Soph loved seeing Pooh. She actually kissed him on the nose several times. He stuck around at our table a little longer.

Soph was done with this photo.

Splash Mountain

The look on Tim's face is priceless!! I usually never buy these photos, but this one was so worth it.

Disney Trip

As most of you know, we went to Disney World last week and went to the Magic Kingdom for two days. It was a fun trip overall, not counting the few meltdowns and the heat. We arrived Thursday and played and ate at Downtown Disney and then Friday headed to the park for the day and stayed for the Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, which was awesome. Only about 1/3 of the crowd, so we could ride anything with little or no waiting time and see all the characters up close with no more than a 10 minute wait. I dressed up as Snow White, Tim was Prince Charming (which he says he is everyday), Nana was the Fairy Godmother, Emma was Minnie Mouse and Soph was a baby Tinkerbell. It was so fun to dress up. We got so many comments on them. We even got a certificate from a Disney person for the best dressed up family. Now if that doesn't deserve a night in the Cinderella Suite, I don't know what would!

Saturday we had breakfast with Pooh and friends which the girls got a great kick out of. Emma just has the biggest smile on her face in every photo like she was thinking "this is just awesome, I'm actually eating with Pooh!" She got to meet 3 princesses she hasn't met before: Snow White, Jasmine and Ariel. She was awe struck by Ariel. She really impressed her.

Soph was not so cool with hanging out in the stroller a lot as she is on the verge of walking. She wanted to be out and someone to hold her hand so she could walk everywhere. And if not, she screamed bloody murder. She was the token screaming baby on the plane AND the bus to the park, so yeah for us. That was fun. Nothing like sweating in the morning from wrestling a writhing, screaming baby.

Soph's favorite thing on the trip was our breakfast with Pooh on Sunday. She actually kissed him on his nose several times. I'll try to add the short video we have of it.

Emma's favorite thing was probably riding Peter Pan, which we rode at least 5 times. In true form, she really enjoyed the carousel too.

Overall a very fun trip. I'll know better next time to a: not go when it's still too hot and b: build in a rest day between going to the parks.

Emma's first school photo

I think this has to be the cutest school photo ever!! She said the photographer told her to say "monkey!" It worked so well.

Serious Soph

She looks like she's saying, "I am dead serious."

Children's Museum

The girls and I went to the Children's Museum today. It was so nice outside though. I gave Emma the option of the Zoo or Museum and she chose the museum because she wanted to go on the carousel. However, when we got there it was closed for repair!! She handled it well though. We played for a long time in the Playscape at the sand and water tables. Sophie had a good time, too.

First Day of Preschool!!

Wow..so today was a big day in the Capen household. Emma had her first day of preschool. Tim and I have agonized over whether we had prepared her enough for this. It was the first time she has ever been taken care of by someone other than close family. Needless to say, I haven't been looking forward to this. Although, I have tried my hardest to make sure she couldn't pick up on my anxiety. We've read some books about it and talked about it a lot.
This morning when she woke up she said she was "ready for pre-cool" and put on the dress she has picked out just for today. Tim and I could see the wheels start to turn when we all got in the car. She walked in to the school and we said good morning to Mrs. Moon and she grabbed my hand like, "well, you can just come in, too Mommy." But I just kissed and hugged and said goodbye and she tried the same with Daddy. Then, she looked up at us with the saddest, most betrayed look I have EVER seen and I knew we needed to bolt for the sake of all of us.
Tim and I drove back home, Sophie in the back laughing at herself over something, feeling both a bit like we had just been sucker punched.
When we picked her up, Mrs. Moon said she only cried for about 5 minutes...I cried for about 10, so I guess all in all it wasn't so bad. We were sure ready to pick her up and were SO relieved to see her smiling and get huge hugs and kisses. More thankfully, she said she'll go back on Thursday!

Sophie had a fun time at the party. She just got some new shoes that she's trying to get used to.

She had to have her hair put up, just like Jasmine.

Happy 3rd Birthday, Emma!!

Last Saturday we had a full blown princess party for Emma. It began that morning when Emma opened her bedroom door to find that the "birthday fairy" had filled the hallway with balloons. She got a kick out of that. We said she could open one present that morning so she finally, after months of waiting, got her Jasmine outfit along with Jasmine shoes. She, of course, had to wear this all day and for the party. She refused to wear the cute outfit I had put together for her. Hey, it was her birthday, right? She had so much fun playing outside in her new princess playhouse with her cousins and buddies.

Princess cake and wouldn't you guess...lots of princess gifts. Many of the gifts she has seen in the store and I kept saying she would need to ask for them for her birthday and "VOILA," that's what she opened. It was very fun to watch her face. Her jaw dropped a few times. So she is now in complete princess heaven.