Camping

Our new camping pictures are up for everybody to see (go to the link on the right of the page or click here)! We had a lot of fun. Noelle and I stayed in a two room cabin. She wanted to sleep on the bunk beds at first, but she got a bit intimidated by it and ended up sharing a bed with me. She loved sleeping in her sleeping bag and just being outdoors in general.

When asked, "playing" was her favorite thing to do... when asked in more detail she liked throwing sticks in the lake (which are in our pictures), playing with the two Ashleys, and the hay ride (which had no hay) where she got to howl at the moon with Aunt Sue (who Noelle reminds me was being a lamp by holding the light while cooking Friday night). She definitely did not want to go home, but it was time. She was happy to see Baby Liv and her toys when returning back to the house. Although, we miss the fresh outdoors air already!

Plenty of pictures are up and we had plenty of fun. We will definitely be back next year.

I am not a rockstar.

So apparently "Rock star" is not a nickname Noelle likes. I (and many others) end up calling her that when she's decked out in all her bangles and sparkles. We are quick to be corrected that she is a Princess and not a Rock Star. Usually a conversation with Noelle goes like this when somebody meets her for the first time (or hasn't seen her in awhile): "My name is Noelle Claudia Chase. Sometimes I am called Princess Noelle. And I call myself Cinderella." And occasionally she throws in at the end: "And I have three cousins... Logan, Kaiden, and Baby Madelyn."

Noelle is excited this week because we went to the pumpkin patch where she picked out a pumpkin for herself. We will be taking the pumpkin to a class at the zoo called "Wildlife Pumpkin Painting." She wants to pain zebras, but I don't know what the class is about so we'll see. A picture will definitely get posted of it. She is also excited because I'm taking her camping with the Hilliards this weekend. We'll be staying in a cabin, but I think she's mostly excited to get some Noelle/Mama time. I'm sure there will be picture of that up too.

For Halloween, Miss Noelle is going to be a fairy princess. I bought her pink wings to go with her fancy pink princess dress... which you will see in her birthday pictures.

Her birthday party was fun. It was a bowling party at the local duckpin bowling lanes at the Bellevue Knights of Columbus. A few of her friends from school came: Raven, Caroline, and Nathaniel. Tia, a 'distant' relative of some sort, came as well. The adults were the usual suspects really. :) You know who you are!! The theme was princess so she had her Disney princess cake. The kids had a blast bowling and the parents were all great helping. Of course, the presents were the highlight for her. To go with her new fancy pants princess castle doll house, she has several new princess barbie dolls and horse. She loved everything she got from everybody. We read all the new books almost every day. She plays with all her new Barbies... and many sleep beside her on her pillow, as well. Apparently, it is great being 4.