First Haircut!!!!!

Yup, just shy of their 4th birthday, Addison and Caroline finally got their first haircut!  I had been thinking of having them get a trim somewhere and then suddenly decided to just save the money and do it myself when Renee was taking a nap.  Fortunately, they were both up to it.  So I gathered the supplies, turned a movie on and started.

Addison - Caroline
Here is the before shot.

Caroline went first.  This definitely brought back memories from when my mom used to trim our hair as little kids.

Caroline all done!

Addison all done!  They both did a great job sitting.  Well, the movie really helped.

Addison was done with all the pictures

Addison - Caroline
Then I decided after bath time that I wanted to make it a little shorter so this is the final product.  I think it turned out pretty cute.  They immediately looked so much older which often happens with haircuts.  Just little girls!

First Half of November

We moved into our new place in October and we have slowly been getting settled and putting it together.  I will post pictures as we get more projects done so I can do before and after shots.

Here are some of our first half of November happenings...

Our new place is constantly filled with birds and I love it!  Especially during the cold winter months, it has been great to hear the birds bringing life to an otherwise dreary time of the year.  There are telephone wires over the alley that has birds perched on it all the time.  Here is a dove with a tree that's leaves were just starting to turn colors.

Addison (left) and Caroline (right) helping me clean up the back yard.  After a year of living in other people's homes they would tell us that the thing they were looking forward to most was having their very own grass.  Ha, random but cute.  I too have been very excited to have our very own grass :)

They LOVE olives (yuck!).  Here is Addison doing her favorite thing with olives, besides eating them of course :)

Caroline wanted a silly shot too.

Caroline - Renee - Addison
Here are the 3 pictures we used for our Christmas card this year.  It was an impromptu photo shoot when I noticed how coordinated they look.

And later that day, olives on pizza!  Notice how they arranged them.  They are very organized!

Addison and Caroline love to help us feed Renee.  Here is Caroline feeding her and she does a good job.  Such a good helper :)

October

I did a little photo shoot with these pretty leaves and flowers that I put in Addison and Caroline's hair.  I am lucky that they put up with me when I try to take pictures like these :)

Caroline

Caroline really wanted to take a picture with this truck

Addison

One of many silly faces from Addison.  She is our silly face girl.

We started solids with Renee about a week after she turned 4 months.  She did a pretty good job and seemed to enjoy the new experience.

This is my dad's "Annie" wig

Addison really wanted to try it on and loved wearing it.  She looked so cute and silly.  Ha!

Of course, I had to try it on Renee.  So cute!  Curly hair looks good on her :)

I was walking around with Renee in the baby Bjorn and Addison really wanted to do the same thing with her tiger.  Since we have 2 of most baby things that was no problem.  Me with my baby and Addison with hers :)

Halloween!

Addison decorating cookies at school.  She was Ariel from The Little Mermaid

Decorating cookies.  Caroline was Tinkerbell.

Renee was a Bears cheerleader

Here is where the pictures started to go downhill.

I knew we were done after this one :)

Trick-or-Treating with Lucia, the Garden Gnome.  By this time, we had moved into our new place so it was nice to take advantage of Halloween to go around our neighborhood and introduce ourselves to our new neighbors. 

The Rest of Setpember

In an effort to catch up quickly I will just have the rest of the month of September in one post:

Making Oatmeal Raisin Cookies.  Addison and Caroline love helping me in the kitchen these days.

(Caroline in pink and Addison in Purple) 

Yummy

Renee and daddy

One of the many insects that made it into our bug jar this summer/fall.

Scott took the older girls to the Morton Arboretum with his mom.  They had a great time exploring and learning!

(Addison in yellow and Caroline in red)

We went to The Village of Northbrook to sort through my grandparents pictures.  It was a great day of reminiscing and some fun pool time in the middle.

Renee and Naomi

Daddy and Caroline

They have been working on  swimming and are slowly getting warmed up to the idea of letting the floaties do their job without holding onto us.  Here Scott is working with Caroline.

Addison

Renee occasionally sucks her thumb.   What she mostly does is this great soothing thing where she holds her arm up close to her mouth and starts sucking but does not really make contact.  I will take it!  No pacifier or thumb sucking habit to break :)

Gwen, Addison and Caroline all having fun with the cart.

The Wallgren family tried out for the TV game show Family Feud.  The got an instant call back but that it where the dream ended.  Oh well.  They said that just the tryouts were a fun experience.

Meanwhile, Scott and I babysat all the kids.

The bigger girls having a tea party

Scott and Renee

Lucia and Naomi in the back

Gwen...not sure what it going on here.

Caroline

Sonja

Addison - Caroline - Lucia

Naomi - Scott - Renee

Dinner time!

Movie time!