School Christmas Program

Here are a couple better pictures of Alexandra and Chloe.

(Remember the picture from the school carnival?)

Alexandra's 4th Birthday

Alexandra was very excited about her birthday presents.

She definitely figured out the art of unwrapping gifts.
She loved her new Barbie.
Alexandra wanted a Spiderman cake. I'm not that creative so I got her Spiderman plates.
Maybe the idea of play make-up wasn't a good idea!

Taking the Christmas Picture

We tried this weekend to get a picture of the girls in front of the Christmas tree. We wanted a nice picture in the girls' Christmas outfits from Thea to send out with Christmas cards. It was quite an ordeal. Alexandra started out okay, but we couldn't get Addison to stand next to the tree.
Then they started making funny faces.
Then Addison was in la la land.
We tried sitting down. Once again we couldn't keep their focus.
Wouldn't you call that an awkward hug?
Somehow we got a crown on and added a red bear to the picture.
Sitting on the chair didn't last long.
By the time we were done, we were in our Halloween costumes...
running all over the place.
So did we get a good picture? You will have to wait and see.

Alexandra and Chloe

This picture was taken at the school carnival with her friend Chloe.

Alexandra had a great time. She won a Barbie cake at the cake walk and jumped a ton of times in the jumping castle.

Future in Advertising

Couldn't you just picture this ad in a magazine.

What a great product!
Look how good I look!
Everybody looks good with some Bath and Body Spray on!

Copy Cats

These pictures are perfect examples of Addison copying everything that Alexandra does.

Notice that Addison has her own chair on the left but has to be right on top of her big sis.
Addison might not understand what her sister is doing but she better do it too!
Alexandra doesn't act like she likes her little sister copying her every move but I think she really does enjoy the attention.

Halloween Pictures

Halloween was fun for the family.

Addison was very comfortable in her pumpkin costume.
Alexandra loved her Sock-Hop Barbie costume and Dad a pretty good job carving a pumpkin!
On Wednesday, we went to Karen's church for some trick or treating. It was nice to be able to stay indoors and still get to go door to door to get candy.

These young ones were pretty mesmerized by the whole experience. We can't wait until next year!

Updating the Blog

You see there is a reason that we are not getting our blog updated on a regular schedule. When you count on a one year old to get your work done it just takes longer!

She has to think about what she is going to write.
She doesn't have her keyboarding skills down so it takes her a while to type.
And then she has to proofread everything and she thinks she is pretty funny!

(Actually what she is doing is looking at her cousins' blogs. She loves looking at the babies.)

Play Time

Here are the girls playing in the corn. You get the idea!

Pumpkin Farm

Karen and I took our girls out to a pumpkin farm last Saturday. Karen's daughter, Sydney, is on the right in the picture below. She is two years old. They look pretty cute together; they all have blonde hair and blue eyes.

This is the best picture I could get. You get the idea. Addison never really stuck her head out the hole while the other two were trying to crawl all they way through.
There was a small maze for the kids to go through. These two did a good job. Addison just took her time and fell behind.
Here I am with the girls on the pumpkin train.
After a hayrack ride, we made it down to the pumpkin patch. This is the pumpkin we brought home for Daddy to carve.

It was an extremely windy day and the girls we getting tired. They decided to take a break in the cart while we waited for a tractor to take us back up to the farm.
There was a small building filled with corn over 1 foot deep.


They had fun digging and playing in the corn.
When they all started lying down in the corn, we knew it was time to head home.

Homemakers

Sorry it has been so long since I have added to our blog. We have been busy I guess. Here is an example of what we have been doing. Last weekend Tony and I both worked together canning and baking.

Our peach pie turned out pretty well. I made the filling and the crust. Tony helped roll out the crust. Next time we have to make sure the crust is a little thinner. Since we have 12 bags of frozen peaches, I guess we will be able to practice.

Dad gave me some tomotoes from his garden. We canned 6 quarts. This should last until next year because we only use the tomatoes in lasagne. Tony helped me put the jars in the boiling bath otherwise we probably would have gone to the hospital!

These are cinnamon cucumbers. Addison actually loves these. The whole process takes three days but it was pretty fun. I have more jars and cucumbers out in the garage so I better get started on another batch!

The girls and I also made brownies but I forgot to take a picture. We started eating them before they were even cool!

Alexandra and Rian Over the Years

Alexandra and Rian have spent a lot of time together over the years. It is fun to look back and see how they have grown together. Alexandra has already said that Rian is her boyfriend. It probably was a good thing that we had to move to Nebraska. I don't think I would want these two together as teenagers. They have too much history together.

Potty Time

For several months now Alexandra has been potty trained. We have a feeling Addison will be a lot easier to train since she has someone to look up to. She wants to be just like her big sister. So we thought we would give her some practice and she has been successful a couple of times!

"What am I doing here??"

Sisters

As we were looking through pictures, we found some similarities between the two girls or at least their behaviors!

I totally forgot Alexandra did the nose scrunch too!

Alexandra's flower girl dress from Aaron and Natalia's wedding has been a lot of fun over the years.

And as stated before, we are trying to get the girls into art. I guess we started a little earlier with Alexandra (she was only 6 months and Addison is one in this picture).