Fun Times

We have been recovering from the hectic holidays and it couldn't have come at a better time! I am just ready for extra boring!!! But our little life is anything but... so here are some fun pictures from my phone.

We have been having some cold days here lately and Annelise can't wait for the warm days to come back. We recently had a nice day when my answer to the "can I go outside " was finally "yes" . She must think high fifties is "warm" because she ran upstairs and put on all the summer things she could find!!! She then takes this lawn chair out and sunbathes!!!

This is a at Cabella's outdoor store. We stop almost every time we go to San Antonio. The girls love it! Juan Loves it too!

We took the Borden boys in our van to do a lunch play date... or was is so we Moms could enjoy some time together before the busy school schedule... hmm. Notice the purse hanging on the Armadillo's ear!

So now can we get back to "plain vanilla" life?

I have a feeling we are more "Rocky Road" kinda people!

Christmas Day!

Annelise has been counting down the days, and finally it was here! Christmas morning she ran into our room and yells "Santa came!" She wanted three things

1.) A sewing machine

2) Beauty and The Beast Movie

3) a camera

She got all three, but sadly her sewing machine did not work :(

Baba her rabbit and his friends also got gifts. She had very spesific gift requested for them too but this is what Michels craft store had in the doll section. I told her that Baba told me that he wanted ice skates instead of pink boots and since I wrote the letter to Santa that is what he got. She bought it.

Julianna got a train set that she loves!!!

She also got a baby that talks.

Overall it was a great day. We had a house full of family over for lunch and they stayed until night... it was the perfect ending to the perfect day!

This is a funny picture of the day after Christmas. Annelise gets the chair and moves it to the candy, and Julianna took advantage.

The Nutcracker

I always knew that if I had a daughter that I would make it a Christmas tradition to go to the Nutcracker. My Mom did this with us, and I loved it!

We were able to share a ride with our neighbors Molly and sweet little Gwendolyn! I don't know if we will be going again next year since I think she was a little too young, but I am sure we will attempt this tradition again in a few years.

Her favorite part was "the scary mouses". My favorite part was getting to go out to eat with Molly afterwards!

Good Times!

This weekend was super fun and filled with good times! Saturday morning Annelise had a princess tea birthday party to go to. She loved getting all dolled up, and had a blast! Later on that night we went to a Christmas party were Annelise got to stay up very late and play with her friends! The kids even put on a show and I have a feeling it was her idea.

This is her the next morning!!! Need I say more?

After parting all night we went for a much anticipated train ride with the Borden's!

Julianna was not into the Santa.

The kids got train whistles from Santa and cookies from Mrs. Claus. Julianna loved the train ride, but she spent most of her time in the Borden side enjoying their snacks and affection!

Overall a great weekend!!! We are so lucky to have such great friends to create wonderful memories with!

Christmas Stroll

Annelise had a supper cute show in the downtown last weekend. She sang a Christmas song that is stuck in my head permanently!!!

This is her with some of her classmates getting ready to go on stage. They were all so excited I could not get her to stay still for a decent picture.

Annelise and Maddox loved the Bethlehem Village.

It was a great weekend with good friends! I love Christmas time with kids, it gets so much better every year!

Circus Friends!!!

Thanks Erika!!!

You gave me the inspiration to get this done!!! I think you are just the down to earth friend that every overachiever needs!!!

This post is just for my blogger buddies! I am getting ready for holiday post and wanted to get the rest of the circus pictures posted before I move on. She suggested I just forget about it, and that gave me a challenge to FINISH!

You are the best!

Circus Party

About six months ago my friend Valerie asked if I could help out with her son's circus invitations. I thought, what a cute I idea so I stole it for Annelise's 4th birthday. She lent me some super cute signs and gave me lots of inspiration!

This post is just party details, the next post will have pictures of the kids having fun!

This sign was at Old Navy. The manager said they would just throw it away when they were done with it!!! I asked for it, and she said if I put my number on the back of it that they would call me when it was time to get rid of it! I could not believe it when she really called, so I took Annelise to say "thank you" at the pick up.

I got these giant balloons were at party city in a six pack. They were soooooo cool!

The kids had 10 tokens to play games for tickets so they could pick out thier own prizes. This was a huge hit.

Ariel was our clown and she was so good with the kids. She made some pretty cool balloon animals and painted some neat things on the kids faces. I heard a few Moms saying that their kids did not want their face washed that night!!!

This tent is the best thing I have ever sewn! I have no idea how I did it, so I can never repeat this again.

This is a 1960's vitntage clown game I got on Ebay.

Duck pond game with Em.

Ring toss game in an old soda crate purchased at the Flea market.

Just look at that face!!!

Annelise,

You are so fun, sweet and easy to love! You crack me up on a daily bases and always look on the bright side! I love watching you mature in to someone that I would consider my best friend. You love to do crafts, bake and you are asking Santa for a sewing machine!!! You also try to make sure your friends are happy when they come over to our house, you are quite the hostess! Your latest thing is to whip out of bed, make it, then dress your self!!! Your taste in clothing is something we do NOT have in common! You like loud bold prints that do not match! I like the way you wear it though, as if you look good and you know it (which is like me ;) ). Happy Birthday my little princess!

I LOVE YOU,

MOM