Luckily the kids got to dine on hotdogs and s'mores at their "Hoe Down" lunch this afternoon, and Grace was so excited to don her special cowgirl gear, too.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Hoe Down Day
This week in Pre-K, the kids have been exploring the Old Wild West. They've been doing all sorts of cowboy crafts and have apparently also been learning about a cowboy's cuisine as Grace told me this morning that "cowboys only eat dry biscuits and beans."
Luckily the kids got to dine on hotdogs and s'mores at their "Hoe Down" lunch this afternoon, and Grace was so excited to don her special cowgirl gear, too.
Luckily the kids got to dine on hotdogs and s'mores at their "Hoe Down" lunch this afternoon, and Grace was so excited to don her special cowgirl gear, too.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
"Their" Basement
I am still getting used to the fact that we now have a basement. The girls absolutely love it. They would stay in "their" basement all day and night if I'd let them. And sometimes, I'm tempted to!
I'll have to admit that it is nice to have a place to put all of the toys other than my family room. And I even find myself joining them down there quite often to play with Pixos and Princess Lee Press-on nails.
They didn't make them that fancy when I was little!
I'll have to admit that it is nice to have a place to put all of the toys other than my family room. And I even find myself joining them down there quite often to play with Pixos and Princess Lee Press-on nails.
They didn't make them that fancy when I was little!
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Happy Birthday, Aunt Stacy!
We love and miss you (and would post a picture of your pretty face if we had a recent one!). We hope you have a wonderful day!
Monday, October 31, 2011
...and Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday, Corey! Hope your golden birthday (31 on the 31st!) was as special as you are.
Happy Halloween...
Happy Halloween! This morning, the girls woke up to discover that the Great Pumpkin (Grace has clearly been watching Charlie Brown) had left both of them a little bag of treats on the kitchen table.
Then, the countdown to costume time began...
After the party we hit the streets of the hood with our new neighbors and loaded the kids up with plenty of candy to feed me, er, them for the next month.
And what a way to make a great first impression but to knock on a neighbor's (that I had only just met 10 minutes prior) door so that Bonnie could use her facilities. Remember the diarrhea? Luckily, there were no accidents, but...EMBARRASSING!
One more thing about Bonnie. While she was walking up to a house to trick-or-treat, she tripped over a crack in the sidewalk and landed face first on the pavement. Poor girl had a very rough day. You might be able to notice the giant strawberry in the middle of her forehead in the next post...
Then, the countdown to costume time began...
We had a very busy day leading up to costume time. I still had to get Corey his birthday present (a new pancake griddle) and go to the store to get chili fixins for his birthday dinner before nap time.
Meanwhile, Bonnie picked today to have her very first ever bout with diarrhea. I was hoping it would just happen a couple of times, but alas, it was a 24 hour ordeal. Oh, and I also discovered a giant nail in my tire when we left to run our errands.
All that couldn't didn't slow us down one bit, though (nevermind my little temper tantrum amid the chaos), and once Mimi and Gramps arrived we were off to the costume party. Have I ever mentioned how much we LOVE our new neighborhood?!
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| Grace with her new neighbor and (boy)friend, Alex |
After the party we hit the streets of the hood with our new neighbors and loaded the kids up with plenty of candy to feed me, er, them for the next month.
And what a way to make a great first impression but to knock on a neighbor's (that I had only just met 10 minutes prior) door so that Bonnie could use her facilities. Remember the diarrhea? Luckily, there were no accidents, but...EMBARRASSING!
One more thing about Bonnie. While she was walking up to a house to trick-or-treat, she tripped over a crack in the sidewalk and landed face first on the pavement. Poor girl had a very rough day. You might be able to notice the giant strawberry in the middle of her forehead in the next post...
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Costume Preview
This year I pretty much had to hit the jackpot with the girls' Halloween costumes. Grace, aka The Spider Queen, was lucky enough to get to borrow Emma's costume from last year (we will be very careful with it, I promise!!) and Bonnie's costume is a rip-off of one I saw for $50 on Zulily.
Don't get me wrong, I love Zulily and I am a very loyal customer, but when I saw that little ghost costume I knew I could make it myself for a lot less. At least the tutu part.
A little elastic band, some white tulle, and a $5 Target t-shirt (and a very generous best friend named Ceylese who has an embroidery machine) and volia! A ghost costume.
Corey's new office (did I ever mentioned that while selling a house, packing, buying a house, moving living with my parents, renovating, and moving again Corey changed jobs???)
Anyway, his new firm had a little Halloween party (seriously, another party!) for all of the families and the girls were beyond excited to get dressed up and go visit their daddy at work.
They got to go office door to office door and treat-or-treat, or "trick-or-cheese" as Bonnie liked to say.
Between the two of them, the girls have already collected an inordinate amount of candy. I guess I'll just have to help them get rid of it.
After the party we went to dinner at Maggiano's. Yum!
Don't get me wrong, I love Zulily and I am a very loyal customer, but when I saw that little ghost costume I knew I could make it myself for a lot less. At least the tutu part.
A little elastic band, some white tulle, and a $5 Target t-shirt (and a very generous best friend named Ceylese who has an embroidery machine) and volia! A ghost costume.
Corey's new office (did I ever mentioned that while selling a house, packing, buying a house, moving living with my parents, renovating, and moving again Corey changed jobs???)
Anyway, his new firm had a little Halloween party (seriously, another party!) for all of the families and the girls were beyond excited to get dressed up and go visit their daddy at work.
They got to go office door to office door and treat-or-treat, or "trick-or-cheese" as Bonnie liked to say.
Between the two of them, the girls have already collected an inordinate amount of candy. I guess I'll just have to help them get rid of it.
After the party we went to dinner at Maggiano's. Yum!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Pancake Sunday and Halloween at "Memo and Pop Pop's"
Due to illness (Grace woke up with a fever on Friday morning and was still under the weather on Saturday morning), we moved Pancake Saturday to Sunday.
Even if she had been well, we still would have had to move our weekly tradition. She had her last soccer game at 9am. She was devastated to miss her very last game and the party afterward, but was thrilled to be all better on Sunday to eat pancakes and go to her grandparents' house for another Halloween party.
The Hostess - Memaw, aka, Memo, as Bonnie says.
It was a great day for a party. Memaw and Pop Pop (Bonnie is apparently renaming all the grandparents) had all sorts of toys set up outside for the kiddos and even hid Halloween goodies for them to hunt.
We all had a great time eating, playing outside in the beautiful weather and celebrating Corey's birthday a little early!
Even if she had been well, we still would have had to move our weekly tradition. She had her last soccer game at 9am. She was devastated to miss her very last game and the party afterward, but was thrilled to be all better on Sunday to eat pancakes and go to her grandparents' house for another Halloween party.
The Hostess - Memaw, aka, Memo, as Bonnie says.
It was a great day for a party. Memaw and Pop Pop (Bonnie is apparently renaming all the grandparents) had all sorts of toys set up outside for the kiddos and even hid Halloween goodies for them to hunt.
We all had a great time eating, playing outside in the beautiful weather and celebrating Corey's birthday a little early!
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