Its Christmas!

Merry Christmas, fireworks at the dowtown Christmas festivities.
Ella and Eva on their little seats waiting for the fireworks.
A Christmas scene...Eva couldn't figure out why we couldn't go in. ?!?!?
Eva and I walking through all the lighted trees.
Ella riding the jaguar. Eva is behind somewhere riding a pony.
Ella sitting all alone watching the Grinch!
Ella, Eva, and their friend Sammy rode in the back of the train all by themselves.
Ella standing by an ice sculpture of the puppy on the grinch.
Our Christmas tree!
Our little amount of snow which Ella quickly took care of.
Decorating Christmas cookies or eating them. :o)
The girls were full of sugar after that but had so much fun.
Christmas with Michael. The girls got the Candyland game and a Scooby movie.
Ella wearing mommy's earrings. She finally decided it was time to change hers but wanted something a little bigger. Ella has yet to change hers!
Eva spent the evening with daddy while Ella and I were a dance.

Well we had a busy week last week, full of Christmas events. We made decorated cookies with friends on Thursday and went to Easton one night to see Santa and view the festivities. We also went downtown for some Christmas celebrations, again we saw Santa and had some hot choc. while we rode a train and a carasale. It was a bit chilly out but we were fully prepared with 2 layers of clothes on. We were there for 2 hrs while we waited for the fireworks. The girls had a great time! We also went to the library for storytime last week and made lots of baked goods ourselves. We were also thankful for a little bit of snow on Saturday which Ella thouroughly enjoyed. It certainly didn't last long. The girls are super excited for Christmas this year and can't wait to see what Santa brings them. I'm definitly sick of playing pretend Christmas so I can't wait for it to be here either. :o)Merry Christmas to everyone and safe travels.

Christmas

Ella and daddy at the front entrance of the zoo!
Eva running around to stay warm.
Ella looking at the fish! We stayed in there for quite awhile since it was warm.
The light show at the zoo!
The carriage ride, well there were 2 and we didn't want to wait for that one so we rode the wagon. The girls still loved it!
The girls posing by the snowmen.
Us by the train!
Eva reading the paper!
Eva with her last year PJ's; cant believe they still fit!
The girls and I have have started holiday baking....dipped pretzals, 1 of my favorite! How could I possibly just pick one.

Oh I love the holiday season, there is always so much going on and now with kids we have reasons to join in the fun. On Saturday we went to a museum to tour the Christmas show. The girls couldn't touch anything which was NO fun but they behaved pretty well. They did enjoy seeing everything, which included: 60 Christmas trees, lots of Christmas decorations (Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse) train set, Santa, music, carriage rides, and free donuts (Ella's favorite) and apple cider. We had fun! On Sunday we went to the zoo with a church group for Zoo lights which we have always wanted to go but since the girls were little and its usually pretty chilly out in the evenings we have passed. Well it was spectacular, especially the light show but there was NO animals to see which was a bummer for the girls. Eva and Ella were pretty chilly but did alright. During the week we went to Storytime and had some playdates, nothing to crazy. I have yet to hear from the hospital about a Mother/Infant job, they said they would be calling mid-Decemeber. I am keeping my fingers crossed. Hope everyone is staying warm and getting all their shopping done.

Eva's 2!

Happy birthday to me!
My lil baker, a b-day present from Sammy.
Our house with the xmas lights...Even Evan couldn't reach the peak on the right side of the house hence the reason we put the lights on the bushes.
Eva's wearing her b-day presents. A hat from Grandma Donna and an apron from Auntie Hopie.
And another hat picture of her cheesin.
My lil cupcake!
Happy Birthday girls. Eva couldn't wait till the b-day song was over...her candles were blown out right away.
The girls with daddy on Eva's b-day night.
Mommy and Eva!
Ella was helping daddy untangle the lights. It was almost 60 degrees this weekend, beautiful!
Ella took this pic of daddy hanging up the lights.
Ella with her new lions.
The girls and Santa. The girls were so excited to see him, even though Ella doesn't look like it! Eva was walking up to him and turned to Evan and I and opened her mouth wide, like she couldn't believe he was real and she could sit on his lap.
Sisterly love! Best pic ever.
Another hug!
The girls helping daddy assemble the tree stand!

Well we had a wonderful b-day weekend. I didn't work Friday overnight so I could have energy to make Eva's birthday magical. It was on the Saturday, 3rd! We had breakfast with Santa and than went out to eat pizza and opened presents and had cupcakes at home. Sunday we had her bday party with another little girl, Ivy who will be 3. We went mini-bowling and played in the arcade, everyone had a great time. Ella was crabby and was crying because she wanted 3 pieces of cake, she is definitely my child. Too funny! During the week (Monday) we drove an hr. to see some old friends. We miss them terribly and had a wonderful time. Tuesday we downtown to Firefly cafe which is an indoor play area for kids, they had a marvelous time! I worked on Wednesday and then Thursday, Ella rode the school bus home for the 1st time. She had such a great time and loves the bus! I was so proud of her! I went out that evening with girlfriends for dinner/drinks. Friday we just stayed home until Ella went to school and then I went to work for the evening! We had a great week decorating the house and celebrating Eva's birthday. Oh and we just booked flights for G&G Vondal to come and visit over the New years. We are so excited to see them, we haven't seen them since July.

SIckies

Today we went to visit old friends who moved an hr. away. It wa so nice to see them and spend time with them. They were actually all sitting but it only lasted for about 5 min.
Daddy took the girls to a light parade on Friday when I had to work.
Another lighted float. They had fun but there were lots of people there so Ella had to sqeeze her way through the crowds so she could see and Eva sat on daddy's neck.
We went to the park after our Thanksgiving meal to run it off.
Ho Ho Ho!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sisterly love!
p90x is sure making daddy strong.
Ella has fake nails on!
All bundled up on a not so cold night! She loves to wear her hat and gloves but not for too long!

Well we had a wonderful Thanksgiving day but as you can see on the table was PB because thats all my daughters wanted to eat. Ugh! I can't believe I spent all day cooking for just Evan and I. Well I guess Eva ate a few bites of stuffing/sweet potatoes but filled up on bread/PB. This weekend we layed low because I worked an extra shift and we went Black Friday shopping which started at 12am on Friday morning. We did it for the experience and that was it, unsure if we'll ever do it again, it was crazy! We did find some good deals but didn't buy anything big to save anything significant. So we were a little exhausted and to top it off Evan got sick on Saturday after he played 2 hrs of BB. He felt better by Sunday night already but he definitly felt sore from playing, he hurt his back and can tell he's getting older. The week went well but after I was sick last Wed and Thurs. I was ready to get out of the house. We made it to a friends house on Monday to play and on our way into the house Ella puked so we turned around and went home. It was short lived for her too and she was such a big girl about knowing where to puke and when it was coming. Such a difference from the last time she was sick. Eva has yet to get sick and I hope she doesn't bc it will be a mess! Although thinking back she was the 1st one to puke but only puked once. So who knows! I just hope this is the only sickness of the winter/fall season. We went to the library once last week and the girls both loved it, its been awhile since we went because Ella's in school now. Ella will soon be riding the bus so Eva and I can run a few errands after we drop her off and then be home when she gets home. It will be so much easier and Ella's super excited about it! I'm also excited to get the chance to spend some quality time with Eva. Evan and I went out for a date night on Wednesday, we went for dinner at the Olive Garden and went to the new Twilight movie...it was so good! It was also nice to spend some quality time together. It doesn't take long for us to lose sight of whats important in life! Evan's always good about making sure it happens which is wonderful of him. I'm so thankful for him and my beautiful, healthy girls. Well I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving and welcome to the Holiday season, my favorite time of year.