Winter Skin Survival Products

The Body Shop Vitamin E Face Mist.  Two sprays of this and it feels like you just had a facial. 
Available from thebodyshop.com

Garnier Moisture Rescue Gel Cream with Vitamin E and Grape Water Extract
This stuff is amazing! I use it multiple times a day 365 days a year. 
Easily found at Walmart or any pharmacy.

Kiehl's Midnight Eye Recovery
A little dab on each eye at night turns back the hands of time...seriously!
Amazon has great prices on Kiehl's products.

Canus Petite Chevre Goat's Milk Lotion
Meant for little ones, but I use it as an all over moisturizer. Nothing compares when the temps drop and my skin starts to crack.
Amazon is a good place to get this product also.

The best lip conditioner and a cinch to find at any grocery store or pharmacy.

The Body Shop tea Tree Oil Blemish Stick
Tea tree oil is a miracle worker and minimizes breakouts within hours.
Available from thebodyshop.com

Kiehl's Ultra Facial Moisturizer SPF 15
Combats my dry Winter skin without being too greasy, and has the SPF the experts say is needed even during the Winter.
Again amazon is a great resource for Kiehl's.

Any other Winter skin favorites??? Please share...

Karate

Karate...wish we had found this years ago.
Here are the details:
Twice a week
Two different do jos
Two rotating teachers
Soo Bahk Do (Korean Karate)
Discipline
Focus
Respect
Diversity
It's good...really good for them.

Winter White

White Done Right

(Images from Decorpad)

The 3 amigos...just before going into the Discovery Center in Binghamton.  They are at the best ages right now! 

White Done Right

Princess and the Pea

One of CC's favorite presents from Santa...check out the adorable little pea.  It will be a miracle if we don't lose it :)

Moveable Alphabet

Santa brought the girls a "moveable alphabet".  It is a language manipulative they use at school.  The possibilities are endless with it, and I find myself dipping into my teacher archives to create little lessons for the girls.  The cool thing is they love it!  Here is Natalie spelling words for random oblects she collected around the house.

"Chicken Lauren"

The girls call her "Chicken Lauren" and she graduated from the Marines Officer Candidate School last Friday.  She was Platoon Commander and in the top 10% of her class. Our girls worship her! When she was preparing for the Marines she ate only chicken, hence the nickname they gave her.  We are all so proud of her!  Love that our girls look up to someone who sets her mind on something and lets absolutely nothing get in her way.

White Christmas

What could be better this time of year than simplicity and white?

(immages from pinterest)

Christmas Fun...

 Tree 2011

Ernie the elf has been dutifully watching the girls for Santa.

Every morning he is in a new location in our house and the girls hunt him down.  If you look carefully you can see him in our tree above.  

Last week the girls found a sleigh at the park by school.  

GG took a whirlwind tour of the city with Daddy today.  Here she is posing with the tree in Rock Center.  NG went to Radio City yesterday with Mama & Papa and also saw the tree.  Lucky little ladies!!

Philadelphia

Go Aggies!

 Feldman 101

 The chapel.

 

Daddy's old dorm window.

Last weekend we took the girls to the old alma mater.  Yup! We were Aggies... I guess we still are, and always will be.  Anyway, we spent four years of our lives in Bucks County, PA at Del Val, and it was so nice to go back.  It was where we met, then became friends, and the rest is history :) The girls were so into touring the campus and the farms.  They loved to hear silly old stories about our college days, and kept asking where they were.  Haha! We enjoyed being back in the area and fondly reminiscing, as well as expressing shock that it has been 12?!?! years since leaving. 

Christmas Card Rejects

The card shoot got pretty silly, but we definitely had fun with it, and I think I got one good picture.  

Last Gator Ride

 A gaggle of girls...

The weather last weekend could not be beat, so we took advantage and went for one last gator ride.

Christmas Parade

We have attended our local holiday parade parade for about 6 years.  It is always the Friday after Thanksgiving.  This year we got together with good friends of ours and whipped up a float last minute for some fun.  Their gator + our boat and voila we had what we thought was a very unique float...until we pulled up to the school to line up and there was a bigger boat right in front of us :( Who would of thought??? Somebody had the great idea to put the oars on and a string of blue lights around to mimic water, and Jess rowed down Main St., which was pretty funny.  If the kids got too close chasing candy, she could whack them :)