Avery's Concert Highlights

11:16 PM

Avery's Nana Judy and Bapa Ron surprised her with a balloon delivery on her special concert day! She was SO very excited! Nana Dianna and Bapa Craig also gave her some balloons, so our house is full of them still! :)


There was a coupon in the mail for JcPenney's, so we went and got Liv some new warm gloves. She calls them her "sweaty gloves" because they make her hands sweaty. :)

Before concert time, we did a little photo shoot with the girls! ;)


and, when someone tells Olivia to "work it", boy, she thrives...


at the concert...lots of nerves from all of us. Nana Dianne and Bapa Craig came from Wisconsin for the concert, and we had friends from church who also came! Avery was very nervous for her special part, and so was her family!

But, she got up there and rocked it out! :) We were so proud of our little singer!

Some of her friends had parts....David played the bells, and Kylie played a snowman!

Avery's music teacher and her. She is a very special teacher, and our school is beyond blessed to have her!

Christmas traditions

7:39 AM

found these on a blog, and really like the ideas!

tradition #1:
each little person gets their own wrapping paper---none of the gifts are marked, and in order to know which gifts are theirs, they have to find a tiny piece of their wrapping paper in the bottom of their stocking.
it's a little last minute excitement, as they see the gifts, but don't know which belongs to who :)

tradition #2:
each kiddo gets 3 gifts (from us): a WANT, a NEED and a SURPRISE.
we've done this every year, and i really like the idea of it. it keeps christmas simple for us, and works for now. i imagine things might change one day when they start asking for more expensive items.

tradition #3:
christmas eve---we all open christmas jammies that have already been washed and are ready to put on. after jammies, the kids get another present which involves books. so, not only do they get the 3 gifts on christmas morning, but on christmas eve they also get something to WEAR and something to READ.
the kids know they are getting these 2 gifts and look forward to them all day.

What traditions do YOU have?

photo dump, and Christmas crafts

1:14 AM


Olivia and I went last week to visit our favorite photographer, Kristen, and we got to love on her 7 lb sweet baby girl, Lilah :)
That night, we went out to our favorite restaurant in our town to celebrate that our Uncle Josh is smiling again :)


Friday I went on a field trip with Olivia's preschool class to the dairy bar.

it's always interesting with 20 4 and 5 year olds ;)

Avery is doing a "12 days of Christmas" gift for her teacher this year. She's keeping is a secret, and hopes that the whole 12 days will go by without her knowing it is Avery! :) It's a bunch of little teacher things each day with a poem....got the idea off of pinterest!

I am always finding something to make for the girls, and Christmas is just another reason to be creative! I think I will add a bow to the top of these trees, and maybe a trunk...not sure yet!

Just finished these up!

I got some fun fabric, and whipped up a couple skirts super quick for Avery...these can be warn all winter long, I hope!

I made 2 of these dresses...one for each girl. Avery was supposed to wear it to her Christmas concert this week, but she is wearing something else to go with the part she got! And, our Christmas tree this year (photo taken by Olivia)

Olivia Funnies

8:15 PM

"Mom....can I wear mascara to school today..." - she's 5... :)



Today, as a friend of ours was flying in an airplane over our house...

"Girls! Jessi just texted me and said she just flew over our house!" : Me

"Did she just get wings yesterday?" : Olivia



a couple of weeks ago she said "I want to video chat with Jesus"....

Turkey Day!

7:24 PM

We traveled to Wisconsin on Tuesday for our Thanksgiving vacation. Avery had an allergy appointment on Wednesday, so it worked out perfectly!

Her appointment was very long, and also very good. She was able to increase her peanut, egg, and milk drops, and also all of her environmental drops as well! Yea!

We were so lucky that Uncle Josh came up from Indiana for Thanksgiving!

He also introduced us to a friend of his named Ellie, who the girls fell in love with (we all did, actually). And, Ellie brought along her HUGE dog named Zeek, too. Seriously, the dog is the size of a small pony.

Olivia has a special new friend!

We loved meeting you, Ellie!

For our yummy meal, Aunt Becky and Cousin Lilly came over to eat with us! It was so fun to see them and catch up! Avery had the idea to play Scrabble, and it was a lot of fun!


Avery busy tallying up the scores, while Bapa is having a snack!

The girls took Nana Dianne's camera during the day and took many silly photos, and also some silly videos as well. This one is hilarious! ;)

Now, onto our drive home. Olivia was complaining that her tummy hurt a bit. We ended up pulling over so she could go to the bathroom. Then, we pulled over a bit later for some lunch. She said that her tummy still hurt. And, well, she ended up throwing up over everything. I have never experienced a kit vomiting in the car before, and it was the grossest thing ever. I won't go into too many details, but rest assured that it took hours after we were home to get it all cleaned up. It was even stuck in the prongs of my wedding ring....yes it was. Here is Liv after she was all cleaned up at a gas station.

Our friend Buddy showed up today! We were doing laundry, and peeked over and saw him! So exciting! The girls are very excited!

our weekend....

1:59 PM

despite being a bit under the weather, we ventured out in the first snow of the season, to visit our college's "horse barn" petting zoo. Olivia has been quite smitten with horses since she before she was 2, so any time we are able to get her close to horses, we make every attempt!

there were so many fun animals to see. goats, cows, gerbils, pony's, camels, donkeys, sheep, and I'm sure I'm forgetting something!



it was quite chilly out as well, and with 2 girls feeling a bit sick, we bundled up real good!

I think Olivia would have stayed much longer if we would have let her.

a baby camel, even! In our small town! very neat to see that!

Olivia then got to put on a helmet, and go off to the horses! She had a fun time brushing them.

And this is "Solo". She got to ride on him for "2 circles".

she said "this is the best day of my life".

note to self: cold weather, and sick girls, will make their sickness even worse. this was the case.

After lunch and a little rest, the girls wanted to put up their Christmas trees. Olivia was in a very odd mood, and decided that it was just fine to have a backwards shirt and no pants on for this picture. That's my Olivia....
And Avery! The girls didn't finish, as they were really "pooped". I'm sure they'll finish here and there as the days go by.

I had made the girls Thanksgiving outfits (inspiration here here and here) to wear to church today, but ho hum...they were sick. I'm sure we'll find some time to wear them!

stuff

10:49 AM

infections....

first: Avery. She had to have her appliance removed last week because of an infection in it. We now have to go back in again this next week, do impressions again, and then they will re-fit her mouth with something.

second: Olivia. Her earring caught onto a blanket string, and began bleeding, and then infecting her ear. Mommy had to sit on her, while Olivia was screaming, to take the earrings out. We cleaned them up, and later that day we were able to put a different pair in. Olivia says she will not take her earrings out again until she is 16.

conferences...

Avery: doing very well. getting great grades. helps out her classmates when they need help. she needs to improve on talking...she needs to do more of it! we are working with her on SPEAKING UP! crazy that MY child is quiet! She earned a book for her great conference. Also, she just brought home a Science test worth 100 points....she got an A+! she was so proud of herself and excited to show us!

Olivia: she also had a great conference. she is kind to her friends, sits and listens, knows her letters and what-not. she needs to improve on: playing with friends instead of teachers. Olivia also got to get a book for a special treat too!

others....

field mice like to live in our garage
i have been a sewing mad woman
really enjoying white chocolate kit kats
we leave for WI in one week

Olivia Funnies

11:54 AM

While watching Camp Rock 2 with Olivia....

Olivia: "is God watching this with us?"

Mommy: "yup!"

Olivia: "I bet he's dancing"

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