SNOW!!!

Yes, it actually snowed here today and it actually stuck a little bit to Emily's swingset, the grass, the roof and our cars!!! We were outside at 8:45 playing in the snow and Emily had a blast. She remembered that she had "mowed" the snow last year, so she had to mow the snow again this year. It was really pretty and snowed off and on all day!

Decorating

Between all of the food, family and Thanksgivings we actually managed to get ALL of our Christmas decorations put up this weekend...inside and out! Very exciting! Emily is so excited about Christmas this year! She can't wait to see Santa and ask for a Cinderella swim doll and light-up shoes like Sterlings :) I think she got a little bored once she realized exactly what decorating was (and that there was a lot of glass stuff that she couldn't play with!). But, once we got her tree put up and found all of the Christmas toys and books she seemed ok! Emily loves her tree! She has to go to sleep with it on at night now! This morning we were awakened by the musical talents of Emily singing "O Christmas Tree" to her little tree....at 6:30AM!!! I hope this is not an everyday occurence or Emily may not have a tree in her room anymore! Here are some cute pics from our decorating this year!

Thanksgiving #2

On Friday, we had Thanksgiving #2 at Gigi's house. It was a nice relaxing day, we cooked another great lunch, put up Gigi's Christmas tree and then drove around and looked at Christmas lights! Emily did not take a nap all day, but was actually in a pretty good mood! She did fall asleep pretty quickly on the way home! Again, only a couple of pictures...I get so busy doing stuff, I forget to take pics! Enjoy!

Helping Daddy fix the pies!

Emily fixed her very own bowl of dressing...yum!

Licking the beaters (they were only mashed potatoes! :) I don't know where she gets that from!

Thanksgiving #1

On Thursday we had Thanksgiving #1 with Mimi, Bub, Grandma, Pa, Aunt Le, Uncle Buzz, Kevin and Rachel. It was a great Thanksgiving! Thursday morning we made 4 pans of Grandma's famous dressing! I didn't get very many pictures, but the ones I did get are pretty cute!

Trying on Mimi's earrings :)
Enjoying Thanksgiving dinner!

Lily's Birthday Party

Last week Emily's friend Lily turned 3, so we went to her Elmo birthday party on Monday night. Emily was excited ALL DAY about going to the party. She even got over the fact that the Princess Shoes were Lily's, not Emily's! The party was great, there was pizza and cupcakes with RED icing...thanks Tracey :) Then Lily opened her presents, with a little help from everyone! After that, they got to play in a big climby-thing (I don't know what they're called....think Chick-Fil-A play area) and then they got to jump in a big bouncy house! Needless to say, I think Emily slept VERY well that night. Unfortunately I didn't take my camera to the party :( However, as part of her party favors, Emily got 6 Sesame Street ponytail holders and as soon as we got home she wanted ALL 6 of them in her hair. So, I got a few cute pics of her running around with her new Sesame Street ponytails! Thank you Lance, Tracey & Lily for a great birthday party, Emily still talks about it and sings Happy Birthday to Lily :)

Tis The Season

I cannot believe that the Holiday Season is already upon us! Santa Claus is already at the mall! We went downtown last night. They have the lighting of the square and a parade around the square welcoming Santa Claus. Emily loved it! We met up with her friend Caroline and they had a great time. She also got to ride the ponies! Emily is going to ask for Cinderellas and light up shoes from Santa. Actually, any toy she sees she says she is going to ask Santa for! Uh oh!

Getting ready to go, she put on her gloves and hat all by herself :)

Kind of a silly smile, but still cute!

She really enjoyed the parade...can you tell!

Her and Caroline posing...kind of!

She loves to ride the ponies!

Isn't She Cute!

I thought Emily looked especially cute the other night! We went to the bookstore to pick out new Thanksgiving and Christmas books and to see the Christmas lights at the mall. She is such a big girl now!

Splish Splash . . .

Emily has discovered Mommy and Daddy's bathtub...aka the one that makes bubbles ;) Now that she is big enough, she can actually take baths in our bathtub now and she loves it!!! She would take a bath in there every night if we would let her, but we just use it for special nights!

We're Pregnant!!!

For those of you who don't know, this is a picture of my sister and I and yes...we are both pregnant!!!! Vicky is due June 17th, so she is about 8 weeks along. I am due June 1st, so I am about 10 weeks along. Both of us are doing well, other than being majorly exhausted all the time! This will be Vicky and Jeremy's first so they are way excited!! We are very excited as well! We haven't told Emily yet, but I know she will be excited once she realizes what is going on!

Our Singing Star

The other night Emily had to put Ariel to bed before she went to bed! It was so cute, she rocked her and sang to her, then covered her up with a blanket and put her to bed on her changing table! It was TOO CUTE :) And yes, she is only 2!!!!!



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Halloween Activities

Well, we have had a whole week of Halloween this year! I waited to post all of the activities together! There are quite a few new entries with lots of pictures so enjoy (the last new post is "Let the Festivities Begin")!

Finally Halloween Night

Emily and Daddy really went Trick or Treating this year! She has been so excited about it, even though she didn't really know what it was until after we went to Daddy's work. I had to wake her up from her nap on Friday and she popped her head up and said "Now it's time to go Trick or Treating?"!! It was so cute! I was afraid she was going to be in a bad mood, but not at all! After they went around the neighborhood Emily helped hand out candy at the door. I think that was as good as actually Trick or Treating! She would get so excited when the doorbell rang, it was cute!

Trick or Treating at Daddy's Work

Every year Charles' office has Trick or Treating on Halloween. Last year Emily did OK but she was pretty shy. This year she knew just what she was doing! She just marched around and got candy from everyone! She even said "Trick or Treat" and "Thank You"...we were very proud :) Emily was introduced to candy at Tarah's Halloween party so she is actually wanting to eat her candy too this year! We'll have to see about that!

Let's see, where does this go?

Let's get another one.

Posing!

What all is in there?

"I do it my self Daddy."

All finished!

Pumpkin Carving

Emily and Daddy carved pumpkins on Thursday night. She is such a big girl! She wanted to help Daddy carve so bad! There are also a couple of pictures from the last 2 Halloweens....look how much she has grown!!!

Emily's 1st Halloween!

Emily's 2nd Halloween!

Emily's 3rd Halloween!

Oh the concentration it takes to carve a pumpkin!

Isn't she cute!

Two of a kind!

All finished!

Halloween Party

On Tuesday, my friend Tarah had a Halloween party at her house. Emily was supposed to wear her costume to the party, but she ripped it on Monday night so Adrianne had to repair it! The kids got to decorate cookies and cupcakes, were wrapped up as Mummy's, went on a "Ghost Hunt", danced to the strobe light and glowed under the black light! Emily really had fun, thank you so much Tarah!

She is concentrating so hard :)

All the hard work paid off!

She wasn't exactly looking at the camera, but it's still cute!

What a party!

Getting Mummified

My cute little Mummy!