Snowman

So over Christmas was had a bunch of snow fall. The girls and I got out and played in it for as long as we could stand. The result, a snowman, who ended up turning out interesting.

Little Tyler staying high and dry. The girls enjoying themselves.

After we finished our snowman it continued to snow. He ended up with some pretty nice hair that Tyler just had to have fun with.

Counting down the days......

I have decided that I do not like the Christmas calendars..... The forboding reminder that you're not ready, but it's coming anyway. Chloe got one from school that she puts stickers on. I keep hoping that time will stop for just a day or two. I started to make one for family and I thought it would turn out cute. It's a little quilted one with buttons to put to ornaments on. Now I'm not so sure I want to finish it..... If you haven't realized, I don't feel like we are even close to being ready for Christmas this year. Yet, here it is less than a week away.

We've gone some parties this year where the girls have gotten to sit on Santa's lap, luckily no tears this time.

Little Tyler didn't cry either.

Apparently there was fuzz on the lens all night too.

Our Beautiful Tree!

Tyler and I have officially had our first real christmas tree! We were getting ready to start putting up our decorations and a last minute decision came around to get it. Our fake tree is pretty, but nothing compares to the real thing. Our house, or atleast the livingroom, smells so good all the time now! So far no issues with it and Little Tyler yet. Well worth the needles I have to clean up all the time.

Thanksgiving '08

Here I find myself behind again.

For Thanksgiving we went to Idaho and spent the holiday with Tyler's dad and stepmom. We had planned on just staying here, but Tyler was lucky enough to get the day before off. Like always, the girls loved to see their grandparents. It was good to see some of the family too. Of course there are pics to share.

Lots of fun with Grandma and Grandpa.

It's a little hard to see, but the mohawk twins.

They keep 'em coming.

So I was thinking about the companies and programs the schools bring in. I never realized how many they do. First you have the school pics, and it's not just one, you have fall ones and the ones they do in the spring. Then you have the fundraisers, which they take donations from parents if you don't want your child to take part, we'll see if it's really true. They have school shirts for your child. And the reason this came up, book fairs. This is just what we've come across so far this year. Who knows what they'll come up with father into the year. You don't have to participate, but if you don't do any of them, you crush you kid everytime. Plus, the older they get, I think the more likely they are to feel bad when their friends all have something to talk about or show off. Who ever said that public school was free?

Enough Tricks, Here's a Treat for Everyone.

I know I haven't put up the Halloween pics yet. You're about to see why.

We had another successful Halloween this year. The girls were: Chloe- a cheerleader, Talisha- a Spider Bride, and Cara- a pirate. Little Tyler was a leopard, though he was called many other things. When it came time for trick or treating we only covered two streets. It was enough for the girls, and with candy from two trunk or treats and a carnival, it was enough for me too. Luckily the rain held out for us. While we were out we came across someone on stilts with a scream type mask on. Talisha, our thrill seeker, walked up to him and shook his hand with no problem. Chloe was happy with just being on the same side of the street as him. Cara wouldn't even look at him when we went to him. Later, and across the street, Cara would say boo and growl to "scare him". That night we went to a friends for a BBQ. All in all a good night

Earlier that day we watched Chloe walk in her school parade. She had fun. But it didn't sound like they did much else except watch a movie. Which is weird if you ask me.

Now for Saturday. Tyler had the weekend off and we weren't able to go to Idaho, so we painted the livingroom. I liked the color scheme we had. It just made the room darker and with our set up, it was dark enough. So we made the trim white again and then walls are a minty green. Look we even had a helper. So after all of this, we spent Sunday as a recoup day.