Zoo Lights

Abby and Katie

Anything pink is a hit with our girls.

Merry Christmas!

Our White Christmas

Sarah with her Rapunzel doll


Abby with her Barbie doll


Katie with her remote control car


Trying out the new slumber bags

Abby, Sarah, and Katie with their friend, Luke, and Frosty

Riding the Polar Express

Enjoying cookies with cousins


Brandon, Alex, and Owen


Sarah, Abby, and Katie following along with the story


The North Pole


The highlight of the evening for Katie

Paige and Katie playing footsie

Polar Express Here We Come!

Paige, Sarah, Abby, Brooke, Katie, Owen, Alex, and Brandon


Sarah, Katie, and Abby

Preparing For Santa

Santa will be making an early appearance at our house this year since we won't be home Christmas Day. The shopping is all done and the presents are all nicely wrapped, so today we baked some cookies in preparation for his visit tomorrow night.

Katie

Chicken Soup Lunch

Abby and Sarah's kindergarten teacher does a lot of really neat things for her students and their parents. The class recently prepared and hosted a chicken soup lunch for the parents. It was a lot of fun!

Me with Abby and Sarah

Busy Day

We had a full day of activities today. It started with a Christmas party for the kiddos at Kyle's work. Then, we saw a shorter version of The Nutcracker. The girls finished the day with a fun sleepover at our house with their cousins.

Sarah, Abby, and Katie with "Santa"

(Sarah said she wants to see the REAL Santa sometime. These girls don't miss a beat. I don't know how long we'll be able to keep the dream of Santa alive in our house.)

The girls enjoyed their first ballet and especially enjoyed seeing their friend, Avery, up on stage.

Katie, Brooke, Abby, Sarah, and Brandon watching "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer"

Gingerbread House

Abby, Katie, and Sarah

Sarah, Abby, and Katie

My Little Helper

Katie making cookies

Another Fun Afternoon at the Zoo

Abby, Sarah, and Katie


Katie LOVES giraffes.


Sarah's favorite animal at the zoo is still the big horn sheep.

One of my favorites

Abby's favorite animal was the koala bear, another of my favorites, but we didn't get a picture.

Eight Little Turkeys on Thanksgiving Day

Brandon, Sarah, Brooke, Katie, Abby, Owen, Paige, and Alex

Happy Thanksgiving!

Abby, Sarah, and Katie's Thankful Trees

Feels Like Winter

We woke up to a couple of inches of snow yesterday morning.

The kids finally got to play in it this afternoon. (Abby)

First Snow!

It's not much, but it is still fun!

Sarah

Lisa Needs Your Vote

My sister-in-law, Lisa Golightly, is an artist and is one of eight finalists up for a spot to sell her work at Martha Stewart's Holiday Craft Sale in NYC next month. She needs your vote. Please take a moment to cast your vote for Lisa here . Thanks!

Here are some little portraits that Lisa did of the girls a few years ago. She has a variety of work that you can view at Kiki & Polly or check out her blog under the "Blogs We Follow" tab below.

Twinkle, Twinkle

Katie's favorite song to sing is Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. She and her sisters frequently request that we sing it to them as we tuck them in at night. Well, last night Katie had a rough night and spent the last couple of hours sleeping in the bed with me and Kyle. We were awakened early this morning to Katie clearly singing the entire Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star song to us in her sleep. Kind of strange but much more appreciated than the loud "NO!" that she screamed in our ears just a short time before her sweet song. Maybe she has a future in music?? :)

Happy Halloween

Bumble Bee Katie "sucking up nectar"



Sarah as Rapunzel


Abby as a monarch butterfly

With Princess Brooke and Dragon Brandon

Ready For Halloween

Katie


Abby

Katie

Sarah


Sarah, Katie, and Abby

(They each designed their own jack-o-lanterns.)

Sarah's jack-o-lantern with antlers

A glimpse at the girls' costumes

(They all decided to be different things this year.)