A small town parade

Daddy, Jaden & Morgan waiting for the parade to start (it was drizzling rain and about 35 degrees)

Only in a small town will you see a goat in a parade!

This lady was handing out bags with an apple & clementine in them.

Yummy! Candy!

A bag of chocolates~ mmmmmmm~

Check out Morgan's pocket (below). She had it stuffed with candy, and she wouldn't let anyone near it!

More candy!

It was a cold day for a parade, but at least this one started in the afternoon, and only lasted 45 minutes. The girls had a bag full of candy to take home with them and a couple of frozen noses!

Jingle Bells

Listen closely, are the fire trucks playing "Jingle Bells"?

Disney's The Princess and the Frog

We went to see Disney's The Princess and the Frog on opening day. We invited Grandma Leslie to come with us. This picture is the girls waiting outside the movie waiting for Grandma to arrive.

Morgan couldn't sit still and be quiet during the movie, but Jaden seemed to enjoy it.

Carmex and Dolls do not mix!

A two year old with a jar of Carmex can only lead to trouble. When Morgan asked me for the Carmex, she was so convincing when she said she would use it sparingly and only on her lips... A few hours later, Jaden brought me an empty Carmex jar. Hmmmmmm... Where did the Carmex go? Well, Jaden and I went in search of baby dolls, and sure enough... She had put Carmex ALL over the baby doll's lips and insode her mouth! YUCK!!!

Homeschool Update

This is just a simple post to explain why I do not have a homeschool update. Anyone who follows this blog knows I love pictures more than words... This is because most of the time you can look at the picture and nothing more needs to be said (you can already tell the story by the picture). So, this is what happened. I was using my camera and taking pictures as we went along doing the projects and school work... Then, my SD card, which had over 500 pictures on it went blank!!!

Yes, I can still give a homeschool update, but it is a lot hard without the pictures. The pictures reminded me of the things we did. Some of the things we did back in October~ I could really use a picture to refresh my memory!!! I will be looking back at the itinerary and getting an update together in the next few days. I need the update for future reference, so that the girls can see what they learned and I can remember.

Meeting in the middle

We got together with Aunt Janet to play and hang out. It was a lot of fun... I think the girls wore Aunt Janet out, though! They had her climbing through the tunnels and sliding down the slides.

Santa Claus 2009

A Visit with Santa

This is a serious conversation, as you can tell.

Playing in the cold

We met up with Grandma Leslie for an afternoon of fun & pizza... BUT, the place we chose had heating problems. It was 40 degrees outside & no heat inside!! The girls had coats, but I didn't. I wound up with a bedspread wrapped around me to stay warm~ Luckily, Grandma Leslie keeps blankets in her car!!

We stayed for a couple of hours, and we all got full on pizza & Sprite & had tons of fun!!

Run, Run, As Fast As You Can...

my gingerbread man

Morgan's gingerbread man (above & below)

Jaden's gingerbread man (below)

These Gingerbread men did NOT get away from our big mouths! Yummy!

Playing in the "snow"

I know, I know... You, northerners, laugh if you must, but my girls were excited with the "snow" we got. We had to scoop the snow off of the car in order to make snow balls. More places around us got a larger amount of snow, but we had a good 10 minutes of fun with our little bit... Then, we went inside to warm up :0)

Dear Santa...

Jaden cut out the pictures for both herself and Morgan

The front side of Jaden's letter to Santa (above) & the back side (below)

Morgan's letter to Santa (below)

We now have a Christmas tradition. Jaden asked if they could do the letters to Santa like they did last year. She remembered pasting her toy wish list to paper & mailing it to the North Pole... So, we did it again. This time, Jaden cut out all of the pictures, and then, Morgan and Jaden pasted and pasted and pasted until they ran out of toys to paste!

We put the letters in the mail with a return address, in case Santa want to reply (He did last year!)