It's Beginning...

to look a lot like Christmas!! The day after Thanksgiving the girls and I unpacked Christmas. We stayed in our PJ's most of the day, listened to Christmas music and avoided Black Friday. They loved taking out our decorations, their plan was to take turns opening one thing at a time (they especially love the pictures from when they were babies and their Christmas books).

Proud of her tree she decorated all by herself.

Christmas Books are the Best

 The girls wrote their letters to Santa. 

Grace wishes for a Lego table, a Penny board (skateboard) and the game of Life. She is also hoping for a pottery wheel.

Lily wished for cough drops, a baby seat for her bike and a little Elsa castle. She is also hoping for a swing for her baby.

The girls had fun reading their letters to Santa and talking with him.

(I promise these pants are green, although they look yellow in the picture)

We decorated the tree together on Sunday. They loved looking at all the ornaments and asking where and when we got them and seeing some they made in the past. 

This little one can hardly stand all the excitement of her upcoming birthday and Christmas in the air!

Snowflake is back to keep an eye on the girls...

Thanksgiving Week (and the week before)

The week before Thanksgiving was lots of fun, but also a little crazy! We had field trips, field day, Thanksgiving feasts, Thanksgiving performances, birthdays and just lots of fun all slammed into one week. We made it through and the girls and I loved having the whole Thanksgiving week off from school this year! The girls went to art camp for three days in the morning, which gave me some time to work on my National Board papers. It took A LOT of will power not to go shopping, clean the house or go for a run while I was kid free for three hours each day, but I feel like I got something accomplished. Here are some pictures from the past two weeks...

So thankful for these two!!!

She was thankful for her sister Grace...

(So glad I was able to steal sissy from school 

so she could hear her say that on stage...)

Field day at our school is like no other. Each class represents a country and we have an opening ceremony and parade. Grace's class represented Italy, I love their spaghetti and meatball hats! So thankful that I get to witness these special events at school...

This little one had strep throat, which took two trips to the doctor to diagnose.

Then she had some type of bite on her leg (spider?) and had to have it drained. 

She was taken off her reflux medicine and we are hoping things go OK, she sure is a trooper! So thankful that my kids are usually healthy!!

Celebrating Daddy's Birthday

Definitely thankful for this guy and all he does for our family!

Fun in the Alley

Staying Warm

Silly Girl

Daddy's Girl

My Pilgrim and Indian

 Little Turkeys

 Lily had her first real sleepover this week with Kate. 

Grace was reunited with her BFF!!

We went ice skating, Grace can't wait for her birthday party at the Ice Palace!

Sisters

She LOVES to read just like her Daddy!

My Heart

Getting ready to eat - Thank You Mimi and Booker

 (and Becky) for the delicious meal!

Love this Turkey!

Sallie and Julia-Lane

Love that "Cheese" Face

Sassy Girls

Nap Time

We spent Saturday cheering on the Gamecocks....

and although they didn't win, we had still had fun (this only lasted a few minutes)...

We are looking forward to lots of fun with family these next few weeks as we celebrate Grace's birthday and get ready for Christmas!

Tailgate Birthday Fun

Some pictures from our weekend in 

Columbia celebrating Hannah's 2nd birthday:

Love my Family

Gamecock Cousins

Daddy's Girl

Julia-Lane!

The Big Girls

 

Love those Eyes

Sweet Hannah

They love their Booker

Mimi and the Birthday Girl

Happy Halloween

Elsa and Anna

SISTERS

They ran into their twins at Trunk or Treat...

The Big Bad Wolf and his Girls 

(They love it when daddy chases them in this!)

I'm not a huge fan of dressing up, 

but would do anything for these two cuties!

Frozen Family

(Olaf, Sven, Anna and Elsa)

Enjoying a Treat