Life In the Carpool Lane

Flower Power

2009-03-30T23:13:00.000-07:00

Dear Coco,

thank you for all the goodies you brought back for me from your trip to San Francisco.

I love everything, but my favorite might be the "springy" baking supplies.

Mommy and I had so much fun making the flower cupcakes.

I even wore last year's flower dress that's way to small for me to get into

the spirit of things.

And I love these adorable flower measuring cups.

I also love to lick the spatula clean when mom's busy taking pictures.

See how cute they are?

And they tasted darn good too.

Love,

Keaton Grace

Putting on the Ritz

2009-03-27T00:31:00.000-07:00

Quite a day.

Keaton went to gymnastics in the morning (hmmm, left with two shoes).

Played Cinderella and Snow White for most of the afternoon (I deejayed the "Ball").

Did daddy's hair and make-up (asked if this is his life for the next 10 years... and yes, it is).

Then we ate a box of these in one sitting (I hate the inventor, they're addictive).

Our Weather Is Whack

2009-03-25T14:30:00.000-07:00

The weather has the girls confused (and well, me too).

One day we are playing in the snow, and eating it too.

The next day we are smelling flowers and chasing lady bugs.

P.S. Can you believe it?!?! Three days in a row posting! Where did I find time to blog all of a sudden you may ask?? Let's just say the cleanliness of my home isn't what it should be.

Cracks me up

2009-03-24T22:28:00.000-07:00

For being only 21 months, Reagan is one funny little chicka.

She keeps my laughing daily.

And her Bill Murray hair never gets old.

Candles and Coconuts

2009-03-22T22:14:00.000-07:00

Seems as though I only get around to blogging when there are big events to share, and I'm working on changing that, really I am. So with enough berating from Ian I am finally posting pics of the "tiny big girl"(what Kiwi is now calling herself) turning three and our Hawaiian adventure for Ryan and Nicole's wedding.

Kiwi's birthday

three days, three parties, three-years-old.

#1. Our house with the Skinner family.

#2. Our house with Kiwi's friends for a Little Mermaid party.

#3. My mom's house with Sidon family and Lindsey family.

Hawaii

seven days, one BIG party, one very happy couple

The girls loved Hawaii and all it had to offer. They spent their days running, splashing and digging.

The wedding was gorgeous!

Both Keaton and Reagan had the honor of being flower girls. And they rocked it!

recovering

five days, zero parties, two very tired tiny big girls

2009-02-02T23:25:00.000-08:00

I got a new camera for Bethmas (my birthday) and now I have a problem. I can't stop taking pictures of my kids. I am addicted. I stalk them. I sit and wait, camera aimed, waiting for them to do cute, funny things. It's gotten so bad that they now run and hide their faces when they see me and my Canon coming.

Here are some pics I got before they started boycotting.

Super

2009-02-02T23:06:00.000-08:00

We were suppose to go to our friends house for a Super Bowl Party, but little Reagan wasn't feeling very good. So we stayed home, and this was my view of the game.

And I thought it was Super.

Too Much Good Stuff

2009-01-14T15:08:00.000-08:00

I can't possibly recap everything that has happened since December 11th (my last post), well I guess I could, but the idea of having to makes me feel antsy and say "aaarrrgghhh", in the cranky way, not the pirate way. I hate summarizing past events. Soooooo I am putting up pictures from our December adventures, with very brief captioning so I can move on and start posting again. Here goes:

Jenny and Dave tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony on December 20th.

Kiwi and Reagan were honored to be their snow angels.

Then came Christmas Eve Eve at Poppy and Grandmas.

DJ Jazzy Kiwi was our entertainment for the night.

Christmas Eve at CoCo's and NoPo's house.

(Please note Collin hates when I dress the girls the same)

We opened presents and made our annual chocolate houses. Kiwi was really into it this year.

Reagan was really into Jake's this year.

Christmas morning brought Santa's goodies and some princess tent testing.

We then headed to Portland to spend Christmas with the Lindsey Clan.

It was a VERY white Christmas there. Keaton wasn't sure how to handle so much snow.

And to top it all off Juice and Robin hosted a fabulous Christmas dinner. Nicole and Jack enjoyed themselves.

Overall it was a great Christmas; filled with family, friends, princess dresses,

...and naked Wii Fit. Doesn't get much better than that.

(Whew, done. Finally.)

Ho Ho Ho

2008-12-11T22:13:00.000-08:00

Keaton LOVES her some Santa. Last year was a different story, but this year she has seen him three times now and climbs right up on his lap, tells him her list of goods, and even wants a hug goodbye. She just can't get enough of the big man in red.
Reagan, not so much. She sat in the corner and sucked on her fingers.... Oh well, there's always next year.

PBJ&K

2008-12-04T23:12:00.000-08:00

Lately Kiwi comes up with excuses for why she can't go to bed yet; she needs to read another book, she needs to clean her room, she needs her hair done. But the one that really gets to me is when she says she is hungry. How can a mother not feed her child? I mean how do I know if she is just saying it to delay bedtime or if she really and truly is hungry? She is a growing little girl after all. So last night she pulled out the hungry card again - she wanted a sandwich. As we got out the bread, peanut butter and jelly she decided in her two-year-old brain that the only thing better than a PB & J is one with a little ketchup added to the mix. I had to let her do it, who am I to say it wouldn't taste good.

And you know what it actually was kind of good...kind of.

Thankful...

2008-11-27T22:35:00.000-08:00

For my two little puddin' pops (literally)

their marvelous daddy

And tryptophane.

(both girls out scout by 7:00!!)

What the...?!?!

2008-11-14T11:34:00.000-08:00

Really I am not sure what has happened here, I don't know why I have not posted the most adorable pictures of my daughters in their Halloween costumes. But maybe, just maybe, it could have something to do with this.

Yep, Keaton now knows how to use the computer, and she is a total hog! She would look at Princesses and toys online all day if I let her. So I have done the unthinkable (my pediatrician may lecture me) and turned on the Disney channel to distract her while I download these pics and blog....better make this fast before Hannah Montana is over!

Keaton was a ballerina, which by the way is what she wants to be when she grows up she told me today. And check her sweet moves, I think she just might make it to the NYCB with those.

Here is her "Stop taking pictures of me so I can go get candy" face.

And of course every ballerina needs a pirate.

Reagan was a, ummm, well.....not exactly sure, maybe a flower fairy??? But hey it was darn cute, and that's all that matters!

I think you might be cut off from trick-or-treating when you no longer can lift your basket.

Overall it was a great Halloween filled with lots of excitement, costumes, friends, family and WWWAAAYYY too much candy that is still hidden somewhere in the laundry room.

p.s. Is it bad that while writing this I laughed at least a half dozen times at Hannah Montana???

Falling for Fall

2008-10-29T20:28:00.000-07:00

Every year I dread as fall nears; the days get shorter and the sky gets grayer as the lazy summer days disappear. But this year autumn has brought nothing but warmth to our home. We have had the best time making caramel apples and pumpkin cookies, visiting the pumpkin patch, decorating pumpkins and going to Halloween parties!

Here's to a fabulous fall!

Stunnerz

2008-10-25T10:08:00.000-07:00

Ha ha ha! Happy Saturday!

Nuni Fairy

2008-10-23T09:30:00.000-07:00

I have been waiting to post this for a few days just because I didn't want to jinx anything.....but I think it is safe to say that Kiwi is a nuni free child. See I am all about the pacifier when they are babies, but as soon as that kid begins to talk, I think that thing needs to come out! So with Keaton being all of 2 1/2, it has been bothering me for a while now. We tried once before about 6 months ago to rid of the thing - go cold turkey- but it didn't go over well, she wouldn't sleep without it and ended up getting really sick, and we caved. So this time it was serious, there was no turning back. We went with an approach we had seen on "Super Nanny". We told Kiwi that the Nuni Fairy was coming to get her nunis to give them to all the babies in the world that needed them. We got a pretty basket, she went around and collected them all and then we set it out for the Fairy to come that night. Keaton could not sleep that night, between no nuni and the excitement of the Fairy coming she was up past midnight. She was killing me, I could hear her pulling a chair up to the window and opening the blinds to check for the Fairy! Once she fell asleep I sneaked up and replaced the multitude of nunis with presents galore, it was like Christmas up in here. She woke up bright and early, eager to see the Fairy and her goodies. Surprisingly she has only brought up her nuni a few times since then, she actually is more interested in catching a glimpse of that Fairy! We are going on 4 days nuni free and so far so good!

Picture This...

2008-10-16T23:36:00.000-07:00

I'm too tired to blog, so I'm taking the easy way out and posting funny pictures of my children - enjoy.

ABC's

2008-10-14T16:10:00.000-07:00

So Keaton just loves to sing her ABC's, but her version is a little unique, it goes a little something like this.....

A B C D E S G H I Jake Elmo P

Q R Yes Two U B W X Y and Z!

K-I-S-S-I-N-G

2008-10-07T10:34:00.000-07:00

Reagan is a kissing MONSTER!

Whether it be her friend Gracie,

her sister,
or her cousin Jack,
she will attack!

Watch out, she'll get you next!

A Little Shopping

2008-10-03T09:34:00.000-07:00

Keaton is obsessed with her new boots and glasses.

She thinks she is Hanna Montana, oh boy, can't imagine what she'll be like at 15.

Smith Wedding

2008-10-01T21:45:00.000-07:00

Collin and I took our first trip without the girls in over a year,

we went fist pumping on the Jersey Shore.

The girls had an equally good time.

Good News

2008-09-19T17:01:00.000-07:00

Two very exciting things happened in our family this week! Of course not of equal importance, but you can decide for yourself. First Keaton is POTTY TRAINED!!! That's right, no more diapers baby. And here is the proof......all 12 new pairs at once.

....and one for her head.

And in other exciting news, my sister got engaged! She is marrying this guy....

Ok, ok, not nice. But really here is the happy couple.

Congrats! Can't wait until 12/20/08!

August Rush

2008-08-24T23:44:00.000-07:00

At the beginning of August we were fortunate enough to head down to Newport Beach to visit Ryan and Nicole. We decided it would be fun and easier than flying (WRONG!) to drive the entire 26 hours roundtrip. Well, little did we know, Kiwi gets carsick after about 11 hours, her carseat still reeks of vomit, ucckkkk. Anywho, Ryan and Nicole were celebrating their engagement (finally! we adore Nicole!) and we were so happy to be there for the lovely party that the Pink's threw for them. It was a great party! But on to the REAL important stuff, like table dancing and princesses.

The girls had such a fabulous time just being at Uncle Ryan's house.

There was dancing on coffee tables,

there was dogpiling,

and of course there was the beach.

And then came Disneyland.

It started out a bit rough, Pirates of the Carribbean might have been a bad choice, as Kiwi said, "Those pirates ttthhhcaarryyy!".

So then we hit up the huge ferris wheel which didn't go over too well either. Both girls were a bit uncertain about this ride.

But all was well when we got to the Princess Fantasy Faire. As you can imagine Keaton was in HEAVEN! She now was feeling mighty fine in that Belle dress she decided to wear. And look how little she is in all that princess get-up!

And of course every princess needs a little sparkle at the end of the day!

Since our trip, everyday Keaton says she is going to Disneyland....hope you don't mind Ryan and Nicole!

Summer Lovin' Had Me A Blast

2008-07-10T10:30:00.001-07:00

Well it's been a fun-filled and busy summer so far, obviously leaving little time to blog.... so lets just get down to it.

One of the most exciting events to happen this summer was Juice and Robin Lindsey having their baby boy Johnathan Hawthorne Lindsey (goes by Jack) born June 1st. Thanks to them for giving the girls their first cousin, and more props for having a boy, things were getting a tad TOO pink. This little boy rocks, he is almost 3 months old, sleeps through the night and smiling like it's his job, aaaaadorable, nice work guys!

A couple weeks later on the 18th of June Reagan celebrated the big one....

where she proceeded to eat mass amounts of cupcake.....

and then pass out - cupcake still in hand.

hen Uncle Jake came to visit us and was kind enough to help Daddy put together this amazing play structure for the girls (it only took about 25 hours to assemble - gooo!). It's got all the bells and whistles, including a mini-bar with its own green awning, awesome. This has led to endless hours of outdoor entertainment for all, thanks Jewsey!

At the beginning of July Collin's twin brother Ian got married in Portland. Kiwi was so excited to be a flower girl. She wore a cute yellow dress that she referred to as her "Bell" dress, and then refused to take off for the next 8 days....but that's beside the point. She had a great time at the wedding where she was entertained by her big "cousin" Madison whom she just adores. Here they are on the dance floor, they kind of look-a-like don't they?

Reagan also enjoyed herself, where she boogied on down with her "Fun Uncle Ryan".

Of course we couldn't let the summer go by without hitting up the Jackson County Fair. Kiwi surprisingly loved the kiddie rides, loved the fair fried food even more though. She even sat still long enough to have her little face painted. CoCo thought she looked pretty darn cute!

The girls got to spend some time up at the cabin this summer. They really enjoyed the simple pleasure of throwing rocks in the lake....never gets old. Also enjoyed running into the water, with absolutely no regard for drowning....gets VERY old.

Then we topped it all off with a little watermelon.

The rest of July was filled with running in sprinklers, drawing with chalk, and sharing fudgecicles with our new BFF, Blaine. Blaine is my friend Anne's delightful son. Anne and I have been friends for over 25 years, therefore we are determined that our children will be friends too, whether they like it or not.

Been a great summer so far, August coming soon.

(Alright..not so soon knowing me)

Dirty Tink

2008-06-16T22:40:00.000-07:00

Last week grandma CoCo purchased a Tinkerbell outfit for Keaton, sounds adorable doesn't it?

That is until you realize we are going on day 6 of wearing it non-stop...

Tinkerbell has been through a lot this last week:

Jumphouses,

Cupcakes,

And outdoor summer fun!

Well it looks like this is as close as we are going to get to the dress being washed!

Here Comes The Sun

2008-06-07T11:12:00.000-07:00

The sun has finally decided to come out this year, and so we had to celebrate.

We got out our shades

we played outside

drank water from a hose

But nothing says summer day like frozen waffle dipped in soy sauce, MMM MMM good!

A Day in the Life of...

2008-05-02T09:31:00.000-07:00

The
Lindsey Ladies!

Ok maybe not so much a day... more like three.

Went to "A Taste of Ashland" where Kiwi was much more interested in the wady than anything else.

Reagan did this all by herself. She has figured out a way to pull her shirt over her head so that she can play the belly-bongos.

One of the cutest things I have ever seen; Kiwi "reading" to Reagan.

Kiwi enjoys herself some Guitar Hero, what can I say, she's a rockstar....and better at the game than most adults.

Here is Reagan doing a little walking, just a few steps here and there so far....thank goodness!

Keaton loves the fact that she is now strong enough to open the fridge, and thinks she can help herself to whatever she pleases. At least this day it was broccoli.

And the best part of the week: both girls (and tinerella too) stayed in the shopping cart the entire time in the store...a family record.

Meathead

2008-04-06T11:04:00.000-07:00

So it looks like I may have made my once meat loving daughter into a vegetarian....and no not on purpose. Last week when it was 70 degrees out we decided to barbecue. I got a huge steak for Keaton and Collin to share. Kiwi, as usual, stood next to me in the kitchen as I made dinner. The whole time I was cooking she kept asking for meat to eat, she was very excited by the steak idea. As I was tenderizing the meat, it somehow slipped off the plate and landed directly on Kiwi's head! It slid down her face, hit her stomach and landed on her feet. She had cow blood all over her, poor thing just starting crying. She was less than enthusiastic to eat her dinner that night, and ever since then has been a little skittish around steak.

~ and by the way, the picture above is not of the "meat incident", seemed a little inappropriate to take pictures as she screamed while covered in blood.....just thought it was a funny picture.

Baby Blog

2008-03-25T14:32:00.000-07:00

So as most of you can tell our mother is not overly good at keeping up with this whole blog thing, so we thought we would take over and show you all what we've been up to....I mean it's been over two whole months, and in baby time that's like four years, we are very grown up! (We know there is suppose to be a dash in there, but Kiwi spilled juice on the laptop and that, along with eleven other important keys, no longer work).

REAGAN EMMA

As for me, I am a whopping nine months old now, hard to believe I know. I drive my mother insane by trying to walk already. I pride myself on how fast I can crawl, but I feel it's time to move on and keep up with my big sister, so I took my first steps last week. And I practice my walking everyday by pulling myself up on anything that will stand still for a moment, including Kiwi.

I have two bottom teeth now, see....

I enjoy my new teeth, but getting them sure does make me cranky! I am getting four new ones right now, which is awesome, makes it much easier to bite loved ones when you have upper and lower teeth....yep, I'm a biter people!!!

My hobbies, besides biting, include playing with blocks, peekaboo, stealing my sister's toys, and searching for food on the floor that I shouldn't eat. I also love to play with daddy, and really enjoy sitting on his shoulders and yanking his hair.

Kiwi loves it when I pull her hair too, she just screams with joy!

Well that's my nine months in a nutshell....a very small, baby nutshell.

Keaton Grace

I am 2 now, and it shows! I can do (and undo) so much, it's amazing! I love to climb, run, jump and twirl in circles till I am too dizzy to stand. I am also quite the talker, my vocabulary grows everyday, and I am even learning to talk in sentences!

Well, I am officially a princess. I got a throne for my second birthday from Aunta, I like to sit in it wearing my Cinderella dress and demand my family to bring me things.

I also received an art kit from Grandma and Buddy for my birthday, and boy am I good painter! Check out one of my pieces of art below, pretty good huh? I am thinking about putting a collection together and having a show sometime soon, time and place to be announced.

My parents recently decided that I was too big for my "nuni" and tried to take it away...but I showed them who was boss, now like to suck on two just to spite them.

I had a fabulous Easter, dyed eggs for the first time and then went on the big hunt for them...all while wearing my beautiful new dress that Grandma bought me. My sister had a matching one too, we were pretty darn cute (check the bunny teeth)!

My future plans for the time being are learning to share a bit better with my sister, potty training and spilling less juice... we'll see how I do!

Better late than never.....I guess

2008-01-18T14:56:00.000-08:00

I know, I know, you don't have to tell me, it's pathetic..... it has been way too long since the last post. And I will save you my long list of not-so-good excuses (does Kiwi routinely putting my camera in obscure places count as a bad excuse???) and get right to the recap of all our holiday fun!

We kicked off Christmas-palooza with a delicious Christmas Eve dinner at 4 Daughters Pub (shameless plug!!) followed by opening presents at CoCo's house. We all dressed in our finest as you can see, with Kiwi pairing her lovely Christmas dress with her once pink-now gray Uggs :)

We then headed to Portland where we spent Christmas day at Grandma and Grandpa's, or as Kiwi has taken to calling Doug, "Buddy". We had a great day; opened presents, brunched at Aunties, ate a great dinner at Juice and Robin's new house, and to top it all off, it snowed most of the day too!

After returning home we headed to Newport Beach to spend New Years with "Ry and Cole" (Ryan and Nicole). Surprisingly the girls weren't the biggest issue on the plane ride, that award goes to the eight bags we decided to bring along.....ugggghhh.

Once we got there we had so much fun, especially Kiwi, who was in high heaven with all the "bissesses" (princesses) she got to see. First Ryan and Nicole hooked us up with box seats to Disney's Princesses on Ice. Never in my life have I seen Kiwi sit for so long, she was mesmerized...and also a little disturbed when Snow White face- planted. Then the next day we all went to Disneyland. Despite the looks on their faces, they had a great time. Kiwi enjoyed seeing all of the characters, the Jungle Boat Cruise, and the parade, (but I think those churros ranked number one with her!). And of course Grandma and Buddy had to buy Reagan her first pair of ears while we were there, could she be any cuter!?! Well after a week we reluctantly headed home from our So Cal trip (70 degrees there, 30 degrees Medford) and tried to get back to some sort of normal routine. Even though our little holiday was a whirlwind, it was worth every busy second!

Song N Dance

2007-12-14T12:43:00.002-08:00

It's your lucky day.... You get a free ticket to the hottest concert in town! Keaton Lindsey is here to sing you her first single, "Mermaid and Cinderella" (in her pj's). Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FLrm8cF9Gk

Over the river and through the woods...

2007-12-04T22:09:00.000-08:00

...to grandmother's (and grandfather's) house we go! Our whirlwind Thanksgiving began with an early start at grandma CoCo's house for what else, but a pumpkin pie breakfast! We ate our pie, watched football and chased Keaton around. Then we went back home, put on our "pretties" and headed to the Skinner Family portion of our Thanksgiving. At Aunt Marcia's we ate yummy appetizers, drank wine, and chased Keaton around (the golf course this time). We then headed back to grandma CoCo's for the main attraction - dinner! As always the food was delicious and the company was absolutely entertaining, with little Sean telling us his "wishbone wish" was for it to rain a million pounds of bacon (I personally am hoping this one does not come true)! We ate more pie, Kiwi ate a plate of whip cream, chased her around again and then headed home to pack for our trip to Portland.

The next morning we woke up early, well more like Kiwi woke us up early, and drove in one straight shot (4 hours) to Portland, a true Thanksgiving miracle! The weekend was a blast, with Keaton and Reagan getting in lots of much needed Grandma and Grandpa time! The girls also enjoyed being able to spend time with all three of their uncles in the same place at the same time, pretty rare! In between all of the shopping and eating, Ian and Courtney had their engagement party, where the girls enjoyed showing all the guests what they do best; Reagan threw up on everyone (looks like Nicole doesn't mind though) and Kiwi, was well, crazy Kiwi. She ate grapes till she almost popped, threw a cue ball at her second cousin Madi (thanks Uncle Ryan) and serenaded the group with her own rendition of Bach's "Minuet" on the piano. All in all, I think she really enjoyed the fiesta. As always our trip felt way too short, with us not saying our "bu-byes" till the last possible minute...can't wait for Christmas to chase Keaton all around Portland again!

Tickle Me Reagan

2007-11-19T22:56:00.000-08:00

Reagan is so ticklish, look at this video I posted on youtube of her laughing...

www.youtube.com/lindseyladies

Happy (Belated) Halloween!

2007-11-01T16:20:00.000-07:00

"Trick-or-Treat" is right!

In anticipation of this exciting holiday filled with one of Keaton's favorite things, candy, she woke up at the crack of dawn, 5 am. Much to my surprise (ha!) she didn't want to nap for most of the day, so I was blessed with this little hyped-up on sugar, sleep deprived child who didn't know which end was up. And at any moment I didn't know if I was going to get a trick or a treat from her - kisses or screaming. At least she sat long enough (in her sister's bumbo) for me to take this hilarious picture of her and Reagan in their Halloween "day" getup.

After she woke from her much contested nap, I thought it would be fun to put her adorable "Fi Fi" the poodle costume on. She was not having it, she cried, flopped around and screamed for help as I tried to wrestle the jacket and pants on her. I finally succeeded, for one, very sad looking picture.

Reagan, taking a cue from her older sister, decided she didn't want to wear her darling little duckie costume either, and proceeded to throw-up her entire bottle all over it. So that was the end of her costume.

Kiwi, after much coercing put her costume back on and went for one trick-or-treating adventure, where she bypassed the candy they were handing out and darted inside for their dog. She really did not understand the whole concept of it...Why walk all that way for one piece of candy when you can get handfuls from willing family members???

I was lucky enough to snag two pictures of my little puppy.....

And maybe it wasn't so much luck as it was candy bribery :)

These are a few of my favorite things....

2007-10-29T12:20:00.000-07:00

Keaton has always enjoyed the finer things in Life....

She loves playing outside; running, jumping, exploring, throwing rocks, picking up leaves and poking at the occasional bug she finds.

One word - Elmo. Watching him is definitely one of the highlights of her day, and if Reagan and I are lucky, we get to sit on the couch and watch with her!

Another favorite that gives Kiwi thrills (and mom heart attacks), is circus training. She balances, hangs and climbs, and the higher up the furniture the better!

Being silly!

She makes me laugh everyday,

by dressing up, or down...don't ask,

nobody knows.....

Jumphouses with Aunta! A great find during our visit to the pumpkin patch. She enjoyed it so much that she now jumps non-stop in her crib!

And no one can tickle, chase or throw Kiwi in the air quiet like Daddy can!

Playing with him would be her favorite of all if she hadn't just discovered something so fun and new that she can do!

So what is the latest and greatest thing this cute little lady likes to do????

Throw UNBELIEVABLE Fits!

And we are not just talking a little crying here and there. We are talking about full-on throw yourself on the ground, growling, hyperventilating, 10 minute meltdowns. And what leads to these? ANYTHING!! If you hand her the wrong color popsicle, peel her string cheese the wrong way (as CoCo knows), tell her not to swing off the chandelier, etc.... And to think she hasn't even turned two yet.....

You Kiss Your Sister With That Mouth?

2007-10-27T15:51:00.000-07:00

Today, for breakfast of course, Keaton wanted a huge Halloween bat cookie. Being the strict mother that I am, I let her indulge, I mean after all it is Halloween! But instead of eating her delectable treat, she decided to lick off every speck of festive black sprinkle that decorated it. This was the messy result:

As Kiwi finished her "lollipop", she decided that her little sister shouldn't have to miss out on all the holiday fun! So she got Reagan in on this celebration by kissing her repeatedly on the head with that dirty mouth. And this was the (second) messy result:

A happy, Eddie Munster-esque, Reagan. Who delighted in every black sticky kiss, but of course she did, I mean after all it is Halloween!