Nora's 3rd birthday

Nora's birthday is at a fun time of year! There's a lot to pack into a few days. With her birthday being the day before Halloween, we enjoyed both birthday and halloween fun! Nolan had his Halloween preschool party that Ryan and I went to. After that, the kids and I stopped by my parent's house for lunch and opened up gifts from them. 

After we rested at home, the kids dressed up and we went to Ryan's work to trick or treat. They had a blast! We left from there to go to Chuckie Cheese for dinner and games. We let Nora pick where she wanted to eat for her birthday dinner and it was a hard decision between the Corner Pub and Chuckie Cheese...if only Uncle Pat had games at the Corner! She picked Chuckie Cheese and their cousins came and joined in on the fun! After full day, we went back home to open up presents, have some cake before going to bed.

The next day, on Halloween,  we were suppose to have Nora's birthday party with her friends but she came down with a fever and the party was cancelled :( We didn't make a big deal about telling her it was cancelled. It helped that the family party was the next day. It ended up being a 24 hour bug so we didnt have to cancel the family party! We had been busy and on the go so it was nice just lay around for a day with Nora not feeling good. Ryan took Nolan trick or treating in the neighborhood and they had a lot of fun while I passed out candy at home.

The next day all of our family came over for dinner and we celebrated again! A pretty good 3rd birthday if you ask me!

MoMo & BoBo'so for lunch 

Chuckie Cheese fun!

Troxell trick or treating

Family party

Nora's first dance class!

As I'm going through all my photos, I had to document Nora's first dance class! She started back in September and absolutely loves it! She's in the same class as her friends, which I think makes it all the more fun for her. The moms don't mind either, nice to catch up every Tuesday! 

Her class lasts for 45 minutes and she goes oncw a week. The class consists of a combo tap, ballet and tumbling. The excitement she has after each class is a real treat to see. I love her enthusiasm! 

Nora taking a break! 

All things Fall...my favorite season!

The kids and I love each season change and the fun activities that come with it!

Apple Barn Play date.

Love walking in Washington park by our house!  Especially when the leaves are changing colors! My sister and I took the kids for a walk. Great warm weather in October.

Nolan, Lane and Nora.

Usually this is not something we are watching this time of year! Such an exciting baseball season in our house. Go Cubs, Go! The kids know the entire song by heart:)

Bomke's Patch. In search of the perfect pumpkin!

24 week pic with Baby #3

This picture was taken for my etsy shop but I was also 24 weeks...so it became my 24 week pic for Baby #3

I have felt great in the second trimester! I realized I didn't have as much energy as I have had with the other two at this time but a blood test said I had low iron. As soon as I started taking medicine for it, my energy came back! 

Baby #3 is measuring right on time and still does not have a name!

End of summer/Working on my Etsy shop

The first part of the summer was spent hanging out and laying low due to my morning sickness.  The second half was spent working on my etsy shop that I opened in September. 

The kids have their own space in my craft room. They always had projects of their own going on!

Relaxing like BoBo he said.

Cherry Berry stop became a favorite. 

Lane's Baptism. Nolan and BoBo look alike.

Nora at first wasn't sure about modeling for my etsy shop but started to like it a lot when I paid her in candy:)

Ryan was helping Nolan build a motorcycle while Nora was working on her own project. I had to move my stuff to the dining room to fill a big order! 

Love the many faces of this girl!

 She actually knows what angles I need shots of and is really quick now!

Nolan's First Day of Pre-K Age 4

Wow! Need to catch up! I always make sure to load my pics onto the blog...I just forgot how many are sitting there! 

This is Nolan's first day of pre-k. Such a cutie! This kid LOVES school and is disapointed when it's not a school day! He goes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8-11am. His teacher is Mrs. Stauffer and the class aid is Mrs. Bayer. 

This is my current favorite photo that I have taken of the kids. We had such a fun summer hanging out together, Nora was going to miss him:(

We ate lunch at the park and played after the first day of school!