Christmas Dresses

Here are our girls in their cute Christmas dresses. Grandma bought these at K-mart last minute. I wasn't going to get them any this year but I'm glad she did. We are excited about Christmas in a few days. After having our own little Christmas here at home we will travel over to Michael's parents house for the remainder of the day. Michael's Parents, Grandparents and Aunt & Uncle will all be there. Amy is in New York City this year with Angel's family. We wish all of you a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Christmas Cookies

Ellie and Grandma spent the morning baking and frosting Christmas cookies. This gave mommy and Emma some alone time to go to Wal-Mart and get some shopping done. From what I hear their was quite a big mess when all was done. Ellie enjoyed eating the cookie dough and frosting as you can see from the picture.

Community Christmas Party

Our community puts on this really nice Christmas Party for the kids every year. They have free pony rides, a train ride, Blow-up jumpers, Santa, and free food. It is really nice. We have gone for the last 3 years. Ellie really enjoyed the pony rides. She wasn't scared at all and looked quite natural on her horse Scout.

Crazy Hair Again!

Just thought I would add to our crazy hair picture collection. I just wonder what she is doing in the night to get her hair this way. Must be some crazy dreams.

Hey Santa!

We got our first pictures with Santa for the season. Emma was happy to sit on his lap. Ellie, on the other hand, would not. She really wanted a candy cane though so she very cautiously went up to him to get one.

Happy Thanksgiving

Here is our tree

Some more decorations

Emma riding her bike

Ellie catching a ride

Our little family

We had a nice traditional Thanksgiving here in Lake Havasu. The weather was great, it rained. We absolutely love it when it rains here because it doesn't happen very often. We started the day setting up our Christmas tree and other decorations. What better way to start off the Holiday season. Ellie was a big help. At least she thought she was. We have a plastic pool in our garage leaned up against the wall. I had it down in order to get to the Christmas boxes. Michael and I were busy doing something and when we turned around there she was in the pool, naked. I think she wanted to go for a swim. It was so funny.

Later on that evening we enjoyed a yummy Thanksgiving dinner at Michael's parents house. It was soooo good. Michael's sister Amy and her husband came in from L.A. and Michael's grandparents were there as well. After dinner we took the kids for a walk down by the lake. It was nice to walk after stuffing ourselves. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are now looking forward to the Christmas season. Here are some pictures from our day.

Video

Here is some video of Emma and Ellie playing together in the kitchen.

Sister's Playing

Emma and Ellie are now starting to play together. It is sweet to watch them. Here they are playing in their tunnel.

Emma Finally Did It!

Emma is crawling!! Yea she has really taken off going all over the house. It seems as though she really knows where she is going, so cute. Also, she is getting her first tooth. I've been noticing her hands in her mouth a lot lately and last night at dinner I was able to spot the very tip coming on through. I am totally excited as Ellie didn't get her first tooth till she was 13 month old.
The girls and I had an enjoyable day. The weather here is beautiful. Mid 80's. We went for a nice walk this morning around our neighborhood. Afterwards I got the energy to wash the van. It was quite dirty and doesn't get washed very often. Emma sat nicely in her seat watching Ellie and mommy scrub and spray. Ellie kept sucking on the sponges so I hope the soap was non-toxic. We were all drenched when all was done. Emma was a little too close to the spray and got a little squirt now and then. I must say that we did a very good job. Daddy will be happy. After lunch and before naps I pushed them in their little red cars. Ellie has her car and Emma another. They both enjoy being pushed all around the back patio and I get my exercise. It is nice to wear them out so they take good naps, which they are doing now. Anyways, we had an enjoyable day together.

Ellie Singing

I took this video of Ellie yesterday. She is singing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes and then the ABC song. Ellie loves to sing. We listen to the primary songs on our car rides and she has gotten to where she will sing along. It is so cute.

Happy Halloween

We attended our church Trunk Or Treat and chili dinner last night. It was nice. I like that we are in just a small area for trick or treating with a two year old. Here are some pictures. Ellie was a witch and Emma just dressed in some Halloween clothes. It was a very warm night.

No Rain On Our Parade

Yesterday was the Anniversary of our little town. It is the 37th or something like that. I can't remember the exact number. There was a nice parade down the center of town. We decided to take the kids. Oh what a beautiful day it was. The weather was perfect. We chose our seats towards where it began feeling lucky that there was lots of open seats there when there was so many people across the street. I know why now. We were in the direct sunlight and the people across the street where seated comfortably in the shade. It wasn't bad a first but after about an hour we were really starting getting hot. I broke out the sunscreen and covered the kids. Good thing I keep some in my diaper bag. Anyway, the parade was really fun. Ellie and Emma were excited about all there was to see. Ellie liked the horses and camels, yes they had real life camels. The human society group was fun to watch as well with all their little doggies walking down the street. We ended up leaving after and hour and a half because of the sun and kids getting cranky. It was a nice way to spend a Saturday morning. Later that evening we went down to the Fall Fun Festival that our town holds every year for the children. It was okay, you have to pay for anything you want to do. That was the only bad part. Anyway, we had a busy day but lots of fun.

My Little Princess

Ellie hasn't been much of a princess lover. She never really cared about watching princess movies such as Cinderella, Snow White or Sleeping beauty. She really loved her Shrek, Monsters Inc. & Finding Nemo. Lately she has been quite interested in Little Mermaid, which I'm glad about. Anyway, some friends of ours gave her this trunk full of princess dress-up clothes. Ellie tried on all the little outfits and I got some cute pics of her. It's just funny to see her in them because she is such a tomboy.

Pumpkin Carving Fun

We had some Halloween fun last night for FHE. First, there is this house a few streets over from us that goes all out to decorate their front lawn for Halloween. Lots of skeletons, ghosts, pumpkins, spiders and other scary things. It is very cute, I mean SPOOKY. We went for a walk to check it out. Ellie loved it, kept saying "Wow". Afterwards we came home to carve a pumpkin. It's the first one for Ellie and Emma. Mommy and Daddy haven't done one in a long time either but it turned out nice. It was a nice way to spend the evening together.

Home Depot Day

Here are some pictures from our fun at the Home Depot Day project. Ellie, Daddy & Grandma put together this cute little fire truck. Emma had fun playing with a balloon. All the children get cute little aprons and a pin to stick on their apron for each project that they participate in. Our Home Depot holds these activities on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month. It was a great way to spend a Saturday morning.