Savvie's First Haircut

So now that Savvie is approaching her second birthday, it's time for a little haircut! We ended up "trimming" about 2.5 inches! We went to the same salon where we took Camp for his first cut. They have fun little car chairs, movies and toys, and most importantly, LOLLIPOPS! Savvie did amazingly well. She sat still and was just perfect during her cut. She did tear up a little (with watery eyes) which worried the hairdresser, but she was relieved to know it was just her allergies acting up! We all loved the new 'do! No if only Mommy could master the tiny little braid :) P.S. Thankfully the Easter Bunny brought her some new bows!

Before pic!

V

After!!!

 

Patient brother

Easter 2016

My little bunnies sure did enjoy Easter this year! Camp's class had an egg hunt and picnic celebration at Wannamaker Park on the Thursday before Easter. Savvie got to join in the fun too. We love his class!

Her favorite thing to do right now is swing from bars.

One of his girlfriends, Eden

Camp's sweet Busy Bee class

 

Ready to hunt!

Super serious about the hunt.

Best sibling shot

Savs has a friend there, too!

 

And then on Sunday, we celebrated EASTER!!! He is Risen!!! The kids woke up to find their Easter baskets filled with with goodies from E.B. Then we went to the 10:00 ECBC church service with Nonna and Lou. We enjoyed a delicious and fun lunch at Waffle House following. It was raining so we didn't get too many pictures. Easter afternoon we did an inside egg hunt with our Resurrection eggs and then opened each egg and read through the Easter story. I love that tradition. We ended the night by reading the Berenstain Bears Easter book. Happy, happy, happy Easter.

October Fun

October 30 and 31 were filled with fun, costumes, and candy! We had a trunk or treat playdate at the park with our play group. Both kids were so excited to go around and collect candy from each car while wearing their totally adorable costumes. I was holding a friend's baby, so Camp took Savvie by the hand and walked her around helping her get candy. It melted my heart. Until she refused to put a sucker in her bucket and Camp was pulling her down to the ground trying to get her to comply...bless. They got to play on the playground after all the candy and other treats (bubbles were a favorite) were collected. Such a fun (and exhausting) morning!

The big group pic

I grabbed all our decorations from the attic and just threw them in the car. Haha, still looked cute though!

Friends...the two in the middle are obviously better at this posing for pictures thing ;-) But they are all so adorable!

Friday night was the Fall Festival at our church! I took just a few pictures of the kids dressed up with my real camera and the rest with my phone, so all you get is the camera pics because uploading from my phone seems to take too much effort.

perfecting the ghost face...and I'm sure that's the face a peacock makes.

Is that Superman? Nope, it's a crane that's working on our new building at church! Savvie was fascinated.

First mom-made costume! On the fourth year, I did it! Lucky me he really wanted to be a ghost. I appliqued the ghost face, cut the bottom of the shirt with pinking shears, and sewed an easy knit cap out of another t-shirt. I'm sure next year he will want to be a dragon coming out of a working volcano or something fun like that. :)

Not handmade, but how cute is this peacock costume...and it's a family heirloom (ie passed down from my cousin's children)!

Halloween night meant a pizza party with friends and trick or treating! Savvie had a mysterious fever, so she got to stay home with Nonna. She had fun playing with her baby doll while Camp had a date with Jonathan and me to collect as much candy as possible. It was our second year trick or treating with Camp's friend Grady and his mom (his dad and baby brother were there this year). We had a big group of friends from church who joined us this time too. All the children were just precious. It's really a cool tradition we have going now. Thank you to our gracious hosts and the amazing neighborhood where we don't live but like their candy a lot.

Candy Bandits

Camp's Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

In October, the whole family went with Camp on his first preschool field trip! We went to West Farm Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch over in Moncks Corner. His class, the Busy Bees, wore black school t-shirts. There were giant bouncy balls, a hay bale maze, a corn pit, animals to see and feed, pumpkin picking and painting, a little lesson about corn, sand piles, and a hay ride. It was a perfect day for some family and school friends fun.

With Camp's best buddy from class

my pumpkins

sweet little class picture

buried in corn

little ostrich

the perfect pick