Fall Random

Sorry I've been MIA for almost a month!  I've gone through my pictures from the last few weeks for a catch-up post.

Oct. 28- Happy Atley girl!

Oct. 29- Abby and I went with my dad to a dental conference in St. Louis

Oct. 31- Nora got "The Book With No Pictures" for her birthday from Abby and Alex

They LOVE it!  It's hilarious! 

Nov. 2- Nora's last tumbling class, doing a "back flip"!

Nov. 3- Nora is almost as big as the puzzle!

Nov. 6- Jared made me a birthday brownie!  Nora thinks I'm 6 years old, so my brownie had to have a 6 :)

My birthday dinner at Monicals (with a couple extra kids!)

Nov. 7- Nora's first time getting her nails done!

Beautiful girl!

Spooky Birthday Party

We had Nora's birthday party on Saturday (the 31st).  We had a fox, scooby-doo, Princess Elsa, Princess Belle, 2 medieval princesses, 2 medieval knights, phantom of the opera, a league of their own baseball player, Hero (from Big Hero 6), a wolf and a skunk in attendance!  I think all the kids had a great time.  Or at least I hope they did!

We started with snacks and cupcakes!

Snack setup

Spiderweb brownie

Clementine/grape pumpkin patch

Spooky birthday cupcakes

Nora (the fox) and neighborhood friends

Cupcake time!

Happy 4th Birthday Nora!

Playing pin the spider on the web!

Decorating masks

Nora is into it :)

Present time!

Such a fun time we had!  Along with Nora's friends, Grandma Karen & Grandpa, Grandma Terri & Pop, and Dustin & Amanda came too!!  We are so blessed with great friends and family!  Thanks to everyone who made her day special :)!

Trick or Treat

Trick or treat night was last night (Halloween night).  The weather was awful, but that didn't stop the fun had by our fox and wolf.  The skunk and I stayed home to hand out candy.  The amount of candy we have in our house right now is obnoxious!  It's crazy!  WAY too much candy over here!

Cute little skunk, watching out the window :)

Nora is ready to go

It was a soggy night, but Ethan didn't care. 

A wet fox came to trick or treat at my door!

Haha!

Dried off and checking out their haul.  

Happy Halloween from the Collier kids!

Boo at the Zoo 2015

Our annual Boo at the Zoo trip was on Friday night.  We went with our neighbors, the Paulsons, and had a great time!  The weather was great and the kids came home with quite the bucket of goodies.
We went for woodland creatures this year.  I don't know if they will always coordinate, but it sure is fun :)!

The Fox, Skunk and Wolf

Tails :)

Ethan, Zach, Atley, Nora & Liz at Boo at the Zoo

Getting some candy from Minnie Mouse and Yoda

Ethan- petting a chinchilla 

Checking out a giant pumpkin

Crazy wolf!

Happy fox!

Liz and Nora on the carousel

No hands Ethan on the carousel

Birthdays

Monday (October 26) was Nora's 4th birthday and Jared's 10th birthday (according to Nora)!  We had a fun day of celebrating.  We started the day with presents under Nora's bed (a long standing tradition from my childhood).
Nora is so full of life and personality!  No one who has met her will disagree with that!  She says the funniest things (which I should be writing down).  She gives the biggest hugs always followed by a kiss :).  She is such a blessing to our family and definitely keeps us on our toes.  Happy 4th birthday Nora D.  We love you so much!

She chose the biggest first

It's a new scooter!

Excited about Anna and Elsa Tsum Tsums!

I love Ethan's expression here.  They were both excited about the Puppy Surprise

That mama dog had 5 puppies!  Happy kids :)

We followed presents up with breakfast.  Which was of course, the birthday donut!

Daddy got a present that morning too :)

A new Cardinals golf hat!

Trying out her new scooter...in the house

 I requested to be the snack helper in Nora's preschool class that day so I could spend some extra time with the birthday girl and bring in a special birthday treat for her class.  It was a good morning in preschool!

Birthday snack with my girl at school!

The birthday kids chose dinner and it was a great way to wrap up a wonderful day! 

I love these 2 so so much!  Happy Birthday to the birthday buddies :)!