Happy Friday!!!

Pumpkin Carving...

is not for the wimpy! Mommy almost went into labor last night trying to gut one of our ginormous pumpkins. We had a good time watching her slave away, dissecting the innards of this orange beast. Auntie TT and Grammy also helped with the endeavor. I even got to hold a knife at one point (promptly taken away by Mommy and replaced with a paint brush). VV much preferred the stickers and coloring to the actual carving. Here are some pics of our carving extravaganza.

xoxo S

6 weeks and counting...

so, Mommy is due to have our baby brother in 6 weeks. I know... it's crazy, people! We can't wait to meet our baby brother. In the midst of Mom's already crazy, Type-A tendencies, she is nesting like a freakazoid and therefore taking her anxious OCD to new, higher levels. The baby's room is almost done (minus his tailored roman shades-- coming this week!). Daddy bought Mommy her behemoth Cadillac Escalade ESV yesterday so that baby boy can fit comfortably in his own car seat and not be strapped to the roof of her old car. While all of this bustling was going on, Mommy also decided to take pregnancy/family shots with her dear friend, Lauri Levenfeld of Zoom Photography (http://zoomphotography.net/) as a last hurrah and a precursor to the infamous Kinney Christmas card. This year's will have an added bonus, a picture of baby boy... that is if he's not 3 weeks late ;)

Here are some shots of the past week and some candids of Lauri photographing us :)

xoxo S&V

Mickey, I mean, Minnie Mouse here...

In honor of my second birthday yesterday, M&D threw me a costume gala at the casa. We had 30 kids all donning their best costumes. I was Mickey Mouse... well, technically I was "Minnie," but Mommy and Daddy didn't have the heart to correct me. It was a spectacular day and boy was I pooped when all was over. Ms. Cathy conducted a music class for the group and we had a ladybug there doing balloons and face painting. She may have been off of her rocker, but we didn't care... heck, the weirder the better ;) Here are some shots of my big day. Happy Birthday to ME!!! xoxo V-V

Grammy's Birthday!

M&D hosted the famdanga at our casa last night in honor of Grammy Jo turning 52. That's right... she's now TWO years past 50 and well, if we don't say so ourselves, she looks MARVELOUS. Grammy has been working out and watching what she eats and boy does it show. Go Grammy Go! We love you! Here are some pics of our fab night. xoxo S&V

Ask (nicely and with a sweet smile) and you shall receive...

So, for months VV and I have been bugging Mom and Dad for a deluxe playhouse outside... a castle, to be straight. It wasn't until we cuddled up with Grampy on the couch during our daily "Go Diego Go" viewing and whispered sweet nothings into his ear, specifically our desire for a Kinney Castle, that our demands were met. Grampy, being the softie that he is, couldn't resist his precious granddaughters (we are precious, if I don't say so myself!) and got to work getting bids from subcontractors the next day. Grammy designed the house, Grampy got his men to build it and wahhh laaaa... the pictures display a little piece of the Kinney girls' outdoor heaven. We have had a blast playing in it and darting down the slide at light speed. Thank you, Daddy, for footing the bill and thanks to Grammy and Grampy for your design-build team effort. We love it! xoxo Stella & Violet

I want this one and that one, and that one and this one...

After a 50 minute escapade through the streets of Roseville looking for a pumpkin patch that apparently hasn't existed in two years, Daddy decided to turn the car back around on I-80 and head toward Natomas' Bastiao Farms. A patch we visited last year with lots of fun. We walked away with 18 pumpkins (okay, okay, some were small gords)!!! Mommy just can't say no sometimes.