Christmas Day!

Surprisingly, Ella had a very short list for Santa this year.  In fact the only 2 things that were of importance to her were an unicorn pillow pet and zhu zhu pets.  She was sure that Santa would surprise her with some other things too!  Kinsley was thrilled with her new chair and baby doll from Nonna and Papa as well as her bouncy turtle from Santa.  It was a great day filled with family!

Ella sitting amongst the presents on Christmas morning!

Ella and her unicorn pillow pet! 

Kinsley in her new chair!!

Ella showing off her Disney Princess ornament

 Kinsley figuring out her bouncy turtle!

It was so good to have Brady and Dave home for the week!

 

Christmas Eve!

All ready for church!

Ella in the Christmas pageant at church!

Brand new matching pajamas!

 Cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for his reindeer!

More Pre-Christmas Activities

Our second attempt with Santa at the country club Santa brunch...as you can see, it went much like the fist attempt!

And again, Ella LOVED Santa!

Here is an attempt to get a picture of the all the kids at the Santa Brunch!

We took Ella to see Disney's Princesses on Ice.  Ella LOVES princesses and loved the show!

Cinderella!

Nash, Ella, and Madison in front of the Christmas Tree after exchanging gifts!

 Ella got a pink snuggie!

Kinsley really liked Nash's binoculars!

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like...

Christmas!!!  And we are so excited!

 1st attempt with Santa

 Ella is really into Santa this year!

 Bundled up and looking for the perfect Christmas tree

 She found it!

 Trimming the tree

 Kinsley looking cute!

 Making Christmas Cookies

 Kinsley Too!

 Time to ice the cookies

Loving everything about this time of the year!

November

I am not quite sure where November went...it is kind of a blurr...and now we are well into December with Christmas fast approaching.  Here are a few pictures from the month.

Kinsley loves being outside

Ella had a blast playing the pile of leaves Tony made for her.

Kinsley wasn't so sure about sitting in the leaves though!

Kinsley also LOVES to swing!

 

 Ella has FINALLY learned how to "pump her legs" and is very proud that she can swing by herself now!

 

Tony spent a week hunting at the end of the month so the girls and I spent Thanksgiving Day at a friend's house.  She is extremely organized and already had her entire house decorated for Christmas.  The girls loved all her Christmas Trees!

Kinsley continues to grow like a weed a learn new things every day. She had gotten very good at eating with silverware...even if it is a bit messy!

Halloween Festivities

Last week was a very busy filled with lots of Halloween parties!

Wednesday night we went to a party at the country club.  Ella wanted her picture taken with the "monster"!

Ella and Emmy, the puppy, at the club.

Thursday was a party at the girls' daycare.  This picture really shows just how much Kinsley did NOT like wearing her costume!

She was, however, a BIG fan of the sucker that she found in her sack after they went "trick-or-treating"!

Ella all ready to lead the class trick-or-treating!

Saturday morning was Madison's Halloween party!  It was a great day and the kids loved the crafts, games, and food!

The Pinata was lots of fun!!

Addison, Madison, and Ella enjoying "mummy" dogs and "spider" cookies!

Just hanging out after the party!

Some more Football!!

Kinsley attended her very first Virginia Tech tailgate and football game last weekend.  Mommy wasn't so sure how she would do, but again I pleasantly surprised.  It was a beautiful day in Blacksburg and the girls had a great time being out and Kinsley was great during the game.  I guess we will have to that again soon....like this weekend :) !

 The girls hanging out at the tailgate

Kinsley dancing!!

Ella and cousin Jill.  We got to go see the cheerleaders practicing before the game.