'too old,' he consented.
A costume was made for Aladdin and he and Jasmine were all set for Halloween. But something was missing. Anyone who's seen the movie knows that Aladdin never goes anywhere without his best bud Abu. So we tossed aside the other costumes we had and ordered a monkey costume online for McKenna to wear.

McKenna DID NOT like the monkey ears.

And Ican't forget Anondi in her giant pumpkin outfit.