I'm out of order

Something's happening when I load the pictures so these are all over the board so work with me a little.......

Grace had a H'ween party at school today, and they went to the nearby retirement village for a visit and to do some songs....Grace is in the middle in the off-white dress...
I think this is when they first arrived.....

Grace was very excited about riding the "short bus"....she's 4 from the left...

Grace before daycare and school this morning....

She loves the camera.....

Grace and the rest of her class.....

Grace trying a chocolate cupcake in her OFF-WHITE costume....she kept it clean, though.....

The cupcake.....5 legs on one side, so he's always tipping to the right....

Grace buckled into the short bus.....

The pumpkin gang......

Grace and Alison on the way to their first house tonight....

The girls ready to head out for some treating......no tricks......

Little Red Riding Hood is ready to go.....

All dressed up and ready to go.....

Grace and her class making silly faces.....

Alison at the end of the night of walking around the neighborhood.... Heading to the 2nd house.....

Showing off all their candy.....Alison picking out some candy.....

Waiting for the door....

Just a couple of photos

This is what Grace wore for picture day today......
And proving that not every day is a Happy Day at our house, Miss Teething 2008!

Only Child for the day

Grace had two birthday parties to go to today so Alison had quite a bit of being with just mom and dad this afternoon. We took a few photos...

Alison helps me make the middle layer of a Boston Cream Pie for Uncle Brian's visit.....(He had a layover in Bloomington)

Here, she samples what was left in the bowl (pudding mixed with cool whip)...and she's got a little ponytail action going.
Looks like she's trying to catch the score of the game....
She got to sample the chocolate layer that went on top of the cake....

"Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze!"

Fun Weekends.....

It's been some busy times socially in the Storm household and we remembered to take our camera a long for a few of them......this first set is a trip to do some shopping in Champaign...their mall has a real fun kids' play area.....

Alison is queen of the slide.....

Livin' on the edge.....of the slide......
One of the few times Grace sat still in the play area......
Playing Hop-Scotch........
Grace went to a friend's birthday part yesterday afternoon...they had it at Cookie Cutters which is a kid haircut place.....they got hair-do's and manicures..... (Dad stayed home from this one for obvious reasons)......Here, Grace waits for her turn....
Getting the hair-do started......
They curled her bangs and did two little braids that connected in the back....
Look Madge, I soaked in it......
The birthday girl, Shae, showing off her new hairstyle.....
Getting the final touches put on....

Grace went with a purple-pink alternating style......
Sunday morning, and wearing a new outfit for church......
Grace and a little girl I like to call Al-i-tude......
It was really nice outside today, and Alison decided to try out Grace's rollerskating helmet and knee pads.....

The Wow Factor

I don't know if this captured that great, but here's a video of Alison attacking me and me trying to fend her off by lifting her up in the air.....

Fall Follies

After Jammy Time the other night, we started goofing around......here's our version of "there were three in the bed, and the little one said, 'Rollover!'".....Either that, or Alison wants to know what that noise just was.
This is BY FAR the cheesiest grin she's ever had.....maybe it's a grimace??
"Girls just wanna have fun!"
"I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeVille"
The Dynamic Duo.....

Nana and Papa came for a visit this weekend.....here, Alison waits for a trip to go buy pumpkins.
Grace can't figure out which one to pick.....
Alison was on a mission to find the right one.....
Posing in the mini Pumpkin Patch.....

"If I lift with my legs, and not my back, I should be ok"....

The Pumpkin Gates.......
Grace wanted to draw a scary face on her pumpkin......
The pumpkins look huge in this picture thanks to the angle....
BOO!