Ice and snow

We were lucky enough to go to Ice  and Snow at Gaylord Palms  in Orlando recently and had so much fun.

Although my kids are definitely Floridians and were not a huge fan of the 9degrees, they were good sports and bundled up :). They may not have been thrilled but they sure did look cute. The ice sculptures were incredible and so beautiful. I added just a few pictures here...as I was having trouble with the upload so snow pics will be added another time :)  Enjoy

Jolee's Holiday Program at school

I am such a proud Mommy! Last night, was Jolee's school's Holiday Program.  The theme was Holidays around the world.  The little babies through 2 year olds did Jingle bells and just shook bells...they were so darn cute. The 3 year olds did the Dreidel song and Feliz Navidad.   Jolee's  VPK class did  the traditional Christmas and she was the Angel "Gabriel" in the Christmas pageant. Her line was " baby Jesus is born".  She was awesome and has no fear. She said he line in perfect timing and pretty loud too.  I am not just saying that because I am overly proud either! She was wonderful and I am just so proud of her confidence and grace on stage. She is such a little lady and made a beautiful Angel.   Enjoy just a few of the pics( I took a ton ). The video is coming soon as I am still working on formatting it!

Walking out

Walking on stage

Getting ready

Lifting the baby before saying her line

Singing "Away in a Manger"

After finishing

When all the kids came back on stage to sing "Santa Claus is coming to town"

You'd better not pout!

After the show

With her good friend Maya

Chanukah and December so far...

December has not slowed down yet! After a rough start , and some downtime for mommy ,we are back up and running almost full speed.  We are still in the first 2  weeks  and have so much to share in December.  I am going to try and  update everything to come this month... I believe I said try :)

So to start, here are 2 pics of the girls in adorable matching outfits that they got for Thanksgiving and just love. They are just cute and I wanted to share ...

We attended a Holiday Parade the Saturday after Thanksgiving and the girls got these Antlers that they love wearing.  They were looking so cute playing dress up one morning just after waking up. Hence why Rory doesn't have pants on... I had just changed her diaper  and she didn't want pants back on. She is starting the naked phase that comes with being 2  :) .. Let's hope that it is not as bad as Jolee's was!

The same morning as playing dress up, Rory was exhibiting one of her other favorite games. She takes all the stuffed animals she has from all over her room, piles them in one spot and jumps from her chair into the pile... this is her before jump smirk :)

 Still no pants , but looking cute in the pile of toys !

Chanukah was super early this year as it started on the first . Here are the girls looking sleepy , but showing off their gifts from the first night. Jolee with her pillow pet and Rory with her Foofa sneakers.

First night candles. I love having 2 menorahs in the house . Since Jolee turned 4 this year, she got her own. She loves her new ballerina menorah from Softa!!  Thanks Ema!

 Jolee got a makeup and dress up jewelry set  for the second night of chanukah so of course here she is modeling it! You can't see but she is covered in the entire bottle of body glitter as well .
She is such a girly girl is still cracks me up . Love her 4 going on 14 attitude.... most of the time :)

Our Community has the best holiday events. Every year they host a Bedtime Stories with Santa and Mrs. Claus.  The kids all get dressed in their jammies to see Santa,  have story time with Mrs. Claus and then have cookies and milk before heading home. It is awesome and with the "Real " Santa of course!
Here are my cuties while being read to....Mrs Claus reading to a group of the kids

Jolee and  James waiting to see Santa.
James is not so happy at the thought of sitting with Santa still... Jolee was happily waiting her turn.

 Baby Grace at just 2 weeks in her holiday Jammies getting ready to see Santa. She is so sweet in her Daddy's arms :)

 Jolee and Rory with Santa.

 Jolee having a chat with Santa about her wish list. He is so patient and sweet with the kids. Love him!  And I just love the look on Jolee's face in this picture. It's priceless :)

 Rory having her chat time with Santa

 Enjoying that cookie with milk.. Rory style ( which means shoving the whole soggy milk drenched cookie in at one time. )

Jolee admiring the candles on the last night of Chanukah.
This has got to be one of the sweetest pics I have and one of my personal favorites.

November 2010

November was filled with so many wonderful happenings. I cannot believe how fast the past couple months have flown by. I feel almost overwhelmed at the pace of our lives these days.
This November , Rory turned 2. I can hardly believe that my baby turned 2! Rory is such a big girl now. She is talking up a storm and wants to do everything Jolee does, including going to school.  She is still Yo Gabba Gabba obsessed and has pretty much every toy they make! Rory is such a sweetie , a bit goofy and is even handling the terrible two's pretty well so far. Much milder than her big sister.
 Between running the kids everywhere they need to be , the everyday life and the holidays I feel like I need a nap everyday! I am looking forward to January to just have some downtime and rest!

Here is what November held for us ....

I hosted a Baby shower for Renee before baby Grace's arrival.  Here are some of the ladies that came to the luncheon to celebrate Renee :)

Rory has learned a new "trick". She Hulk's out! She loves the Hulk and it's even funnier because the Hulk was Joey's favorite and I have pics of him doing the same thing at her age.  And she did it without Joe teaching her! So silly :)

 Rory the morning of her second birthday opening and playing with some of her new gifts just after waking up. She loved the blocks that her big sister got her :)

 Jolee helping Rory open more gifts

 Rory modeling  her new slippers

Isn't the breakfast cupcake the perfect way to start any birthday!

Breakfast frosting mustache

 More cupcakes at her party at the park with friends

Lollipop cheers with best friend Hallie

 We welcomed a new extended family member. Baby Grace was born to Renee and Matt on November 18th.
She is gorgeous and we are so happy she arrived healthy and the family is doing so well :)
 We love you Lab Family!

A playdate at Common Ground Park with friends!

For Thanksgiving I made Turkey Cake pops :) They came out so cute and yummy!
Snowman ones are coming up next month .... and maybe Santa's.... not sure yet :)