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The other night, I took some pictures of the girls sleeping...too cute!

Anabelle's Valentine Production

Anabelle was chosen to be a reader from her class as part of the production! She said her lines in front of four first grade classes, 2nd graders, and a cafeteria full of parents! She did a wonderful job!!! She said she was a little nervous last night, but she looked & sounded very confident. I am very proud of her :0).

The first clip is of her classmates answering the question, "What is love?" The second clip is of Anabelle speaking.

Teddy Bear Parade!

Today at Sadie's school, her class had a teddy bear parade. They decorated their own floats and brought a bear to pull around. Sadie was the first one to go from her class. She was very brave and very cute!!

Easy Bake Oven Fun!

Here are Elise & Sadie having fun with their Easy Bake Oven! The kids were a little disappointed in the size of the cake when it was done. I think they ate their piece in one bite! Talk about portion control. Maybe I should start the Easy Bake Oven diet :0).

Our Southern Belle

Well, I'm wondering if maybe we should have moved back up to Northern VA afterall. Anabelle seems to have picked up a little southern drawl since our move! We captured her twang on video. Enjoy :0)

Christmas!

I think we all had a wonderful Christmas. The girls were so excited on Christmas Eve. They got glow sticks at church and decided to throw them all over the front yard so Santa would know where to land. After opening a few presents, their Christmas ornament, & their new jammies, Danny read them The Night Before Christmas and I read the story of Jesus' birth. After that, they were ready for bed! I think it was the easiest night putting them to bed. They definitely didn't want to take the chance that Santa would come while they were awake. I think it was 6:30 when Anabelle said, "Let's go to bed!!" We managed to keep them up until 7:30. Somehow I don't think we'll be so lucky in the years to come :0)! On Christmas morning, they spotted their stockings and had to take a peek on their way to find baby Jesus. Every year we hide a little baby doll and the girls prepare a manger for him by placing straw in it when they do something nice. They were excited that they had more straw in it than last year!

They girls were all thrilled to get the presents that were on their lists. A guitar, microphone, & American Girl doll shoes for Anabelle, jumprope, spray bottles, a brush, & a new "just like me' doll for Elise, and a piggy & Barbie w/ wings for Sadie. In Anabelle's letter to Santa, she asked for a picture of himself. To her surprise, she got an autographed picture that you see here. She made sure to brag to all of her friends that he left one for her :0).

Getting Ready for Christmas!!

Wow! Christmas is almost here! Since December 1st, we've been busy preparing and enjoying this time together. Here are the girls sitting on Santa's lap sharing what's on their list.

A few nights later, we picked out our tree and decorated it with all of our special family ornaments.

Then we got dressed in our matching Christmas dresses to take our Christmas card picture. That was definitely an adventure!

Last weekend, the girls sang Away in A Manger at church. Then we made cookies...LOTS of cookies! The girls also decorated trees for their rooms!

Anabelle and Sadie had parties at school. Anabelle's class made gingerbread houses and Sadie made many different ornaments. Elise's class had Polar Express day and she got to wear her jammies to school! Here are the girls with their Daddy after making a beautiful gingerbread house. They keep claiming that pieces are just falling off...hmmm I think it's just too tempting!