Lighting of the Square and Christmas Parade.

Every year, we get together with friends and meet at the Fayetteville Square to see the lighting of the Lights of the Ozarks and the Christmas Parade. This year it was the same day as Lily's birthday party, which made for a busy day. It was colder than we expected but we were prepared and had a good time.

Walker + Cotton Candy = Party!

FBC Youth float

Lily's 5th Birthday!

So, my baby girl turned 5! (And she doesn't like me to call her my baby.) We are so lucky to live in an area that allows us to plan great, fun birthday parties even for cold weather birthdays. This year, Lily decided she wanted to have a swim party at the Jones Center in Springdale. So on a beautiful Saturday morning, we had a super fun swim party! The kids got to swim for a while and then we got dressed and went upstairs to have a pizza party and cake.

Lily and Jay under the mushroom fountain.

Lorelai was not sure at first, but she warmed up after a while.

Daddy and Lorelai inside the mushroom fountain.

Pizza Party!!

Silly Savvy

Swimming Pool cake from Harps.

Can we go swimming again?

Fall Festival 2010 and Trick or Treating

Fall Festival actually fell on Halloween this year, so we had a busy day. The girls loved it and Lorelai did surprisingly well in her costume. We spent 2 hours at Fall Festival and then headed home for trick-or-treating. Lorelai and I only went for a few houses before we headed home to hand out candy and get her ready for bed. Lily and Lance trick-or-treated the whole neighborhood and came home tired and with a FULL treat bag.

Lily hopped on the ponies first thing before the line got long.

Lorelai Chicken

It's hard to bounce in a princess dress.

Lily and Lorelai riding the Autumn Train.

Lily and her friend Caroline.

Lorelai and Charlotte.

Time for Trick-or-treating. Our neighbors across the street always do it up big.

Lorelai's first time to trick-or-treat.

I want to walk myself!

Lets see what I got.

Lily and her haul.