Christmas Cookie Time!

I love this day!  It was time to make annual Christmas cookies for Santa.  Nothing is better than spending a day with the girls.  We declared this day a pajama day.  We watched movies, baked our cookies, and then Snapdragon helped me clean out my closet and her closet.  We also cleaned up the playroom to get ready for all of those toys Santa is bringing!

 Hard at work!

 Twinkies!  Buttercup's is red and mine is green!

The masterpiece collection!  Yummy!

Sister Day 2011

It's hard to believe that four years ago we became a family of four!  We celebrated Sister Day on December 10.  The girls are ready for Christmas! 

 Cupcake bouqet...my first Groupon purchase!

 Happy Sister Day to you!

New slippers for the sisters!

Beautful Daughters and Crafty Creations

Of course I am proud of my two beautiful daughters.  I am also proud of my two new crafty creations.  I'll be headed to Michaels to buy more supplies to make them as gifts!

Blessed Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving visit from my Mom, Dad, Jerry, Jennifer, and Travis.  We even made it to Graceland for the first time.  It was really cool and infomative.  Lots of food, fun, and shopping! 

Cute cousins on the way to Graceland.

 Buttercup's favorite room.

Itchy dog in a cute sweater!

Trick or Treat

Buttercup was a great big sister tonight and took Snapdragon all around the neigborhood trick-or-treating.  I'm so proud of my girls.  I'm glad they have each other!

Holy Rosary Halloween Party

While Buttercup was yet again at a sleepover/pumpkin decorating party, we took Snapdragon to Holy Rosary's Halloween Party.  Snapdragon had her fill of games, candy, friends and fun!  She even won a  Cinderella Barbie as a door prize. 

Today I get to take Buttercup shopping for jeans and tonight it's off to my boss's family Halloween party.

 Snapdragon and friends.

 Ring around th ghost.

 An appearance by Elvis (aka Father Martell).

Costume contest time!

Going to the Zoo

We recently made two trips to the Memphis Zoo. Last Saturday, we went to enjoy a beautiful fall day, and last night we went to enjoy Zoo Boo. Of course Buttercup was MIA busy with cheerleading and a slumber party for a friend's birthday.

Snapdragon has many choices for Halloween costumes this year. She chose to be a Memphis Tiger cheerleader last night (yard sale find), emulating her big sis. On Halloween, she says she wants to be an alien(dance costume) or Ariel.

Cheerleader poses before the zoo.

The dinosaurs are coming to the zoo in March!

That's one big snake!

Spooky!

Dracula's disco!

Cheer Competition

Here is the video of Saint Ann's performance at the PAA cheer competition.  They placed 3rd overall!  I'm very proud of their hardwork and dedication.  Buttercup is a base during the stunt routine and is the very front of the triangle during the dance routine.

Pumpkin Patch

All of us, except Buttercup, had the day off of school.  We took Snapdragon to Cedar Hill Farm with Buttercup's blessing.  She said she was fine without a trip to a pumpkin patch this year.  (I miss my little girl!)

We had fun and it was not too hot.  Snapdragon really enjoyed feeding the farm animals, but her favorite thing was playing on the pirate ship.  She had a crew of sailors following her as she barked out the orders.  My favorite was the homemade apple and cinnamon donuts. Yum! I think Lou's favorite was playing with a bunch of children on the big tire swing!  Snapdragon picked out a perfect carving pumpkin for us with a nice long stem.

On a side note, Buttercup is excited because she tried out for her school's production of Mulan.  She will be a bride and a dancer.  She will have a tap solo worked into the production.