Thank you Santa

Merry Christmas - Part II

Merry Christmas!

We had a lot of fun getting ready for Christmas

Happy Anniversary

Today is our 5th Anniversary! I can't believe how time flys and what an amazing life we have together, with so many blessings. I thank God everyday for bringing such a wonderful man into my life.

My cousin Kelly is a fantastic photographer!(http://kvvphoto.blogspot.com/) No exaggeration, even if I am biased. She was gracious enough to take some fantastic shots of all of us. Getting pictures taken of Olivia and Ethan is always a challenge, especially Olivia. She just clams up and getting a smile is all but impossible. But not with Kelly, she had Olivia eating out of her hand. Olivia even asked the following week if cousin Kelly was coming back to take her picture! Here are some of the photos she took.

Happy Halloween

Olivia and Ethan had a great time trick-or-treating! Olivia has been so excited. She was really into it this year. Ethan was also excited but didn't quite understand the whole concept. To my shock and amazement my usually shy daughter went up to every house (sometimes trying twice) and would knock on the door, say trick-or-treat, Happy Halloween and Thank-you!!!! I couldn't believe it! She even made sure that Ethan wasn't forgotten. Ethan thought that he should carry all of his candy instead of putting it in his basket! He would walk up to a house put the piece of candy he had in his hand into the person's basket and take a new piece. More than once did someone not only give him back his original piece but several others as well!

Aren't they just adorable! I plan to show them this picture when they are older and don't want to be anywhere near each other!

Busy Fall

We have had a really busy fall. Olivia is still enjoying school and seems to be settling in finally. She has actually started to talk to the teachers! We have been to the zoo, where I think the goats and sheep in the petting zoo are at least Ethan's favorite. We went to the family day at Springton Manor Farm where Ethan demanded that he try out every tractor they had there on display!
My friend Teresa has 2 miniature horses that are the perfect size for little ones. Olivia had a great time leading Scrappy around the small paddock, she even rode her briefly. Ethan also rode Scrappy and thought that it was great!
Olivia had the opportunity to be a flower girl in my friend Kari's wedding(I did manage to finish the dresses for the flower girls in time). She had a great time. She walked down the asile without any hesitation with her basket of flowers. The highlight of the evening was dancing. She was a dancing queen! She didn't leave the dance floor from the time we told her she could start until we carried her out to Pop-pop's car at 9pm crying because she didn't want to go! The girl has some moves!!

First Day of School

Olivia started preschool this week. We have been talking about it for awhile, to get her ready and she has gone back and forth as to whether or not she wanted to go. We got new sneakers and a very stylish "My Little Pony" backpack. Monday she told me that she was nervous about school. I assured her that being nervous was perfectly okay and that she would have fun at school and she would make lots of friends. She then wanted to know if Ethan could go to school with her and talk to the teachers for her. (I am not exactly sure how long this wanting her little brother tagging along will last!) Needless to say she wasn't very enthused about my response that Ethan would not be going to school with her. Her first day was tuesday. The parents stayed with them. She was her usual shy self but seemed to enjoy herself. Today however was her first day by herself. I am soooo glad I was not the one who had to take her (Thank you Mom-mom)!!!! She was apparently excited about school, UNTIL... she got there. Poor Mom-mom had to walk away while she screamed. Thank you again Mom-mom, you're the best!! When I spoke to her after school she told me she had a good time at school and she got to play. She did say that she talked to Ms. Mary, but not Ms. Cathy, her teachers.

We have a toy basket that has wheels on it. I have no idea where all the toys went but they were having great time pushing each other up and down the hallway.