My little school girl

 Natalie started preschool this fall. Her teacher is Mark's aunt Judy who teaches out of her home in a little classroom that has been added on to the house. Natalie LOVES it and has progressed so far already. She is acting more like a big kid and I can tell is learning more about interacting with other kids.

 Each morning she gets the apple with her name on it and puts it on the Learning Tree.

 Then she puts her backpack on the hook and sits down at the table to "warm up her brain" with activities like puzzles.

Her class had a little Halloween program. They got to wear their costumes and sing the cutest little Halloween songs. It was so cute I almost died. My camera ran out of battery halfway through but my sister Mel saved me and got hers out of her car. So fun!

He's fer real

 Well, Mark got sworn in as an attorney in the state of Arizona a couple of weeks ago. So now he's legit! He said some words about upholding the constitution, they took a lot of pictures and viola! Done. He mailed in his form and got his bar number and certificate in the mail a couple of days ago.

Mark's mom was able to drive out to Phoenix with us and his dad was able to meet us there. All the office staff and attorneys loved seeing Mark's kiddos. They behaved themselves very nicely and got to bring home a rose. I guess they give them out to their clients. So nice to be on THIS side of things! Adios law school and student life!

The fair!

We went to the fair today! Yes, I am blogging. Be amazed.

First we went to the butterfly exhibit. There were hundreds of monarch and painted lady butterflies all over and we tempted some with a q-tip dipped in sugar water so they would come near.

Natalie was very brave and loved holding the butterflies. But only on the q-tip.

Hannah, on the other hand, got the heebie jeebies about them and freaked out if they came near. She got one on her shirt and was not a big fan.

Hannah was ok with the caterpillars though.

We loved seeing the monarch caterpillars! Emily really wanted to grab them.

We let the girls choose one treat. They chose cotton candy.

They loved it but were done after a couple of handfuls. {yessss}

Emily got sweet potatoes. Jealous much?

Their favorite spot was the Toddler zone place. It was in a cool, quiet room with bouncy pads, a hale bay maze, scooter things, and sand to dig in. We probably spent an hour or more here. It was a favorite of all, including Emily.

We hit the carousel on the way out and called it a day!

I got Em to sleep in the sling for a while in the quiet of the gallery of art/photography.

Nice quiet trip home.

For some reason this pic is out of order but here ya go. This was on a bumblebee ride. They were so brave and cute!

Overall it was a very fun day. Mark got to take work off and go with us. It was so much better than last year, let me tell you! The weather was beautiful and breezy and I had lots of energy. It was really relaxing and fun for me to browse through the art and photography. Till next year!