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 :) 

Baby Love

GG cannot get enough of baby Brooke and baby Reese!

According to my phone...

This is what we have been up to...

A Laverne Black photography exhibition titled "Manescapes."  Very cool!

GG's last soccer game.  She was the only girl on the team this year, and had a great season.  She held her own and even scored some goals.

A rocket launch with Daddy.  The first launch was successful.  The second launch the rocket disappeared. We found it 6 days later in a tree.  It's still there and will be for a while because it is 40 ft up! 

Playing with new cousins, Brooke and Reese, or Reesie and Brookie, as CC calls them.  To say our 3 ladies are comepletely smitten and totally ga-ga over their cousins is an understatement!

GG's first bus ride.  She begged us and we finally gave in.  Two days a week she gets to ride the little bus to school with a handful of friends.  Saves time, saves gas, saves my sanity :) and gives her some independance.  Win-win...so far...

Happy 4th Brithday NG!

Our little spitfire turned 4 on November 3rd! I cannot believe she is 4 because she seems so much older to me.  I think it is because we often treat her the same as GG.  They are the same size so we, and others forget she is 2 years younger. NG is full of spunk every second of everyday.  To say she keeps us on our toes is an understatement.  She is determined, funny, strong-willed, social, brazen, athletic, and a born leader.  There is no drama with NG.  She is who she is, like it or not.  She is a take charge kind of girl.  The one who gathers the children at the playground and creates the fun, and get this...they ALL listen to her?!?! 
When we met with her teacher the other day our one concern was her behavior in school.  (She can give us a run for our money at home.)  Her teacher's one concern was that she is the youngest in the class, but way beyond her age in so many ways.  They, like us, just try to keep her busy, and challenged.  I foresee many years of this with NG :)
So for her birthday NG asked for a Princess cake and spaghetti and meatballs. The top pic is of her with her new basketball coach clipboard.  It is dry erase, which she thinks is really cool.  We are planning to attend a NBA game as soon as the lockout is over...hopefully soon.

Mischief Night

It's a tradition...
This year we froze when GG hysterically announced from the back of the van, "I cannot wait to tell my teacher about this tomorrow!!!!  Uh-oh...
Sorry for the blurry pictures.  They were so excited they could not stand still.

Pumpkin Carving 2011

Fairy Houses

Nana and PopPop gave the girls this book a while ago.  It's been in the car and the girls have been studying it.  A couple weeks ago they decided they really wanted to make their own fairy houses, so I gave them a bottle of white glue and they went to town.  They worked hard for over an hour, hunting for supplies and creating houses.  Here are some pictures of the process.   

This little one is growing too fast.  She melts my heart with her beautiful smile, crazy cool green-brown eyes, and go with the flow attitude. 

Lil' Astronaut

GG and NG have been studying space at school recently. "Star Lab", a giant inflatable planetarium, was in the school's barn for a week.  I loved hearing about each day that they got to visit "Star Lab" and what they saw or learned.  The other day NG brought this home. I thought it was so cute and creative I had to share.  

Snow in October ?!?!?!?!

It looks so funny to see snow on top of pumpkins.  As the temps have been dropping my husband has been grumbling about how he is not looking forward to winter this year.  He was not happy Saturday when this storm blew in!  The girls however love it.  They were very excited to sleigh ride, make snow angels, and eat handfuls of snow (GG's favorite).  Luckily, as I look out the window now it has all melted.   

Halloween 2011

GG was Hermione Granger
NG was Draco Malfoy
CC was a litt le cow

Don't have many pictures this year because we were too busy chasing the little cow, who wanted to keep up with her big sisters.