A good weekend

Silly friends
"All I want for Christmas...."

Reading to Grandma and Grandpa on the computer.

Huh?

The girls are playing in the playroom with small plush cheer leader dolls. Piper is singing the High School Musical song (I really didn't THAT would happen this early).

Brenna says "We're not that kind of cheerleaders. They are Africa. We are America cheerleaders."

I have no idea what to do with that.

Kari, can you give me some insight please?

Another great giveaway

Downtown Holiday Jacket and Pant GIVEAWAY!!!!

The odds of me winning this are slim, I realize. So...any of you seamstresses are welcome to make one for Piper. Or better yet, one for each of my girls !!! haha

Out of place

This is out of place, but I wanted a new post today and don't have my camera.
Enjoy. :)


This picture cracks me up. This was right near the end of Brenna's biting phase. There was one day at SSS that several kids gotten "written up" for biting. Brenna bit L, L bit someone, someone bit I and I bit Bren. On the face. If you look on her right cheek you can see the bruises from the bite. When I see this picture I can't help but think that Bren was looking for protection with the helmet. Sadly, that was not the last time she bit someone.

So glad those days are over.

Commissioned Watercolor Portrait GIVEAWAY!!!!

For those who look at Grosgrain, you'll appreciate this. Those who don't...should check her out.

Commissioned Watercolor Portrait GIVEAWAY!!!!

Go Dads Go!!

This is one the cutest things I have seen in a while!!

For Damma

because Dampa doesn't share.

We love autumn!!!

We have a LOT of leaves in our backyard. I have wanted to rake them up all week. So, Saturday, I did just that. Mostly. (We do have a LOT of leaves in our backyard!)

Once I got the first pile ready to go, I told the girls they could jump on them.
Neither were sure what to do at first, so after a little coaxing and one big
jump on my part, the fun began!

I love the action in the picture.

Pure joy!

The morning ended with piles of leaves and laughter. It was a great day!!
Now, Anyone want to bag and haul off several large, crushed piles of leaves?
And for those interest, Piper's bandaid is a result of a really bad week for her.
Sunday she fell of the chair in our dining room and slip her lip open.
Tuesday she got her finger slammed in a door.
Wednesday she threw up a large portion of the night.
And Friday she fell cheek first onto the door of our van.
I'm hoping this new week brings her a little relief.

Silliness at our house

First place!!!!

Brenna's school had a cake decorating contest for their Annual Fall Festival. I was hesitant to even tell Brenna about it because it was a very busy week. Well, I decided to see if she wanted to particiate, and, of course, she did. We decided on a gum ball machine cake, but only because I ruled out a castle cake like Cinderella made in one of her books.So, she mixed the cake and I baked it.

The next day, she iced it while Piper looked on.

I did the sides and she did the top completely by herself.

Then she and Piper put M&M's on instead of gumballs.

I put on the finishing touches.
Brenna was quite proud. And should be. She did a great job. So good, in fact, she won first prize in the Pre-K class!! In the not too distant future, she will get to have lunch with her favorite teacher, Ms. P. Way to go, B!!