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!