Christmas Fun

The last few weeks have been filled with a lot of Christmas fun!  We have been to multiple parties, made our fair share of Christmas goodies, and had fun together. Here are just a few pictures...

 The girls at Brad's Rotary Club Party

 Today we made Sugar Cookies and they were a MESS!  

Thankfully the girls had fun, so I guess it was worth it!

Ellie worked hard to create her masterpieces

Cookie Face

Slide

My favorite reason to go to Chick-fil-A...

is to watch this...

Seeing our girls have this much fun together brings so much joy to this mama's heart! 

The New Guy

      So, as of last week we have a new little guy in our lives.  His name is Copeland and he hangs out with the girls and I while his mommy is at work on Tues, Wed, & Thursdays.  He is super cute,  super laid back, and a content little guy.  The girls LOVE having him around so it's been an easy transition for all of us.  Multiple times a day Ellie will randomly go up and just give Copeland a hug and a kiss on the head...so sweet!  She has been such a good little helper. 
     So far he (or "C-Money" as we sometimes call him) seems to be okay with the extra lovin'...let's hope that continues!  Lucy seems mostly indifferent to him, except when he is trying to nap,  then she's going back and forth from the closed door like "will He ever wake up?"  For now this is good practice, taking care of 3 little ones 3 days a week.  Maybe someday we will have a third of our very own!

Happy Halloween

 All dressed up and ready to go out

 Ellie was so excited this year!

 My favorite picture of the night... classic "angry toddler in costume" photo

Thankfully she recovered quite nicely, and we had a fun time trick or treating!

Ride 'em Cowgirl

Our Cute Cowgirl!

 Ellie and Piper

Today Ellie's preschool had their annual Costume Parade.  It's usually held outside, but because of the rain and wind they had to do it inside this year.  This week just happens to be Ellie's turn to be the line leader, so she was the one to lead her class in the parade.  She has been talking about being the line leader since school began and I was so thrilled that she finally got her turn!   

Dress Up

These girls love to put on some music, get dressed up, and dance!  Here they are all decked out after dinner tonight.  I love these girls with all my heart!  

Swim Lessons

Last week Ellie completed round 3 of swim lessons at the YMCA.  She LOVES her time spent in the water playing games and gets more comfortable/confident with each and every lesson.  Here are a few pics from the last day of class...

All smiles

The instructors did a great little lesson on water safety in general this day. 

Ellie is finally learning how to relax enough in the water to float on her back now!

NC State Fair

 One of my favorite things about fall is the NC State Fair.   I love almost everything about it, except the crowds, of course.  We got there early Tues. morning and had a fun morning riding rides, eating yummy food, watching all the people, and learning all kinds of fun things about the great state we call home.  Here are a few pics of the day...

Ellie and Hannah on the dragon

The whole time the girls were riding the dragon Lucy was yelling, 

"ride, ride, ride..."   So I took her on the train and she was thrilled.

 Ellie and Daniel Tiger

 Al's Fries...YUM!!

Painting Pumpkins

 If there is one thing true about my girls it is that they love a good craft!  It doesn't matter what it is, as long as paint is involved they are happy campers.  A few weeks ago I let them pick out some small pumpkins to paint and they loved it. 

 

 Focused girl

 This one thinks she can and should be doing everything just like her big sis.  She was so proud to sit in the booster seat like a big girl and paint with Ellie this time. 

Pretty Pumpkins

Lucy vs The Sprayground

Like Night and Day

This has got to be one of my favorite all time picture of the girls!  I just love how it shows their different personalities.  Our Ellie is a thinker, always trying to figure out something, or watching someone, she's more shy, cautious,  and reserved to a degree.  And then there's Lucy, or wild child.  She is all out all the time, loud, crazy, our fearless little one. 

Long Time No Post

I totally dropped the ball when it comes to blogging the past 4 months.  I thought multiple times about trying to catch up, but that was way too overwhelming, so I finally just decided to pick back up where I left off.  But, before I do that I think I'll share a few great pics that I don't want to leave out...

 Lucy and her buddy Spidey

 She LOVES these boots

Pretty Ballerina

Ellie showing off her new umbrella

 That's one real looking baby... oh wait.

 Boat Ride at Pullen Park

 First day back at Preschool Pic

 Lucy wanted her picture taken too!

 There she is in those boots again!

 A visit with GiGi and Poppa

Isle of Palms 2012

Way back in July...yes JULY, we went to the beach with the Emory clan and we had a great time!  Here are a few of my favorite pics from our time there...