Fall Family Photos

My talented sister (Christy Conley) is starting her photography business and took some family pictures for us. I have always wanted pictures done in the fall so I was excited.

My sister's website is christyrae.org; check it out:)

Art

In the past few months Laneah has really been interested in drawing. Before she would scribble for a few seconds and then be done. She still doesn't like to color, but she likes to draw and write now. She uses countless pieces of paper a day; filling them with letters and pictures. 

This is Laneah on the beach.

This is an apple tree.

I did an art project with the girls. They really enjoy painting.

The finished project.

A self portrait on the kindle. She can write her name perfect, but sometimes she just writes random letters. 

I am sure I will post more of her drawings another time but I am so proud of her. 

Halloween

After months of the girls knowing what they wanted to be on Halloween (Brooklyn a princess and Laneah a vampire "with blood on my mouth") they changed their minds the day of. While Laneah was at her preschool Halloween party(where Laneah wore her Merida dress), my mom, Brooklyn and I went JoAnn's and Trader Joes. At JoAnn's Brooklyn saw this purple witch costume and grabbed it and said "my costume!" She was insistent and since it was 70% off I bought it for her along with a matching purple broomstick. She was so happy.

Laneah did not want to wear her costume saying it was too scratchy. Since she begged for it, tried it on before I bought it, and promised she would wear it on Halloween, I was not going to back down. I put a shirt on underneath her costume and she was fine once I got it on her. Only took 20 minutes, sheesh. She decided she did not want the blood on her mouth anymore, which was fine with me, but a lot of people mistook her for a princess. She has already decided she wants to be a zombie next year. 

 Daddy Dracula. 

 The two vampires. Notice Brooklyn hiding under the cape?

 Brooklyn put on a cowboy hat and used her broom as a horse and ran around saying "yee haw!" lol

 Like the cinderella shoes and mismatched socks? We are having a lot of that lately.

After the girls were dressed we went to Blake's house to give him his birthday gift and wish him happy birthday.

Uncle Pierson was the girl's first Trick or Treat.

Oh the joy upon unwrapping chocolate....I can totally relate:)

 After dinner we walked around our neighborhood and found some friends. It was really cold. Brooklyn only lasted about 15 minutes and then she wanted to go back inside. 

 Laneah stayed out with me and then when I got to cold Jason went with her for a while. When they got back, Laneah wanted to sit on the porch and hand out candy. She kept yelling things like "we got candy here!", "Come get your candy!", "you can have one, maybe two pieces if you're lucky!". It was so funny. 

 It was a great Halloween!

Disney on Ice- Dare to Dream

On the evening of October 27th, we went to Disney on Ice- Dare to Dream. We took a few pictures before we left. 

Laneah showing off her new Merida dress. 

It was great that my mom got to come with us this year. 

We all rode together with Scarlette, Alliyah, and their moms and grandma. The girls all dressed as Merida but all their dresses were different. They were comparing their dresses in this photo:)

The girls hugged and held hands most of the night. 

We got the girl's picture done. 

Laneah saw this Merdia picture and pretended she was shooting a bow.

Laneah and Scarlette both picked these eel binoculars for their souvenir.

We had second row seats and the characters skated right up to us. 

Mickey and the gang started things off. 

Then Ariel and her friends performed.

Next was Rapunzel. Laneah thought Maximus was so funny. 

After Rapunzel it was intermission and Laneah got her slushy in a Merida cup. 

Then it was the time everyone had been waiting for: Merida!

The last performance was Beauty and the Beast.

The finale! The performers were all so good and their ice skating was so professional. And it was so fun being in the second row. 

After the show we took a few more pictures. Three generations. 

The whole group. I love how all the girls are holding on to each other. 

The ride home was fun. We stopped and got more snacks and the girls had time to talk about the show. It was so fun and I can't wait until next year.