A month of cakes

Wow, it has almost been a month.  We have been busy, so lots of pictures.

Sam and I went with some friends to Disney on ice.  It was impressive, but a bit long for me.  She was so excited.  Showing off tickets.

                              

They did some impressive skating, but this was the coolest, Ariel spinning in the air.

We love college football, so we get in the spirit.  GT has not performed, but ND is doing well.

Next, we celebrated Nick's birthday.  Each of the girls picked a balloon for him.  Zoey wanted the one with the dog.  She loves bopping it.

Early in our marriage I made Nick a cubs pillow.  I then took it back to use when nursing and since it has been spit up on and washed so many times, it is sad.  I made him another for his birthday.  

I made Nick some Jack Daniels cupcakes, but Sam and I made a family friendly peanut butter fudge with a chocolate topping.  Even Zoey got some because I introduced her to peanut butter the week before.  Yum!

Nick and I both love Dr. Pepper, so my parents found this shirt which Zoey said "shirt, shirt" and wore around.

Reminds me of another Kelling girl :)

Zoey has also been wearing our shoes.  

Sam is really into drawing and Zoey likes to copy her big sister.  I pulled out some of the packing paper left from our move and let them have a big canvas.

It was hard to keep Zoey from Sam's but Sam was a good sport and did not freak out when Zoey drew on hers.

Tackle daddy is a popular game in our house.  Now Nick has to defend against 2 girls.  Zoey gets the cutest faces when she is rushing in.  Such a riot!

I hosted a playdate for Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Check out the cake I made!

Sam got in the spirit and drew a pirate!

We also attended an elephant day playdate.  I hosted it last year.  Here is Zoey and one of her best friends swinging.

That afternoon she followed me into the bathroom and refused to leave when I did.  I went on thinking she would follow and when I realized she had not and went back, I found her in my drawer with a lotion container opened and spread all over her leg!  This girl is trouble!

She has also been refusing to sit in her highchair, so we moved her to a booster and use the highchair for time out after she hits.  But she does think climbing in and out is great fun.

We are Zoo members and in September they honor memberships at the Aquarium and Science museum.  They call it Swaptember.  So we went out to the aquarium with my mom.  Zoey had a blast pointing to the fish/turtles/etc and saying "Nana, 'urtle"; "Mama, fish", etc.

Sam wanted a turn with the camera.  She snapped a pic of an alligator...

And a shark.

 It was also my birthday.  I was really spoiled.  For the first time, Nick (and my mom) took the girls to paint pottery for me.  He has several mugs, but this is my first.  I also got other gifts and a whole afternoon out with friends.  They kidnapped me, took me for a pedicure, dinner, and cake.  I did not get home until pretty late.  And Zoey even did pretty well.

Zoey with some silly bath hair.  She has wisps on the side and it is thicker, but nothing like the curls Sam had.  She still gets confused for a boy sometimes, but I am sure she will grow hair.

 We went to a park playdate and she did not even hesitate, just scaled right up the climbing wall.

We had a month packed with birthdays and playdates on top of school and work.  We even have more plans for this weekend.