Sea World

On Friday we braved the freezing cold and went down to San Antonio to go to Sea World. We had SO much fun, even with the weather being below 40! We got season passes and we are SO excited to go back! The girls had SO MUCH FUN! When we got home Sadie asked if we could go see the dolphins again! It was such a great time! We started off by seeing the dolphins! Lucy could hardly contain herself the entire day! She loves animals and LOVES fish! Then we went and saw a dolphin show with people doing crazy stunts/flips into the water and stuff. It was BEAUTIFUL! That was my favorite show! The girls didn't know what to think at first. I think the loud music made them a little worried when it started. They both had to sit on my lap. But then they LOVED it and could not turn their eyes away! Then they wanted to watch it again when it was done! We saw the silly Seal and Walrus show. It was really cute, but that stadium really had the wind blowing through it so it was freezing!

Then we went to the kid rides and games. Sadie was big enough to ride on a little Shamu roller coaster. She LOVED it and was so proud that she could ride on it. Lucy, on the other hand was a little upset about not being able to go with Mommy and Lucy. Okay, so I must say that my favorite pictures of the day were ALL taken by Chris! I already knew he had a good eye for photos, but these really impressed me! Love you Chris! Okay, so one of my favorites was the one of me and the girls! I love it because I am never in pictures because I am always behind the camera. So I love that there is a picture of us together just having a fun time. Then...here are the gorgeous shots!

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Aren't you impressed!?! I know I am! So here is me and Sadie on the ride, blurry but hey, we were going FAST!

Then we played some of the games and the booths. They were so cute. You paid $5 to play but you play until you win! So they each won a Shamu stuffed animal! Sadie was lucky and won a bigger one and Lucy got the regular size. They were both so excited about it! Then we finished the day off with the Shamu show! Lucy was dancing the whole time! She was so excited! She loved the fact that she had a Shamu stuffed animal! She would snuggle it and then try to clap and of course drop it and pick it up and do it again and again! It was so cute!

As you can tell we had a BLAST! Look at that poor little cold face and hands! Her hands were freezing! After every show we saw Lucy would wave and yell "Bye Fishies!" over and over as we were leaving! It was so cute. Then as we were leaving the Shamu show she did the same but yelled "Bye Shamu!" So fun!!! We were all so cold by the end of the day but it was SO worth it!

Thanksgiving fun

We had a fun Thanksgiving with Grandpa Bob and Grandma Christy here! The boys watched a lot of football and the girls did a lot of cooking and playing. My Mom made these cute little aprons for the girls and I am wearing one she had sent last year (we all have matchies). The girls loved their aprons! Thanks Grandma Stewie! We were taking a break from all our cooking to enjoy some yummy dips and snacks.

Sadie and Lucy have been LOVING to play the piano and sing (yell) lately. It is so cute and I don't mind the yelling at all! I know that they are having fun together and enjoying eachother! That is good enough for me!

They girls LOVE running and getting Grandpa Bob! They think it is so funny! Even tonight Lucy was up on the tower and she started squeeling about something as she was climbing down, like she got a good idea about something, and she ran and got Grandpa Bob. So cute!

We have had such a great trip with them here. We are sad to have them leave!

Pajama Party!

Since Sadie is so into dresses right now and SO NOT into jammies, Grandma Christy thought it would be a good idea to entice her with a night gown. So we went to the fabric store and we picked out some fun fabrics and Grandma (with a little help from Sadie) made the girls some adorable night "dresses." Sadie helped Grandma by pushing the reverse button! She loved it and tried to push it more often than necessary but Grandma is so skilled, they still came out gorgeous! The girls LOVE them and love dancing around in them. Grandma is even going to make more for Christmas! She knows of a good fabric store at home where she can buy nice silky/stretchy material! We can't wait!

Craft Time

Grandma Christy is always so attentive to the girls! They LOVE to play with her! I don't know how many times I have heard the girls ask Grandma if she wants to play in the kitchen or color, or play soccer...whatever! And Grandma is always so quick to be excited and say YES! The girls LOVE it as do I. We are so lucky to have such sweet Grandparents who have so much love for our girls!

Who turned out the LIGHTS!?!

So Saturday, Grandma Christy and Grandpa Bob came to visit us for Thanksgiving. We came home, had some dinner and about 20 minutes later a storm hit and our power went out! It was out for an hour! It made us realize how unprepared we are! We only had one real flashlight and then we had two winding flashlights but only one would work. I busted out my reflectors and so we bounced the light off of them. I found some candles and lit those. So we had fun doing tricks on the couch and reading books! Finally the power came back on! YEAH!! Then it was time for bed! It was an exciting way to start a week of fun!

Fall Feast

*WARNING* - Picture quality may put you at risk of vaumiting!
I, yes I, forgot my camera! So these are from my cell phone! I was seriously so MAD about not bringing my camera. Anyway, there is always next year! Sadie's school had a fall feast on Tuesday! It was so much fun. I signed up to help out, since Grandma Christy is in town I had someone to watch Lucy! So it worked out nice! It was SO fun to be with her at school! She was loving it! I needed to soak in as much as I could since soon she will be embarrassed when I come help out at school! She was so cuddley! Anyway, all the classes prepared something last week for their fall feast. Then they all gathered in the auditorium and had their feast. Then each age group had learned a little song that they got to sing. Then EVERYONE did the Turkey Tango! It was so cute! This was my first experience with helping out at school and it was kind of humorous. With a bunch of Mom's there to help out, probably too many, every Mom is used to being in control so it was kind of funny to see some of the Mom's looking all stressed if there wasn't really something for them to do at the moment or they weren't doing it their way. Anyway, it was funny. Here are some "pictures" of our fun!

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I found this little place called "The Little Buckaroo Ranch" that does little field trips for kids. So we went there for playgroup today. It was cute. Not necessarily what I was thinking, but they kids had a blast. We played around on a horse swing and on some log balance beams and then went up to see the animals.

Then we went over to the fish "pond." They taught them to stick their finger in just barely so the fishies would give them fish kisses. Sadie got one but Lucy did NOT! She was a little to excited and would reach in to try and grab them with an excited squeal!!! The fish weren't fans.Then we went and saw some baby chicks that just hatched...which is very unusual for this time of year. They were cute!Here is Peter Cottontail. (Not the original!! ;) but still cute)

Here, they are going on a LITTLE hay ride! They had fun though.Meet Ginger! She was the cutest minature horse. She stood there so perfectly still while all the kids got a chance to brush her. Lucy tried but took one look at the LADY and freaked out! I felt bad because she wanted so badly to touch the horses but they were not aloud to through the fence. Anyway, she didn't get to pet one. Sad.

Then we went and had a little "Texas" snack and then had our very own miniature horse show. That was the best part! The kids LOVED it! The horse ran around and they had to yell "JUMP" when it was time for the horse to jump. They of coursed LOVED YELLING LOUD!! That little horse got going pretty fast! Personally, I was shocked at how fast those little legs could go!They were LOVING it!

Then we finished off the fun with lunch and then we roasted marshmallows!

You know you had a good time when even Lucy falls asleep!