Tuesday, January 27, 2015

TWO HUNDRED FOUR


Our winter wonderland! Daddy outside with the kids building a snow fort.  Please excuse the quality of this photo I was hiding inside taking this through the window! Trying to stay warm....can you blame me?!

TWO HUNDRED THREE



Let is Snow, Let it Snow.... Juuust kidding. We moved the party to our house because of the weather Alana's WP buddies were still able to attend.  While we missed our friends and family, Alana still had a wonderful FROZEN celebration...literally ;)  Wow can't believe this cutie is seven... SEVEN!!! 










TWO HUNDRED TWO


Looks like we are going to have a little problem having Alana's Birthday Party at YayYa's tomorrow.   Time to panic call the caterer.. BOO


TWO HUNDRED ONE



We got wait listed for the Father Daughter Dance :( so Daddy decided to take Alana out on a special date night anyway.  Can't believe how big my little girl has gotten.  Snapped these while she got ready and even lent her my purse!  I was lucky to get a quick pic of them together before they headed out as they were in a big rush not to be late for their reservation. 










TWO HUNDRED


Alana decided that she wanted to bring chocolate chip cookies to school this year to celebrate her Birthday! We made two huge batches and had to give the extras away so I didn't eat them all ;) 

ONE HUNDRED NINTEY NINE




  
                                      

Test run for the Snow Dough today!! Looks like it will be pretty messy, but the kids had a blast.  Will be making more for Alana's upcoming party.  Ps this was super easy Flour, Baby Oil, & Glitter!












Sunday, January 25, 2015

ONE HUNDRED NINTEY EIGHT


More fun in the snow! The kids are really loving the hill across the street where all of the kids gather to play! 

ONE HUNDRED NINTEY SEVEN



Getting in some reading time with YayYa before she starts her new job and we won't have her for sleep overs whenever we want! 

ONE HUNDRED NINTEY SIX


Day three in their Army suits a gift from Daddy for Christmas.  Might have to pry them out so I can wash them tonight. 

ONE HUNDRED NINTEY FIVE



Learning to ride their new bike!! Kept it to the turf so we didn't have any major injuries!

ONE HUNDRED NINTEY FOUR


Totally forgot to bust out the camera Christmas morning ?!?!?!!! But got this cute one in their jammies after we were done opening presents!

ONE HUNDRED NINTEY THREE



Trying out Liam's new Stomp Rocket! Its a HIT!

ONE HUNDRED NINTEY TWO


We all met at GG's for the annual tree trimming extravaganza and this year we had so much snow we couldn't take our walk through the woods to Linc .... however .... Cousins + Snow = FUN !

ONE HUNDRED NINTEY ONE




Decorating our Christmas Tree! E wouldn't let us cut one down but at least its real this year!

ONE HUNDRED NINTEY



Kids are LOVING the snow. Much more that we ever got in El Paso :)




ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE


Burr our first school delay! Kids are snuggled on the couch watching TV bc they are never allowed to before school....fun fun fun!

ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT



Squeezing in a fun project before it gets too cold!



ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN


HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Bwahaha the pic of YayYa is HYSTERICAL! We made it to four different streets and loved seeing all of the costumes.  GG stayed behind to hand out goodies while we were on our candy quest. 


ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX



Guess who gets the worst Mom ever award? Ohh... that would be me.  These are the delightful photos I was taking of my kids on the step before school (don't worry Liam was NOT bringing the sword to school we aren't trying to have him arrested) when I realized that the kids were not allowed to wear their costumes. Ohh yes I somehow missed that memo, so I had to drag them inside and strip them.  They were SUPER happy :( Alana muttered the whole way to school "I don't like this school...I don't like NY" hahaha

ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE



Carving our Halloween pumpkins!! Alana did hers all by herself this year (with one of those kid knives...we are not crazy) and she is so proud!!!  I discovered halfway through that my pumpkin was rotten on the bottom.  I tried to salvage it by cutting off the bottom, spry painting it black, and using a drill to make different sized holes (see it over there behind Alana?).  Well... FAIL, you couldn't see any light through it at all, but I tried right?!