Is it Christmas Time again today?

Here are a few pics from Christmas Eve. Such a wonderful, fun night. Vance built fires in the fireplace. They smell & sound so good!!! We had a beautiful dinner -  Vance grilled HUGE steaks on our little George Foreman. The only way to grill with below 0 temps!! Warm house, great food, & our little fam, healthy & happy....  for the most part. Anna bannana had an ear infection, & all was happy.....

Until the meltdowns. 3 yr olds are really smart. The whole concept of momentum building for a month for 1 days events, just doesn't sit well with Sophia. She thinks the "Kissmus tee" is here to stay & the concept of it having to come down, brought her to tears today. She also asks "Is there presents today?... and cake?" Which I have to reply "no sweetheart" again, bringing her to tears. Ugh. I realized this yr too, that the joy seemed to be in the unwrapping . We did get a few "this is the best present ever" Said about the gifts: an 8 pk of lip balms & a 10 pk of "undiepants" :) Next yr I might just try & wrap any old thing & just see the reaction. hee hee

New year's eve is Wed & we are going to have a little present.... & cake!!!!!!! :)

Christmas card photo session #2

What can I say? 

I MUST be the worlds absolute worst photographer, to get such horrid shots of these cuties!!! The cards aren't sent out, but Christmas was great even without them... Anna did have an ear infection, which meant we did not sleep for days. Not fun. 

Opening gifts with the girls, very fun. 

Photo found

So I found this pic that I took with my  computer, last spring. Sophia is amazed that her pic is showing on the computer. They look so tiny! especially Anna! & look at their hair! I had had this idea to take a photo of anna each day for a week, right when she woke up. Her hair was always super crazy. But I didn't & now I wish I would've! Agh. That is why my momma friends said that I should start & keep up (right Jen!) this blog: so I would document the stories of the girls that I am always telling the Mommas.Already I have forgotten some of the highlights from the last few months. I will call Jen & Lynn & see if they remember :) & then I will document, document, document!!! The memories are to precious to loose!

Happy birthday!

Vance's b-day was tuesday & the girls were so excited about it.... & THE CAKE. All day it was "momma me want cake" "momma me ate blueberries & they are good for me, so now let's have cake!" I was able to distract them by taking their pictures (the previos post) &  having them do watercolors for daddy. & Finally it was Cake time!!!! Sophia sang Happy Birthday, deer dadda all by herself. & could not get enough frosting, but who can?

Christmas card photo session #1

Aren't they cute? Yes. But not if you are holding both on your lap, trying to keep them from touching the laptop & type. That is what I am doing & why this will have to be so short :) 

Cute :)

I have had so much fun watching the girls start to "play" together. Anna is always watching Sophia to see what she is doing & trying to imitate. Sophia went to the mailbox with Vance to get the paper. Anna climbed the stairs to Sophia's room the whole time yelling "iiiiaaaa" 

Funny Story:The girls were in the  backseat, the car seats next to each other. I hear Anna coughing & ask Sophia if she is ok. Sophia says very calmly" she's choking" I find the first place I can pull over, jump out & open Anna;s door. I fish out of Anna's throut a quarter size glob of green playdough. Yep, Sophia had been feeding it to her. Agh!!! :)

First Day of School!!!!!!!

This is Sophia getting ready for her first day of school!!!! She had seen me putting on deoderant & INSISTED on putting it all over her arms - "Me want to smell SOOOOOOO GOOOOOD for my teacher" hee hee

Today was Sophia's first day of school!!! Anna, & I, our Momma friends: Jen, & Lynn with their youngest kids, took Sophia & her friends Christian(Lynn's) & Julia (Jen's) to their first day of 3 yr old preschool. So really, it's pre-pre- school. But who's counting! When I snapped the picture, I SWEAR Sophia did not have her finger up her nose! We are standing by Sophia's locker :) On the way home Sophia was SO tired, she was trying to sleep in her car seat. I could hear Anna laughing & looked in the rear view mirror to see her chubby hand pull Sophia's hair. Sophia said "Anna, leave me alone, me trying to sleep".   The last picture is Anna & I "tailgating" at the park while Sophia was at school. The Mommas had all talked about tailgating- (we brought breakfast & coffee) on the first day of pre-school since Sophia & her friends were just wee little babes. How WONDERFUL to have friends to share these moments!!! :)