We made it...

Christmas was great! The girls had so much fun and it was awesome to see them in the moment.

This is Christmas Cookie...

an adorable 1 lb 3 oz kitten with grey and black stripes and white feet. He is super sweet and instantly fit right in with 2 kids and 2 dogs (not an easy task). Maddy and Kate love him and constantly pick him up to give hugs and kisses. So sweet!

Good news...bad news

The good news is that we are home! The girls had so much fun with Nana and Pops. And we had so much fun in Vegas. We saw the Zumanity show at New York New York and let me say "WOW". It is definitely worth every penny. I will always remember the Toby Keith bar for the bartender Charlie. I even have a photo to prove it.

The bad news is that Christmas is almost here and I am not quite ready. I could use another 3 or 4 days to finish shopping. We had to hurry before we left and I just feel like there is so much more to do. CRAZY! It will be fun to watch the girls open gifts. We had Christmas with my parents on Sunday night and Katelyn was so cute. Every time she would peel off some wrapping paper, she would say "YEAH" and clap. It took FOREVER! but it was so fun to watch. I think Maddy even got tired of waiting since she finished unwrapping all of Kate's presents for her. Too bad my mom has all of those pictures.

Merry Christmas!

Home of Lost Wages

we are headed to Las Vegas...in our case....lost wages! I have mixed feelings since we will be leaving the girls with my parents for several nights. We have never been on a trip without them! They are so spoiled. I know they will do fine without us but I just worry about them being away from home for so long. Maddy is a big home body. When we run errands, she always says "I just want to go home". Hopefully I will report great success...for us and them!

On another note: I turn 3-0 on Sunday and I am so excited. I feel very blessed to have done so much in only 30 years and look forward to many more memories in the next 30!

peace out

What...no Santa?

Sitting around the table, the day before today, we were talking about what Madison would like to put on her letter to Santa: a piano with a seat and a 3 story Barbie Dream House. That simple!

Except there is no piano with a seat and we are definitely not spending $100 on a Barbie Dream House! So there goes that.

I casually mentioned what was on my list to Santa. The subject changed and that was that. Later that night, Eric said "Nice input about YOUR letter to Santa, but Babe you do realize that we are Santa NOW?" What...no Santa? You mean I am supposed to shop.....URGH! I hate to shop! Wouldn't it be nice though.

So I want to know, what is on YOUR letter to Santa?

Chuck..here we come!

Madison's party was at Chuck E Cheese yesterday. We had a great turnout of family and friends (old friends from the neighborhood and squadron and new friends from Maddy's preschool class). It was great to see all of the kids play and interact together outside of school.

Here are some pictures from the party.

Maddy's school birthday

Today the preschool class celebrated Madison's 4 th Birthday. She got to wear the birthday hat, a pin with her name on it, the children ate cookie cake and juice for snack (picked out by Maddy) and sang her "Happy Birthday".

We are celebrating her actual birthday on Sunday at Chuck E. Cheese---just the chaos we need around here. Until then.....here is a little picture to tide you over.

Last football game

I found my brick at the Rec center. COOL BEANS!

Madison was scratching off lottery tickets---hmmmm maybe not the best thing to teach a 3 year old

The Chefs--we had brisket and sausage on Saturday. I was so yummy!

Canada anyone?

we are thinking about moving to Canada. Eric has always wanted to see the sights and I hear they have great preschools there! Anyone want to tag along?

SIKE--I am just bummed about the election results.

On a different note, how do you like the turkey background? I choose it for Madison since her birthday is so close to Thanksgiving.

Halloween fun

Madison choose to be Jasmin this year and Katelyn was forced to be a celestial witch. She refused to wear the hat and we had a difficult time (at first) putting on the costume. She finally adjusted to it and seemed to have a great time. Although, she would not go to anyone's door for trick or treating. She would cry and pull my hand so that I would keep walking. However, she did finally go to one door and say "dada" and they gave her a pencil!

Eric was a "race car driver". I don't understand his crazy sense of humor but Katelyn wasn't sure about him either.

Eric and Jerry

from Big Brother---he was at the game today and Eric got a photo with him....cool???