A "Frozen" evening

Audrey and Kate went to see the new Disney movie, "Frozen," with their friends Charlie and Finley this evening. They enjoyed the movie, as well as the movie popcorn (Kate helped finish off a large tub of it). The movie had opened today, and so they got to see one of the first showings in Portland. It was their first time seeing a wide-release, first-run film in a "real" theater (usually they go to the Kennedy School to see movies ending their theater run).

Honey Grandpa's birthday

Audrey and Kate helped Honey Grandpa celebrate his birthday this evening.

Audrey hosts a "sleepover"

Audrey hosted a "sleepover" this evening for her friends Hannah, Cecily, and Claudia. They had pizza for dinner,  watched an "Eloise" show in the basement, then called it a night at 8 pm.

Edgefield staycation

Audrey and Kate spent the weekend with cousins Lily and Cora at the McMenamins Edgefield. The girls and Lily loved playing on the bunkbeds in Audrey and Kate's room.

On Saturday, the girls braved the rain to visit Multnomah Falls, stopping at Crown Point and the Vista House on the way. In the afternoon, they went for a dip in the soaking pool. On Sunday, they toured Edgefield grounds and posed for some pictures before checking out and heading home.

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Kate's Beauty Bar

Mama let the girls look through and try on -- and try out on her -- some surplus makeup items this afternoon.

Master builder

Audrey assembled her gift from the "Candy Witch" this morning. She asked Dada one question about the instructions but otherwise put together the whole thing herself.

Halloween 2013

Audrey and Kate had a busy, fun, sugary Halloween night tonight. They rushed home from ballet (Audrey) and preschool to get ready for trick-or-treating. GG, Aunt Jill, Uncle Mark, and cousins Lily and Cora braved rush-hour traffic to join in the fun. Everyone enjoyed a festive Halloween-themed dinner of "mummy dogs" and some creative and healthy side dishes prepared by Aunt Jill before suiting up and heading out on the candy hunt.

After hitting a few neighbor's houses, the girls met up with Audrey and Kate's friends Charlie and Finley and headed towards the "Holiday House," which, as always, was drawing a huge crowd and dispensing loads of candy to a long line of trick-or-treaters (one of the owners said on the news that she had candy for 3,000 people). Elvis was back after taking last year off, and there was a Voodoo Donuts van selling donuts and a rumored flash-mob performance of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" dance (although we didn't actually see it). The kids met up with Hannah and Noah at the Holiday House and continued trick-or-treating for a bit before heading home to count their candy and get it ready to donate to the "Candy Witch."