Dance and Preschool Music Performances

Big M was so excited to ballet dance to a "Tinkerbell" song during one of her recent dance classes. It's great that her dance teacher offers 2-3 performances during classtime each year in addition to the dance recital in May. She still enjoys dancing and we loved watching what she has learned!

Our smiling ballerinas...Big M and her friend, Marin.

At TLC at The Church at Battle Creek, the kids put on a nice Christmas music program. They sang 6 songs! Big M was an angel and really put a lot of effort into her singing...just another one of her favorite activities!

December 2010

We visited Santa at Utica Square and both girls were very excited to see him. Santa has the cutest little house there and it's fun watching the moving "Nutcracker" scenes located throughout the shopping area. Like I suspected, Little M clammed up and didn't want to have much interaction with the jolly fellow. After seeing him, she was very concerned about his nose though...not sure why, but she still talks about it from time to time! Big M brought along her "my little pony" so Santa would know just want she wanted him to bring her. It was fun getting hot chocolate (for the girls) and coffee for us after seeing Santa...maybe it will become a new tradition!

Both girls had fun helping put ornaments on the tree this year. They did lose interest after a little while since there were just more ornaments than they had patients for, but it was a good time while it lasted.

Our Elf on the Shelf, Elvis, has joined us again this year. We never know where he'll be when we wake up. And, the girls know that he's keeping an eye on them and reporting all of their good and bad behaviors to Santa. Hopefully, there will be mostly good reports this season and for the upcoming year!

Turkey in Disguise?

Both of big M's schools sent home a blank turkey for us to decorate/disguise as a family project. So guess what we did on our Friday off of school?...we glittered, feathered, sequined, and pompommed the two birds to send back to school! We were supposed to disguise them creatively, although I think it's still pretty obvious that each one is a turkey. We did decide that one should be a girl and the other a boy. While they still really look like a very colorful turkey, Big M did have a great time decorating them. I know she can't wait to get the glitter out again for another project!

"girl" with a dress and hair bow

"boy" with t-shirt and baseball cap

Little M's 2nd Birthday!!

Little M will be turning 2 at the end of the month. With so much going on-- trips, holidays/Halloween, and the many other Fall activities, we decided to have her party a little earlier in the month. She was so excited about her Dora party. We started the party off with playtime in the backyard with some of Little M's neighborhood friends and cousins. Then it was time to play pin the party hat on Dora! It was a little scary for the little ones, but it was the easiest Dora game Mama could come up with.

Then it was time for some Dora cake or cupcakes, followed by opening up presents. Little M did a great job of blowing out the candles all by herself. She really got into opening the presents too...Mama was so impressed. She was blessed to have lots of family and friends around her to celebrate her 2nd birthday. She's really been enjoying her new gifts too!

Outdoor Playtime with Kaydence in the first photo and Ms. Sandra in the second.

Little M Pins the Party Hat on Dora

Opening a Dora card

She listens as we sing "Happy Birthday".

Blowing out the Candles

Mama, Little M, Dada, and Big M celebrating.

Happy Birthday Little M!!

Little M's First Haircut

Little M had her first haircut this last week. She wouldn't sit in the chair without Papaw, who was visiting. I had gotten a little frustrated with the stringy look of her hair and decided that it was time for the "baby" to get her first haircut. For some reason, I guess I was just holding out with her. While I've been noticing that she's growing up more and more all the time, the haircut really changes my baby girl into a toddler girl!

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Carmichael's Pumpkin Patch

I can't believe it's been since mid-August since I've put anything new on the blog! September just flew by with my part-time work, the girls' activities, school, and church. October is busy too, but I'll try to get at least a few posts on here. And, hopefully I can get that summer blog background changed to something more seasonally appropriate!

We visited a fun pumpkin patch called Carmichael's in the Bixby area yesterday. The girls had a great time. Carmichael's has a petting zoo, pony and camel rides, hay rides, a maze, and lots and lots of pumpkins. The girls had a great time picking out pumpkins, and Big M actually rode a pony all by herself! We had beautiful fall weather and it was a fun outing. We can't wait to do it again next year!

Another Project Finished...

I finally finished Big M's bulletin board. Unfortunately, she's been asking for one for about 3-6 months. She's wanted somewhere to put the artwork that she finds so difficult to throw away or recycle. Anyway, it's done and wasn't very time consuming at all. I got the idea from a friend, who had made one for her daughter. I didn't think it was going to be easy to make the thumbtacks, but they just turned out cute. And, Big M loves them! If only, I could keep her from readjusting each piece of artwork every few minutes.

The new bulletin board.

The cute little thumbtacks!