Happy Belated Halloween from the Candy Corn Witch and Minnie Mouse!!
That looks like a lot of candy, but we had 184 trick or treaters this year, we needed almost all of it!
Now that the snow is long gone, I can post these pictures. I for one was not happy to see the snow that October morning, but the girls were so thrilled to see the white stuff, I couldn't help but smile. 
Here are some pictures from our Wisconsin Dells trip we took at the beginning of September. To think that was only a month ago. I would LOVE to have that weather back right now!! We stayed at the Wilderness and had a great time! The girls loved the outdoor water slides, especially the one pictured towards the bottom. We will definitely go back again!
Here is Lindsey on her first day of first grade. She had a great first day and didn't even cry at drop off. Mom of course was holding them back!! I did lose the battle on the first day of school outfit. I wanted her to wear a pretty dress and she insisted on the "Girls Rule Big Time" shirt. Oh well, we as Moms know we have to pick our battles... 
I had to post this picture as I just love it. The girls look so peaceful and content playing in the mighty Mississippi. If they only knew how dirty that water was!
The girls have been enjoying playing soccer this summer. Sydney especially loves playing goalie. She surprised me and actually does quite well even though she is one of the smallest on her team. See below for a picture of her in goal (not the best picture but you get the idea). 
The Champlin Parade is now a tradition for our family. The girls look forward to it every year (for the candy of course). This year we went with the neighbors and had a blast! Above are Sydney, Teagan and Lindsey anxiously waiting for the parade to begin with their bags in hand ready to run after that candy!
Above are the girls watching the parade intently. Perhaps you noticed the purple crown on Sydney's head. She has a pink one and a purple one and she has been wearing them almost non-stop for the last month. Every where we go people ask her if she is a princess. She just smiles, nods and says--yes, EVERY DAY!
Okay I am WAY behind on posting, but even though it was a month ago I still have to still post the pictures from Lindsey's last day of Kindergarten as it was a HUGE milestone. 
The parents were invited to a picnic lunch, but because it rained we all ate on the floor in the cafeteria. The kids thought it was pretty cool!
I know, I know Easter was how many weeks ago! Time just gets away from us... Anyways, here they are, pictures from Easter. These first two are from the night we dyed eggs. The girls just love it! Luckily it was nice enough and we were able to do it outside on the deck. The less mess the better I say!
Sydney was so proud to finally hold our godson, Payne the other weekend. Every time we see Payne I ask Sydney if she wants to hold him and every time, she says no, no, no. Finally she said yes and I think she was happy she did! Can you tell by the huge smile on her face! 
It is hard to believe my baby is 6 already!!! I told her "That is it, you cannot get any older!!" She just laughed and said in a matter of fact tone "Soon I will be 7 Mom."
The next day we had a friend party for Lindsey at our house. We had 13 crazy girls running around, literally! Lindsey wanted to invite all of the girls from her kindergarten class, which made sense so no one felt left out, but who knew they would all be able to come! We made the most out of it and spent lots of time outside!
We just got back from an absolute awesome time at Disney. The best part had to be the weather. Just being able to be outside without the hats, mittens, snow pants, etc. was unbelievably nice especially after all that snow we got the day before we left. The first day we were there it was 85 which was quite a shock to these MN bodies, but it was great. The rest of the week was in the 70's but still felt amazing and was perfect for park hopping. Above is a picture of the condo we stayed at and you can see the beautiful blue van the girls picked out the the right. We let them pick the color and for some reason they wanted blue. The positive part of that was we could easily find our car in the parking lot at the parks. Below is a picture of the community pool at the condo unit. We also had a private splash pool behind our condo unit.
We spent part of Saturday at Magic Kingdom and part of it swimming since it was so nice. Sunday we had breakfast with the princesses at the castle. The girls LOVED meeting Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Jasmine and Cinderella. Monday we went to Animal Kingdom and Tuesday we went to Epcot where we had dinner with the princesses. Needless to say at this point in the trip David was getting a little princessed out and had to go find himself a margarita in Mexico!
