"Oh, Christmas Tree"

So here is a picture of my poor old Christmas tree. I know I need a new one (thanks Des) so I am planning on buying a new one after Christmas. Pictures really don't do trees justice as I am discovering but at least I posted mine. We put cinnamon pine cones and red berry picks with red-white ribbon, popcorn string and little red ribbons tied to the branches. Kimberlen had quite a fun time helping decorate the tree this year and I did really well with just letting her do it.

Merry Christmas to all!!!

With Lights Off
With Lights On

pOpCoRn

The other night Kimberlen wanted to sit in her jammies, watch tv and eat popcorn, so we did. Maycee sure thought it was pretty neat.

They both laughed and giggled all night. There was popcorn all over!

Little miss "Sassy pants" thinks she is super cute!

The bowl sitting in Maycee's lap was her favorite. I practically had to rip her little fingers off of it when they were done.

I know you are all thinking that is a lot of popcorn but we are going to string some up on our Christmas tree. That picture is to follow.

DaDDy!

WE LOVE OUR DADDY!

Girls Night Dinner

Better late than never, I always say. We had such a fun time! Thanks for all the laughs and great friendships. I cherish them all.
Of course I had to include a picture of the great dessert, and all of you look like you are fighting over it.

New Hair Cut

Since me last hair cut grew out I have had a really rough time finding a new one. I had one that was really bad that is why nobody saw it. This is what we came up with last night. It is similar to the last one but there are a ton more layers and it is thinned really good. It has been a long time since I have had this short of hair but I do like it.

Thanksgiving

This year we had Thanksgiving dinner at Eric's mom and dad's. It was a nice yummy dinner with just them and us, a little different only having five adults for dinner. Anyway, the only pictures I took were of the girls as we we heading to the car.

This is what I got when I tried to get one of the two of them. When Maycee found the fuzzy ends of the grass it was over. So, good thing I took them individually first.

My FirsT PonY

So here is what I get when I try to put a pony in her hair.

I was getting ready and she was standing on the stool in front of me and combing her hair and said "pony mommy". So I put one in.

Still not enough hair to do too good but I am sure it won't be long. And with some practice she might even hold still.

Just too cute not to share!

Dr. Appt

We had our 20 week ultrasound today and here are some of the cute pictures.
Face profile.
Face profile sucking thumb.

Cute baby foot.

And last but not least.....................It's a GIRL!

??SnOw??

Does anyone else have this?? I woke up to some snow and it has been sowing off and on all day! We have not even raked up any leaves yet. I sure hope fall comes back to my house.

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Work & Trunk or Treat

My work always has a "Chili Luncheon" for Halloween and encourages everyone to dress up. This year after making Maycee's tutu I thought it would be fun to make one for myself and two of the other girls agreed and we decided to be "Witches". We all had the same but different costume and we won the prize for "Best Overall" costume contest.

This is the owner and my office manager. She is 14 days away from delivery. I created her a X-ray film of an infant for her to wear and he was a Dr.

These are the all the witches of the office and the "Witch Dr." as we named him after this photo.
After work everyone gathered all there children and vehicles to do a Trunk or Treat for the Children at the Christmas Box House. It was very special to see all those kids and how happy they get to do something special like this that they would not otherwise be able to do. For the safety of the children no pictures were allowed so we took a moment before it started to get some photos. My friend and her boys joined us for the fun.

P.S. I found out the next morning that my office manager had her baby at 12:20 am. Congrats Terri and good luck with the new addition!

This is how Daddy Plays....

Eric lets Maycee get away with just about everything. Here they are in his truck that doesn't get played with ever. But she loves to sit in it drive. He put Kimberlens booster seat in the front so she could reach. Then she wanted the door shut and of course he did it.

Here I had out the face painting supplies for Kimberlen for her dance class and she wanted them so bad and I kept telling her no. Eric decided it wasn't that big of deal to paint her face and so he did. It turned out to be pretty messy and got all over. She would just smile at herself every time she looked in the mirror. It was hilarious. We found the best way to get most of it off is by taking off her shirt. That's were most of it ended up. Needless to say we put her right in the tub and Daddy even got in with her to help her get all washed off.
I think I better keep a closer look on the two of them while they play from now on.

And the After...

This is what our pumpkins looked like after the carving party. We gave a few away and I gained some gourds from my mom and dad. I still have one that is hollowed out that I did not finish. Hopefully it will get done today, or tomorrow.

Pumpkin Carving Party!

When I was younger my mom and her cousins would get all us kids together to carve pumpkins for Halloween. I have great memories of that tradition and wanting to keep my inner child alive I have started it again for my kids. This is the second annual Pumpkin Carving Party that I have set up at my moms house. We had a lot of fun this year with the little ones being bigger. I have a cousin who's baby is a month younger than mine and all the kids had fun playing together.

Here are the cute kids.

Maycee didn't really want to put her hands in the pumpkin. She would have just been happy to carry them around and she keep trying to hug them. She would pick up just a seed and that was okay for her too.

Kimberlen did pretty good at getting all the "guts" out but needed some assistance still and Grandma ended up carving out her flying witch, Twice. Thanks, mom.

Here is the end result. We had all kinds of of pumpkin faces when we were through.

Trying to get a good picture of the girls together was not going to happen. I think there were too many things going on to pay attention to the task at hand.

Thanks for the fun day everyone and for being the hostess Mom.

Harvest

So after the snow fell and then melted we decided it would be a good idea to harvest the rest of our garden. We still had a bunch of tomatoes and peppers and a few cucumbers and zucchini. These are the pumpkins that we grew. I thought I should take a picture of them before we cut them into jack 'o lanterns. I will post after the carving.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

I took the girls in for pictures in there costumes and this is what we came up with.....

Party!, Party!

My girlfriends and I had our annual Halloween party with the kids. Everyone was dressed up so cute! The little girl in the back with the slip was at one point dressed as Snow White.

Maycee didn't want to sit too long for her picture.
The kids got to decorate cookies provided by my mom. They love to do this and thanks to the weather we were able to keep the mess outside. It was great.
The "HIT" of the party was by far the Pinata. Thanks Sara! All the kids took turns from youngest to oldest and we stood around and laughed at them all.

Thanks for the use of your home Shannon it turned out great!

Gardner Village

I took the girls and a friend and my girlfriend to see the witches at Gardner Village. It was Wee Witches Weekend and there were a few activities for the kids to do. First we stooped to have their faces painted.

Here they are sitting with one of the many witches that were found around the village. Everyone that worked there was dressed as a witch. And then they have all these statues of witches. The little headless horseman that is sitting next to Maycee is the little neighbor girl that lives down the street. She had a great costume and everyone that walked by made a comment and several took her picture.
I couldn't resist taking a picture of Maycee in front of the pumpkins. They looked like they were set up for the sake of a picture opportunity.
All the kids were able to get in a line and walk up on the stage with there costumes for a parade.
Lastly we took a wagon ride around the pond they have as the witch told a story about the witches brew that they make in the pond. Maycee watched her talk and listened about half way and then decided that she was scarred of the witch and wouldn't look her way, or lift her head off my shoulder. We had quite the fun night.