Bubbles anyone?!?!?

This kept them entertained for at least 45 minutes!

Much Love,
Jenny

Sitting Pretty

Sitting pretty and playing with some toys! Our baby is growing up WAY TOO FAST!

 

Much Love,
Jenny

Circle Pizza

In Anna's preschool class, the month of November is "Kid's in the Kitchen." This week the teachers taught them to make circle pizza's all by themselves. Anna was so excited to tell me how and she told me step by step instructions in the car.

 

"Mommy! First you cut an english muffin. Then spread red sauce on it. And then put lots of cheese on it. And then you put it in the oven and eat, eat it all up!"

 

So this past weekend she wanted to show us her new found cooking skills and made us all circle pizzas for lunch. And not only did she make them for us but she taught Ashley how to make them as well.

 



 

They love their circle pizzas!

 

Much Love,

Jenny

Homemade Tiara

2 birthdays ago cousin Henry gave me these tiaras (a tiara mosaic gem by number type of art project). And FINALLY (mommy thought I was too little at first and then forgot about them for a while and found them a couple weeks ago) the other rainy day while Abby was napping, we finally took them out to make! Here is the one I choose to make with mommy. We had so much fun and can not wait to make the other 4.

Thanks Henry. I am one pretty princess and can't wait to wear this tiara to my next princess party :)

Love,
Anna

Don't I look just Fancy?!?!?!?

WOW. That man does nice work!

This week we had our box lighting replaced with mini pendant lighting in our kitchen. It was something that Rob has been wanting to do since before we moved in and honestly I didn't mind it that much. Yes, I knew that it was outdated and that pendant lighting would be so much nicer, but it was livable.

But we reached where it was on our to do list concerning the house and bit the bullet. And are SO GLAD we did it! We were out of our kitchen for two lunches and a dinner and the entire job was completed in less then 2 days. They literally covered everything except the ceiling with paper or plastic and took down the huge box light, patched the holes, drilled new holes for the pendants, re-popcorned the ceiling and spray painted the entire ceiling. They did a very good job. When Anna walked into the kitchen after the job was complete, she looked at me seriously and said, "Wow mommy. That man sure does nice work!" We can still tell where the old box light was (because we look hard) but the normal person won't be able to tell at all.

We are loving the new lighting it brings to the kitchen (no more fluorescent). Here is the before and after shot!

And here are the current decorating additions I have done to the kitchen; our family picture put on canvas, the huge metal boxed S and the wall collage going up the stairs.

 

And some other angles of the pendant lights!

 

 

 

Now if only it could look this clean everyday!

 

Much Love,

Jenny

Show and Tell

This past Tuesday it was FINALLY Anna's turn to be the leader at preschool. She had been waiting and waiting and waiting for it to be her turn and boy was she excited!!!

As leader she got to sit in the leader chair, bring a special item for show and tell, check the weather with the weather stick and be line leader. This child was pumped I tell ya. And not only was she leader but DADDY was bringing her to preschool and watching show and tell. It couldn't get any better!

There was no question as to what she would bring to show and tell; bunny and bunny blanket. We practiced and practiced the questions they sent home for her to practice the "tell" part of show and tell. They were as follows:

Who got you it? Grammy
When did you get it? When I was in mommy's belly.
Where do you keep it? In my bed.
What do you do with it? I hug it and love it.
Is there any other thing you'd like to tell us? He has his own bunny blanket, bunny blankey.

I video taped her with the questions 5 minutes before we left and then videotaped her at school. It is so funny the difference with kids at home and at school!

Home


School (I love how she mumbles that he has a favorite spot in the beginning! My little Anna Bananapants!)


Here Anna is in her leader chair.....

 

At dinner time when she was telling us about her experience she told us that everyone loved bunny and everyone wants one just like him!

 

Much Love,

Jenny

Words by Ashley

Ashley comes storming into my room.... "Mommy, do I need pants on?"

"Well yes honey, it's cold outside."

"Where are we going?"

"Nowhere. We are staying home."

"Then why do I need pants on? (PAUSE) OH, (hands go in the air) because I'm pretty?!?!?" And the runs off to find pants.

Oh my do we have our hands full with this one :)

Much Love,
Jenny