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Christmas in Central Park

This is the second year in a row that we have gone to Christmas in Central Park.

We always have a lot of fun.

Well, maybe not that much fun. According to Harper.

Going for a wagon ride.

Trying to stay warm.

The good old hockey game!

Look at these two cuties.

Decorating the cookies is always a highlight.

Showing off the yearly Christmas ornaments. Edition 2009.


Hope your enjoying the holiday season as much as us!

Cool Blog With Awesome Ideas

I found this blog the other day and it's pretty cool. Lots of great ideas!

Check it out: www.frugalfamilyfunblog.com/2008/11/about.html

Happy Halloween!

Besides Christmas, Halloween is my favorite time of year. And this year I started to get a look of what it may be like in the future when my kids are really into Halloween. Alexa is excited about Halloween but I don't think that she's reached her full potential of excitement just yet. We went out at 6 pm and I believe that we got back at about 8 pm. So that's not bad and man did we ever get the mother load of candy. A big bowl of chocolate bars, a big bowl of suckers, etc. And a bag of chips. We're set for candy for a while. We didn't get very many kids this year, about 30 or so. And we have left over candy from that because we normally get double.

So here we go with the Halloween pictures. Hope you enjoy!

Us girls. I threw on my hat and wig at the last minute. I wanted to dress up too!
My little "Alice in Wonderland".

Lexie walked the whole way, except on the way home. Thank goodness for the red wagon.

Up the street from us, a family builds a haunted house each year. It's actually pretty scary but Alexa makes me take her in. She did shake a few times and I had to remind her that it all fake but she toughed it out. And there were no bad dreams, so I call that a success!

Made my candy apples this year. Rolled in mini chocolate chips and some rolled in peanuts. The peanut one were the best.

Our pumpkins. Alexa drew the faces for her and Harper. They turned out really well. I should have had her draw mine. Brad made a pumpkin too but I forgot to take a picture of his. But his was an alien face and it got lots of compliments I guess.

This is the day of her playschool Halloween party.

I thought this was so cute but it was a size 3 and I thought it would be too big for her. Well, I guess my 15 month old is a pretty big girl because it fit her just fine. I guess that I'll have to start just putting Alexa's old clothes straight into Harper's closet.

My close up! I did do my make up too because I looked so washed out with that wig and no makeup. So I went a little extreme and made really dark green eyes and some black on my lips.

Hope your Halloween was fun and that you ate as much candy as me!

Thankfulness

Since it is Thanksgiving and all, I thought I would put down some of the things I'm thankful for:

1. Two beautiful, healthy children.
2. A wonderful husband that I seem to fall in love with more each year.
3. A warm comfortable home.
4. Harpers' silliness. Even at 14 months, she is comical.
5. Alexas' seemingly early ability to learn school subjects. I may be biased though but whatever it is, it makes me proud.
6. Friends that I enjoy spending time with.
7. Extended family
8. September to December. It's my favorite time of year. I don't necessarily like the cold but I enjoy everything else. It just puts me in a good mood.
9. Houseplants. I like having green, living things around me.
10. My body. It's maybe not the shape I want but it carries me around this world, allows me to hug my family and receive that love back. Nothing is better than that.

Fancy Panties

Strange title I know, I know, but I couldn't think of a better one. The other night I went to WEM on my mommy night out and was walking around. I happened to walk pass La Senza and saw that you could buy 5 pairs of panties for 25 dollars. The first thought that went through my mind was: "Man that's expensive!", then it was "You know your a mom when...you think after seeing that sign that, I could get 6 0r 7 pairs for 10 dollars at Walmart!" Then I realized that at one point in my life and not that long ago that I use to buy panties from La Senza. Either that is really sad that I don't anymore or with age comes wisdom!

Me and the Girls

I really like this picture of me and the girls. Even though I have a little bit of squinty eyes. We were at the Grove Cruise Parade.