Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Christmas Ornament Craft Night!

From Christmas 2011
Tonight we made Christmas Ornaments!

From Christmas 2011
I made an angel and a Santa (not pictured).

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Theo, Emmaline, and Mama made a Santa and a Christmas Tree.

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Now we have more ornaments for our tree! I can't wait to find out what we do tomorrow!

Monday, November 28, 2011

Christmas (Tree) is Here!

From Christmas 2011
Today we all put up our Christmas tree for Advent. Mama and Daddy say we'll have to take it down and put it back up in our new house before Christmas, but what would Christmas be without a tree?

From Christmas 2011
Theo helped put up ornaments.

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And so did Meredith. She put them up as high as she could reach!

From Christmas 2011
I'm so excited for Christmas to come! Can it be tomorrow? This Advent waiting thing is going to be hard!

Sunday, November 27, 2011

A candle of Hope

From Christmas 2011
Today we start Advent. This year Mollie put together activities to do with the kids each day of advent. Some are simple, some are silly, hopefully all will help teach something about Advent.

Today we used a Sunday School activity -- decorating a yule log Advent "wreath." Tonight before dinner we lit the first candle and talked about how Advent is about waiting... for Jesus to be born. We talked about waiting for things, like for our presents, for moving into our new house, and of course for Jesus our Savior.

I hope each day to take pictures of what we do so everyone can experience Advent with us too. Visit every day to see what the kids did that day!

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Sneak Preview

From Christmas 2011
Yesterday we went to a park and Daddy took our pictures. Something about a card that Mama and Daddy will mail out to a bunch of people.

From Christmas 2011
I just liked that I could wear some bling! (I really like necklaces lately.)

From Christmas 2011
Theo got to smile in his candy cane wreath.

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And Meredith LOVED her flower wreath. She almost couldn't wait to take this picture while we were taking the walking picture.

Thank you Mama for making the wreaths and thank you Daddy for taking our pictures!

Saturday, November 19, 2011

It is SNOWING!!!

From Meredith Jane 4 Years
Today it snowed outside. There was enough snow for us to go outside and play!

From Theodore Elial 2 Years
Theo came outside and played too. He tried throwing a snowball at Daddy while he was taking pictures.

From Theodore Elial 2 Years
Mama and Gilligan came out and played too. Emmaline was sleeping inside :( Maybe next time she can come out and play too?

I LOVE Daddy's Pumpkin Pie!

From Emmaline Ruth 1 Year
Daddy made too much pie filling to put in his pie. Well, that's just too bad ;) He made "personal" pies in small dishes with the extra filling.

Do you know what that means?

From Emmaline Ruth 1 Year
I got to eat my own personal pumpkin pie! And I LOVED it!

Halloween... BUGS! (better late than never)

From Halloween 2011
This year's Halloween costume theme was bugs. I was a ladybug.

From Halloween 2011
Meredith Jane was a ladybug too. And Theo was a bumble bee.

We all went trick-or-treating and had a GREAT time!

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Halloween

A while ago we went to the pumpkin patch to pick out some pumpkins. I didn't really get what we were doing then, but yesterday my Mama and Daddy finally filled me in on the secret.
From Halloween 2011
We're going to take pictures of the pumpkins (well, so that still doesn't make much sense).
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Meredith loves her big pumpkin (but Mama's is bigger in the background).
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Theo picked one he could carry by himself.
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Mama wanted a cat, moon, and stars. We picked out an owl for me, Theo wanted a spider (though last year's was friendlier with a smiley face), and Meredith wanted Swiper the Fox from Dora the Explorer. Thanks Daddy for carving out our pumpkins (you are awfully handy with your Dremel)! We also had to take the requisite glowing jack-o-lantern pictures:
From Halloween 2011
From Halloween 2011
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Of course we'll be taking pictures of all us kiddos in our costumes tomorrow when we go out trick-or-treating!

Are you going to Costco?

From Theodore Elial 2 Years

Hey, Meredith? Are you going to Costco?

From Meredith Jane 4 Years

Yup!

From Theodore Elial 2 Years

We need some milk.

From Theodore Elial 2 Years

Oh, and some cheese. Red cheese, please!

When the Mama's Away...

From Theodore Elial 2 Years
All the kids make muffins! Mama went to visit her sister and our new baby cousin last weekend. That means we got three-on-one time with Daddy for a three-day weekend. What FUN!
From Theodore Elial 2 Years
We even made butternut squash and applesauce muffins. Theo LOVED them (he ate them like they were going out of style). I liked them. Emmaline liked them too!

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Bill's Berry Farm (a.k.a. "The Pumpkin Patch")

We went to the pumpkin patch yesterday. Really, it was a farm that grows blueberries, cherries, apples, pumpkins, and corn. But who's counting, anyway?
From Bill's Berry Farm 2011
Meredith got to ride a pony!
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So did Theo!
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All our friends rode on the ponies too, and the hay ride to pick apples and pumpkins.
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I rode on Mama's back... Hopefully I get to ride on them by myself soon too!
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Meredith picked apples.
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Theo picked apples.
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Theo picked so many, he asked Daddy to help him carry them!
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I picked leaves...
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Meredith and her friend Zachary picked a pumpkin.
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Theo decided to pick one he could hold on to this time. Daddy got some sugar pie pumpkins for pumpkin pies. He says that they will be yummy, but no pictures of those :(
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Theo rode on the train!
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So did Meredith! But, again, I was not big enough to ride. Maybe later. We all had a great time!

I'm one (for real)!

From Emmaline Ruth 1 Year
I'm one for real this time. My birthday was on Thursday and we had a party with a bunch of our friends on Friday. We had a blast!!
From Emmaline Ruth 1 Year
At first, I didn't want to let Mama put on my dress...
From Emmaline Ruth 1 Year
I wanted to play instead!
From Emmaline Ruth 1 Year
Later, after playing with my friends, I tried to blow out my candle. My Mama had to help me out.
From Emmaline Ruth 1 Year
I LOVE cake!
From Emmaline Ruth 1 Year
And balloons!
From Emmaline Ruth 1 Year
Happy Birthday!