And my vote goes to....

....BRIELLE! Voted top make-up artist candidate, for doing an amazing job on Raya's makeup last night at our fancy "spa party" hehe.

Raya absolutely LOVED her little sister's handiwork :-)

"Do I have lipstick on my  teeth?"

The spa party last night was quite a success. I let Raya do Brielle's makeup and then  Brielle  got to do Raya's. They thought they were hot stuff  using Mama's makeup.

They  both love the powder brush!

We did nails  as well!

This was the first time I've  ever let Raya do her  own nails. She was so thrilled, and took  it *very* seriously haha.

We had to do our tootsies as well!

Blowing on her toes so they  will  dry lol

In other  news, today  with my neice and nephew here it's safe to say the house is being destroyed, as usual haha. I  even found a play credit card *inside* Brielle's diaper when I went to change her today! LOL...those little toy pieces really do get everywhere! :-P

Raya's poor bedroom after about 15 minutes of playing...

Which leads me  to this:

The ever growing  pile of toys to sell! As Christmas  approaches I want to warn you all---think carefully about what goes on your  kids' wish lists this year! I mean, really, why did I have so many baby toys?! haha. And they all look  brand new, so someone (not me) will be getting an awesome deal on "used" toys this year...and I"m wishing I could find someone with equally nice stuff for my girls' ages now so that I didn't have to waste money on new either! 

Caillou isn't a baby toy, but I think we're also selling him. Remember how he was Raya's MUST HAVE toy from Santa last year? Well, she loved him in theory, but in actuality he totally confused her because she knew he wasn't a baby that you push in a stroller and feed a bottle (because he's 4 after all! ;-) ....but since he's a doll what else do you really do with him? And so for that reason he pretty much sits  unused. We'll  see  if I can sell him, considering Santa spent a pretty penny on that stinkin' doll! haha

Switching to a completely new  subject, I don't think Raya misses Lee at all  while he's gone...in fact, she s eems pretty thrilled with the steady stream of special activities we've been doing. First a spa party, and now today "baking" cookies!! (aka, putting them on a pan ;-)

Sugar  high! And they haven't even  eaten them  yet :-)

And now, some cousin lovin'

Harper's mom when to the presidential rally last night, and so  today Harper and Sawyer  were sportin' some political  pins hehe

And so there  you have  it---my very disjointed update today! And while I have now declared that  my vote goes to Miss Brielle, there is another vote taking place today (in case you hadn't heard :-)  ....and regarding *that* vote I would like to say this:

Source: someecards.com via Carolyn on Pinterest

Happy election day! ;-)