I attempted to post this on Monday, but my pictures wouldn't upload. Sorry you had to wait...We joined some friends in their neighborhood & went trick or treating for the first time this year. We loaded up the Barbie Jeep & the Beatty kids drove their John Deere Gator around the neighborhood. It was quite a sight. Jolie had a blast & Sarah loved every minute of it too. She did a great job keeping up with the big kids.
We took the girls to Playhouse Disney Live this afternoon & they both LOVED it! The girls called their Gran on our way home & Jolie told her "it was the best part of her year." Silly girl.
Jolie dancing...
The girls wore their Halloween costumes to a costume-themed birthday party a couple of weeks ago & I've just neglected to post this picture. Aren't these the two cutest fairies you've ever seen?
We had a brief, but good visit with some good friends from college this past weekend in Ruston. Special thanks to Mandy for sharing these on Facebook.
We went to Shreveport to see family a few weekends ago & I captured this cute picture of Jolie & her cousin Abby. They had a great time playing!
Every year we start off the school year with an event for incoming freshmen called "Survival." This year we had a safari theme. A friend took this photo for us & I just recently got it. Enjoy! 
I asked Jolie to go clean the playroom the other day & she came back & reported that she'd made her own bed. She did a great job. She really is growing up. She was not as eager to help with the playroom :) I took pictures of her bed. Here is her hardwork:
Jolie & Sarah have been playing beauty shop lately. They take turns being the customer & the "hair cutter." They've been busy giving pretend haircuts & makeovers (aka: painting each other's faces as Jolie would say :) It is SO much fun to listen to them interact & pretend together. Jolie has an amazing imagination & I'm so glad she is training Sarah. Here is Jolie the stylist & Sarah the customer:
The day after Sarah's party we mixed up some more sidewalk paint for Sarah's enjoyment. Here she is painting her feet. We went directly to the bathtub!
It's hard to believe, but today is Sarah's 2nd birthday! We celebrated with some sweet friends this morning & had a great time. I made some homemade sidewalk paint & it was hit! The birthday girl really liked it :) Here are some pictures for your enjoyment:
The girls started another year of Mother's Day Out today. They were so excited & had a great day. Sarah was sacked out on her mat when I went to pick them up. Here are our first day of "school" pictures:
Sarah loves her birthday suit. I'm having a hard time keeping clothes on this little girl. She is such a little wild woman! Here she is in her birthday suit + a diaper (which she takes off regularly).
If you know anything about my potty woes with Jolie you know that she waited until she was almost 38 months before she used the potty for the very first time! So needless to say, when Sarah started taking off her own clothes & diaper & sitting on the potty & actually tee teeing last week I could NOT believe my eyes! She has used the pottty at least once (usually more) all by herself with little to no assistance from me for an entire week. Sometimes I don't even know it is happening until she's finished & runs in saying, "I tee tee, Mommy, I tee tee!" Did I mention she hasn't even had her 2nd birthday yet? I'm not pushing her since she seems to have herself on a pretty good potty plan. Who knows what will happen, but I'm in total denial that she could possibly be potty training herself! She uses both the big & little potty, but here she is in action on the little potty:
Such a big girl!
One of Jolie's favorite things to do right now is draw. All the random paper around the house is driving Todd crazy :) I think she is actually pretty good. It's hard for me to throw her creations in the trash, but if I don't the paper might start pushing us out of the house SO I decided to start photographing some my favorites. Here are a couple recent drawings. She helped me label them so you know what everything is:
I thought this picture was too cute not to share. I love my girls. The big one & the little one.
I promise not to bore you with any more hula hooping videos after this one, but I just had to share that Jolie has found her rhythm and is dominating with her hula hoop. Here she is in action in her swim suit & in the sprinkler!
Sarah accomplished all of the following before noon today!
We love the Spence family! I'm keeping Hannah & Chloe tonight while their parents host an event for girls in our youth group. Hannah was demonstrating that she can pick up Jolie & I caught a really cute pic. Can you tell they are good friends?
There was a hula hoop contest at Callaway Gardens & Jolie was desperate to participate, but was unable because she cannot hula hoop. So a week or so ago we purchased a hula hoop & she has been practicing her heart out. She has improved SO much. Here she is showing off her new skill:
