Thanksgiving 2014

Feast and Sing at St. Paul's Christian School. Olivia was such a cute little Indian!

She did a great job with the songs

What a cutie!

Our family thanksgiving was held in Jacksonville this year at my Aunt Pam and Uncle Jims house. She did a wonderful job hosting everyone and even put up a tent in the backyard for the kids to play in, which was a hit! The kids & I stayed a few nights with my cousin Dawn, her husband Shaun and their one year old Oliver. It was really nice to be able to spend some time with them which we don't often do! (Charles & my dad drove up and back on Thanksgiving since they both had to work.)
  

The kids having fun playing

Nice time by the fire pit :)

Florida Caverns camping trip

We traveled to Marianna to go camping at the Florida Caverns State Park. It just happened to be one of the coldest nights of the year while we were there, with a low of about 28, but we stayed nice & warm in the camper & bundled up next to the fire while outside. We toured the caverns which were really neat & even got to spend time with Heather & her family who came to visit since they were only an hour away. There was also a neat festival going on at the park that weekend.

Halloween 2014

Some pictures from our fun Halloween activities with Spider-Man and Cinderella-

Pumpkin carving 

Getting ready for a trunk or treat at Olivia's school. The sister of a good friend of mine made that Cinderella hat which was a big hit.

Olivia with one of her friends from school.

Olivia and Elsie at the Halloween parade & sing at St. Paul's 

Olivia singing the songs. She really did a great job, I had a few friends comment about how good she did

Cute food & games at her class party 

We met up with our neighbors and another couple for fun trick or treating around our neighborhood.

Cute picture of Anna, Olivia, Meryl & Cameron in the wagon ready to go! 

Olivia hitching a ride with Mike

Olivia's 4th Birthday!

Our sweet Olivia turned 4 (wow!) on Nov. 2nd and she celebrated with Cinderella themed party on Saturday, Nov. 1st. We had about 10 little girls and their families join us at the party. I had rented a bounce house (shaped like a castle :) which is always a hit and there was even a special guest of Cinderella!

I just can't believe she's 4 already! Just a few things about the birthday girl- she is so loving toward Charles and I and loves to tell us "you're the best mommy/daddy" or "I love you so much!" She loves Cameron & they have the best time just playing outside in the backyard or pretending to go on road trips throughout the house (by packing up their toys & blankets.) She enjoys school, I think mainly because she likes to do what Cameron does, haha! And I have to mention how much she absolutely loves babies, especially her cousins Davis and Grace. She told me the other day "mommy when I have a baby I need you to buy me a crib, diapers and clothes for my baby." Whoa! We are not there yet, lol! She doesn't like to play by herself so when Cameron is not around I am her entertainer. She likes for us to play board games, especially uno. There was a time we played that morning, noon and night! We love our sweet little girl!

Some pictures of the decorations

Saw that idea of the dip bowl carriage on Pinterest & thought it was so cute. Notice the crown shaped sandwiches too :)

Beautiful cake made by one of my friends

Bounce house fun

Dinner time!

Olivia with Elsie her friend from school

Welcome Cinderella! Olivia's first question for her was if her sisters were mean to her. (So funny!) Cinderella responded by saying no, they are nice to her now.

Showing Cinderella her glass slippers

Cinderella teaching them how to be a princess (curtesy, wave & walk.) This didn't last too long as the girls were ready to go back in the bounce house! Cinderella was nice to go with them & interacted with

them as they played

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Cinderella crowning Olivia princess for the day

Love Mimi in this picture. Was disappointed I forgot to get a pic of Mimi & my parents with the birthday girl.

I'm sure she was telling Cinderella something important here :)

Getting ready to sing & cut the cake

Showing Cinderella her horses and dolls

Present time!

New Elsa dress

We took Olivia to her favorite restaurant, Tony's Sushi, for her birthday lunch

Celebrating her birthday in her class

Olivia had been asking for her ears to be pierced and I thought that would be a special thing to do for her 4th birthday. I got them pierced at her doctors office. Unfortunately one fell out a few days before I was supposed to take them out and when I tried to take the other one out she said it hurt & didn't want me to touch it. She wouldn't let me put another earring in so the hole filled back in :( Guess we will try again when she is much older!

Right after the piercing. I think she's a little sad because she wasn't expecting it to hurt.

She loved how they looked though!