3 Days Until Christmas

3 Days until Christmas: Cassidy got stacking spinning tops, Callie got a couple of Handy Manny's tools, and Chloe got a play camera.

Our Sad Gingerbread House

Last year we bought a gingerbread house kit and made a house. I don't think we took pictures. It turned out pretty good. It didn't look as good as the picture on the box, but it never does. Well this year I (Amy) decided to make a gingerbread house with the girls (from a kit). Ryan made it look so easy last year. I glued the pieces together and we waited. It came apart. I glued it again and again, it kept coming apart. I decided to go ahead and let the girls decorate it. I thought it might stay together for a while.

As you can see, we took the picture and the house was starting to fall apart. You can see the icing dripping and the candies falling off. In the first picture, it doesn't look that bad, but in the second picture, you can see the other side of the roof has broken and is falling off. A few minutes after we took these pictures, it fell completely apart. It was fun and we laughed a lot. Maybe we will take a new approach next time.

4 Days Until Christmas

4 Days until Christmas: The girls each got a "Word World" toy.

5 Days Until Christmas

5 Days until Christmas: The girls each got a photo viewer. They love looking at pictures and can now see them anytime they want.

6 Days Until Christmas

6 Days until Christmas: The girls each got a photo viewer. They love to look at pictures and now they can see them anytime they want.

7 Days Until Christmas

Well...no pictures.

The girls were still sleeping when Ryan left this morning, so we did not open presents that morning. The girls & I went shopping that afternoon and did not get home until late. So, no presents to open that night. They were asleep when we got home.

We did however buy something for them while shopping.

7 Days until Christmas: The girls got a Christmas Movie and each of them got a musical card.

8 Days Until Christmas

8 Days until Christmas: The girls got matching pajamas.

9 Days Until Christmas

9 Days until Christmas: the girls got bubble bath and shower gel.

10 Days Until Christmas

10 Days until Christmas: the girls got a Christmas DVD, a Christmas book, and another book.

11 Days Until Christmas

11 Days Until Christmas: Each girl got 2 new pair of Christmas socks.

12 Days Until Christmas

We are celebrating the 12 days leading up to Christmas this year. We giving the girls a small present each day. While they were all excited, Cassidy still had a question. She wanted to know if Christmas would be like it always was and if they would get stuff in their stockings and at least 3 presents. She is such a smart girl. She wanted to be sure that we would also have fun on Christmas. I told her of course Christmas would be the same, we would just get to open presents for 12 days before Christmas and she would probably get more than 3 presents. I think this satisfied her.

12 days before Christmas: Each girl got a jingle bell necklace, Cassidy got Christmas tights, and Callie got a Christmas tutu.

Playing on the Computer

Today I took a picture of Chloe as she played on the computer. She doesn't really know what she is doing, but she enjoys clicking the mouse and pushing the keys.

Funny Kids

I am going to start posting some of the funny things the girls say and do. I know you will get a kick out of some of them.

I asked Chloe the other day if she would like a Hershey Kiss. She reached her head up and gave me a kiss.

One day Callie told me she had an "eye flash" in her eye. I did not understand. Finally I got what she was saying. She had an eyelash in her eye.

Toys 'R Us

The girls & I went to Toys 'R Us on Saturday. It was Jeffery's (the giraffe) birthday. We were also celebrating Cassidy's birthday. We got to march in a parade through the store. Cassidy helped lead the parade since we were celebrating her birthday. The girls got crowns, coloring sheets, stickers, and Cassidy got a balloon. Of course I could not resist and I bought them toys. We had a great time.

Random Pictures

It has been so long. I plan to try to post more regularly. With school starting soon, I may have a little more time during the day to post (maybe).

Here are a few random pictures Ryan & I have taken over the last several weeks.

This one was taken in the back yard. I was trying to get a picture with all 3 girls, but Chloe was not wanting her picture taken. I guess I will try again another day.

This picture was taken at a family reunion that took place at Benton Park. There was an old firetruck there for the kids to play on. My Dad is in the picture with the girls.

This is a picture Ryan took and I edited with Picnik. It is fun playing around with pictures.

Picture of the Day - July 11

I took a lot of pictures this last week of all the goodies I got at the Kmart Double Coupon Sale and posted them on my Amy's Life blog. I guess Callie was feeling a little left out because she did not get her picture taken. She was trying to get in the picture, so I just snapped a picture of her.

Picture of the Day - July 7

This is a quick picture of the girl I took while they were getting ready for bed. Chloe thinks she is big stuff because she is on the girls beds.

Picture of the Day - July 4

Picture of the Day - July 3

This is one of the many 4th of July pictures we took. Playing with the new camera is fun.

Picture of the Day - July 2

We got a new camera and this is one of the pictures we took with it. It is so fun to experiment with taking pictures. Our girls are wonderful models.

Picture of the Day - July 1

This is Cassidy, Callie, & Chloe with their cousin Shannon.

Picture of the Day - June 27

The girls and I went shopping on Saturday. We found matching nightgowns for them at Children's Place. They were so cute, we just wanted to share.

We bought them a little big, so they should be able to wear them again next summer.

Picture of the Day - June 25

This is Chloe playing the the nursery at church during Bible School. I think she had a pretty good time. She loved playing with the baby dolls and laying on the soft pillows.
Callie really liked Bible School. Here is a picture of her with Cooper the dog.

Picture of the Day - June 23

The girls created things with blocks and we thought we would share some of the pictures.
I am sure Chloe is getting ready to knock it all down. That is her favorite way to play with blocks.
This picture is of Cassidy's maze.

Picture of the Day - June 21

Cassidy was up this morning at 5:30am. I don't know why. I guess she was excited about making Ryan breakfast. She came up the the idea herself or else saw it somewhere. She asked if we could make dad breakfast and make it into the shape of a face. So, here it is:

Here are some pictures of the girls enjoying the outside today.

Picture of the Day - June 16

Chloe really wanted in Walker's car seat today. I decided I would let her sit in there for a couple of minutes. She really liked it. I buckled the seat belt. She was good to go. She even decided she wanted to go home with Nena tonight.

She just looks so big in that seat.

Picture of the Day - June 16

Ryan took Chloe outside and took lots and lots of pictures of her. This one is one of my favorites.