More Christmas!

We had such a fun Christmas morning! Santa really brought us EVERYTHING we asked for. I guess we were good little girls! I got a dollhouse and Barbie Charm School movie and toys. Libby got a baby doll, highchair and doll bed. We played all morning and then our friends from next door came over for brunch. We ate lots and played more. Libs and I were exhausted and rested on the couch watching my new Barbie movie. Then we played more!! It was a great Christmas Day!

Daddy helping me with my Barbie Charm School carriage.

Libs munching on one of our gingerbread cookies (we made them for Santa!).

The inside of my dollhouse!

My beautiful dollhouse. It's so big!

Libby and I playing with my Little Pony Mermaid castle. It plays music and Libs likes to dance to it.

Libby got her first dress-up dress and wore it all morning. Oh, and that's her new baby doll Kaylin.

Here I am playing with my new dollhouse.

I got some neat stocking stuffers, like my little "Fancy Nancy" books.

Libby got a Sesame Street playhouse with Big Bird, Elmo, Abby Caddaby and Cookie Monster!

I love my Daddy sooo much!

The Magic of Christmas Morning

Go Panthers!!

We went to our first Panthers football game on Christmas Eve. Maddie was really excited about it. I wasn't so sure what I was getting myself into, but went along with it. We both have pretty good Panther growls "Roar-Roar"! We enjoyed the game and made it all the way to halftime! We ate some good game food (popcorn, french fries, pretzels, doughnuts...) and danced some in the stands. Maddie found the game a little loud. Next time we'll bring ear plugs!

Doing our Panthers "Roar" in front of the popcorn we wanted!

Eating our pretzels...it took us both a little while to get comfortable with the noise which is why I look so sad! :(

We had a pretty good view of the field...I enjoyed watching the cheerleaders dance in their santa costumes! (I think Dad enjoyed that too!)

Happy 2nd Birthday, Libby!

I turned 2 years old today! It was a great birthday. Mom made special sprinkle pancakes this morning and then this afternoon we went to a friend's house to decorate Christmas cookies and everyone sang Happy Birthday to me! And yesterday I got my first haircut. I'm such a big girl now!

I loved getting my haircut. I was a good listener and got a lollipop!

Maddie really likes getting her hair cut too!

Ta da! The finished product!

Happy Birthday to me! Breakfast with chocolate milk and sprinkle pancakes!

Maddie's New Room

We are in the process of redecorating my room! It's all pink and the best part is that I got a bunk bed with a SLIDE! We're going to make the under part of my bed a playhouse. Libby and I are having a blast playing in my room. I'll have to post pictures when it's all done, but here are a few...

Whee! I can slide out of my bed.

Libby is climbing up!

Winter Celebration

Our school had a Winter Celebration last week. We all went on stage and got to sing a Christmas song. My class sang "Little Drummer Boy" with drums and then the whole school got together to sing "Jingle Bells". (Libby practices it all the time at home!). After singing we got to eat...yum!

I also did a dance to Frosty the Snowman with my dance class, but Mom was busy helping and didn't get any pictures of it. (But I did really well!)

Whole School sings Jingle Bells! We are in the black and white ruffle dresses.

Getting the drum for Little Drummer Boy

Santa's Lap

We went to the mall after Libby's nap today to see Santa! We had our letters in decorated envelopes to give him. Mom said we could sit on his lap and take a picture. We put on our pretty dresses and walked up the aisle to see him bursting with excitement.

Then the "elf" informed us that Santa was taking a "milk and cookie break" and they weren't letting anyone else in line, but to come back in an hour. I was really sad, but Mom said we could play at Pottery Barn Kids and go eat chicken fingers for dinner so I got happy again.

But when we got back to Santa there were a lot of other kids in line so we had to wait FOREVER! We finally made it to Santa. He opened my letter and read it and then he opened Libby's letter (we were all surprised she even walked up to Santa with her letter since she kept saying "No Santa") and told her he liked Elmo and Cookie Monster too. She smiled.

Then it was time for the picture....well, let's just say Libby stopped smiling. I enjoyed every minute especially my candy cane at the end. Maybe next year Libby will realize that Santa isn't so scary.

Santa's Lap this year.

Santa's lap last year

Mad Lib Birthday Bash 2011

It was the first annual Mad-Lib Birthday Bash yesterday! It was a big celebration of both of our birthdays. We had TWO bounce houses...Maddie had an enchanted castle bounce and I had a dinosaur play bounce. There was lots of food and LOTS of people (mom kept saying there were over 50 kids there!). We had cake (Elmo for me and My Little Pony for Maddie) and pinatas (not quite sure what these were, but when you pulled a string lots of candy fell down and us kids went crazy!) We had tons of fun. Looking forward to doing this again next year!

Maddie is waiting for her enchanted castle to blow up.

The big dino lagoon

Elmo pinata

Mom, Dad and Maddie being silly

Hot dogs, anyone?

Dad's jambalaya was a big hit! There wasn't any left!

The birthday buddies

The yummy cakes!

Me and my best buddy Jay-Jay

Got cake?!

Maddie and her Pinkie Pie pinata

Happy 4th Birthday!

Today was my birthday. I'm 4 now. It was a wonderful day. I woke up and put on my fancy birthday dress and announced I was the birthday girl! Every Sunday morning, Dad, Libs and I go eat pancakes. Well, this morning, Mom was there too and had decorated our booth with balloons and birthday signs. Then everyone at the Pancake House sang "Happy Birthday" to me and I got pancakes with sprinkles and powdered sugar.

Later that day Mom & Dad said they had a surprise for me. We drove in the car FOREVER. But we finally got there and I got to meet and ride a HORSE (I love horses and love playing "My Little Pony"). Honey was a good horse to ride, except when she had an itch and shook and scared me ALOT!

Birthdays are fun...too bad they only come once a year!

This was our table at Pancakes!

Yes, I'm 4!

Me and Honey!

Libby didn't like the horse so much.

Not so sure about this horse after she shook me.

Loving the horse ride. I'm a natural!

Trick or Treat!

We had a blast! Lots of candy and we loved seeing everyone dressed up.

Cowgirl Jessie!

Little Ladybug!

Friends! (Libby thinks she's a big girl too!)

What are you dressed up as, Mommy?

Dave and I got invited to a White Trash Halloween Party. Maddie kept asking what my costume was. I kept saying "A lady who doesn't dress nicely." How do you explain "white trash" to your 4 year old? Libby was just fascinated with Dave's teeth and my fake nails.

Oh, Sunday morning came early, but Saturday night was fun. Introducing Candy and her better half Joe Dirt...

Trying out the teeth...

Good times!

Fall Festival

This week at school we had our fall festival. We got to dress up in our Halloween costumes and eat some candy. We're so excited about Halloween and it was fun to give our costumes a test run.

Cowgirl Jessie

Little Ladybug

We love our candy!