some Halloween events

Daddy and Mommy love Halloween, so we try to impart that love onto Kaylee & Rowan. Mommy also doesn't mind getting lots of bang for her costume buck...so we've had some Halloween events this past week...and that's not including another Halloween Party and Trick or Treating on Sunday!

On Thursday we had the MOMS Club Trunk or Treat party...the girls had fun snacking...

and playing with all of her costumed friends!
Trunk or Treat is when all the moms line their cars up along the street and put some non-candy treats in the trunks for the kids to gather. Rowan had to stand on her tippy toes.
Kaylee didn't want to wait so she went ahead with all of her pre-K buddies.
Also on Thursday, was Kaylee's pre-K's Halloween parade...Rowan waited patiently for her sister to march through.
A smile on our pirate princess' face? She liked her parade.
She even brought Rowan into her circle to parade for a little while.
Rowan had her gymnastics Halloween party this week...she showed her teacher she could do her somersaults "all by herself!"
Swinging like the monkey she is.
Trampoline / bounce time is her favorite time at gymnastics.
Climbing down from her obstacle course.
Rowan also is starting to walk the balance beam without assistance...not too shabby!
Time for some balloon fun!
And some parachute dancing as well.
Last week Kaylee's preschool had a Halloween dance...that we all got to go to.

And, perhaps not surprisingly, Rowan is the one who partied hard at Kaylee's shindig.
Rowan and her pal Princess Shelby.
These girls know how to 'get down'...yeah, that's right, I went there.
Hula Hoop Contest...Rowan didn't win, but she was sole Gifford participant.
Finally Rowan coaxed Kaylee out onto the dance floor, even if only for a minute.

Look, Minnie found Mickey!
And they had a little dance too.
Rowan dragged mommy out to dance.
And a daddy/daughters dance...how cute!
Phew, I am exhausted by Halloween, and its not even Halloween yet. I am sure there will be more pictures to come!

Some silly October pics

This was Rowan's latest, and by far her best, dress-up adventure!

After looking for quite a while on Craigslist I finally found that step 2 roller coaster for the girls...and for what it is am much happier paying $20 for an old one than $100 for a new one.

And was it worth $20?...check out the smiles, and you tell me.








And those pics were taken late yesterday afternoon so that is about as caught up as I can be for the moment! Sorry for the lack of stories to go along...but pictures are worth 1000 words right?

All Dolled Up

At the end of September the girls had a very "Fancy" party to go to, so they got all dolled up.

And posed/danced for the camera.
I wish Rowan were looking, cause I love this picture.
Same here, but now I wish it was Kaylee that was looking...oh well!
Yay for fancy birthdays.

Its a BOY! :)

Everything measures wonderfully. There are 10 fingers and 10 toes. Spine is straight. Heart-rate is good. Everything that can be told just by looking is fabulous.

I don't know if you can read the little messages my US tech was writing on these, but she's done all but 1 of my ultrasounds now for all 3 pregnancies...we've developed a relationship; she's a hoot.
And there's the proof. Even I, who has been known to smile and nod and pretend I can see what is being shown to me could see it pretty clearly.
We're 20 weeks along, so less than 20 weeks to go to meet our contribution to the male Gifford line!

Rowan starts gymnastics!

Like her sister before her, Rowan has started gymnastics at the tender age of 2. She had a lot of fun in the foam block pit.

Here is her teacher, Miss Kara, teaching her how to do a somersault (which they call 'tada'-rolls.)
Tada!
Her favorite part, by far, was the trampoline!
What 2 year old doesn't like to bounce!

Kaylee goes to Pre-K

On September 13th, Kaylee started pre-K. We had a bit of a rocky start, but thing seem to be progressing nicely.

Kaylee loves her purple backpack.
Rowan, who is very into dress-up now, was more excited for pre-K than Kaylee was.
In fact, she thought/thinks she is going to school too.
However, there were no tears at drop-off, which was pretty good and Kaylee produces a lot of art there every time.