Thanksgiving 2012

One Little, TWO Little....



Indians! The girls made these Indian hats in Preschool, and were running around the house pretending to be Indians...what a way to start Thanksgiving Break!  I tried REALLY hard to explain the purpose of Thanksgiving and why it's so important in American History and to us today, but they didn't get it...really, Oh well, I'll try again next year! :) Persistance is the key, as I have learned! :)

This year for THanksgiving, we all went down to Neena and PaPa's house. It was fabulous as always. THis was our first Thanksgiving without Uncle Mikey and it was weird, for all of us I think. Oh well, guess we need to get used to the new normal. Poor Uncle MIkey. The girls were happy to talk to him and Aunt Zomi on the phone later on in the evening. :)

After dinner, Susan, Dan, Megan, and Chet came over. They were supposed to be in KC with Megan, but Chet's Dad got sick last minute, so they loaded all their food in the car, drove to Susan and Dan's house in STL and then came down to Sharon's b/c we're awesome....I think they are using me for my kids, but oh well! We love them anyways! I don't have a TON of pictures because I was actually using Megan's camera (we have the same one), but here are some of our pictures from Thanksgiving.

 Watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.........


Grandpa Gale and Grandma Vicki also came down to Neena's...here we are with our Dolls that Grandpa got for us....they actually wear larger clothing than Sydney and Olivia do.

Dressing up....

 Miss O modeling in front of Neena's Christmas Tree...sure haven't seen that one in awhile...it's been a good 4 years since she's put up the WHOLE tree. Even more exciting....if you found the pickle Neena would give you some fruit snacks! :)

 Sydney and Chet...of COURSE she flirted with him! :)

 Megan and Olivia....

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope yours was as great as ours!
Love,
J

Chuckie Cheese..a Germ Infested Adventure....

Another 'promise for Potty Training, is that the girls would FINALLY get to go to Chuckie Cheese. You see, there are all these commercials about it on tv AND on the way home from Preschool each Thursday. So, the fascination with Chuckie Cheese has been an on-going experience. So, after venturing out last evening to the Mall and our big Adventures at Build-A-Bear, we set off today for Chuckie Cheese. The girls, of course had a blast, while I had an anxiety attack thinking/worrying about all the millions of diseases they could/would catch while there, because despite the whole use hand sanitizer when you first walk in, I am sure there are a million + diseases living on all the rides and climbing equipment...oh well, guess if they catch something, we're not coming back! :)

The girls had a blast! Also, since I'm posting this past when we actually went, I'm proud to note that we thankfully didn't catch any crazy diseases from chuckie cheese....this time! :)

Hope all is well,
J

Dare I say....Potty Trained???

WELL, it looks like it was/is finally time that we officially admit that our girls are potty trained, only during the day, but man, am I greatful! We just realized the other day that we haven't had an accident in WEEKS, So, we discussed what we should do for a reward. The longest time ago, it was requested that we get a Vidia doll (a fairy from Tinkerbell), but Matt and I kind of felt that they deserved a little bit more exciting reward...so, we took the girls out to dinner at the Galleria and to check out the Disney store (really so I could scope what they had in preparation for the big After-Thanksgiving Day sales. While there, we took the girls to Build-a-Bear for the first time ever and they were able to pick a stuffed animal to make as part of their Potty-Training Reward....of course given that it's ALMOST the holiday season AND we saw Santa at the Mall, they chose to make a Rudolph..so cute, and he talks (not so cute in the middle of the night), but hey, their choice!

Now to start working on night-time training....fun fun!

Enjoying those last Fall Days

This weekend, we winterized the house/back yard in preparation for winter. Last winter was AWFUL, seriously awful, and to be honest, I'm not thinking that this year will be much better, BUT there's always hope! Anyways, we did what we always do, clean up the leaves, cover all the patio furniture, clean out the gutters, and put away the girls's toys. They were a little disturbed and kept asking if they were going to get to play on their playset this winter. Poor kids. We've been on that thing literally every day since it went up, well, except when it rained. Winter's going to be hard. Being cooped up is hard, then add the additional torture of your playset being in our backyard and it being too nasty for you to go out! Well, I hate to say it, but I forsee many bundled up afternoons this winter in the cold on the playset. Darn it...I HATE WINTER, I HATE being cold, but I guess I'll just have to give in and be a good Mommy...or wait until Daddy's avaliable, but he conveniently doesn't get home until after dark in the winter. Stinker I think he does that on purpose. :)

Here are some pics of our HELPERS! 

Hope All is well, and yes, if you are wondering, I'm playing catch up and back dating all the stuff I've been slacking on posting! :)

J

Halloween 2011

....Halloween this year, dawned on a Monday, which is fine and all, but man, working the day after Halloween, especially when you have little kiddos who are into trick or treating, is ROUGH!

 My mom watched the girls for us today (typically Monday's are Neena and PaPa's days, but they were in FL for their annual trek). THIS, was what the girls made with my mom today...FRENCH FRIED EYEBALLS...the girls LOVED them and were super excited to take them next door to the Halloween Party.

 -They also sang the crazy "Halloween" song that my mom taught them (that she sang when she was a little girl)..she said that people used to sing songs instead of telling jokes...interesting. Even more interesting was that Mr. Bob's mom AND Mr. Bob knew the song as well...pretty funny. Guess Grammy isn't all that insane! :)

Here we are modeling our Dorothy costumes and getting ready to go to Mr. Bob's Halloween Party before Trick or Treating!

 We've taken to calling ALL of our stuffed dogs (and there certainly are a lot) Toto...hilarious.

 Daddy...all dressed and ready to trick or treat with his girls!

 Mommy and her girls....

 A family picture for Halloween, minus Mommy's witch costume from Uncle Ben's party.....

 Sydney and Angie....

 Ms. Rhonda and the girls....this year she was a Queen....she LOVES Halloween and thus, I suspect is the driving force behind Mr. Bob's yearly Halloween party! The things we do for love!

 The super spooky talking head/candy bowl. The girls were fascinated by it!

 After bathtime, the girls' had us light the pumpkins so they could see them glow...sadly, that was the last night of our pumpkins as I discovered the next morning that some jerko kids smashed our pumpkins up. Made me so mad and upset that this happned inour neighborhood. :( They certainly were cool looking.

Happy Halloween...maybe next year we can actually be something different from each other! :)