California!

So the girls and I are in cali again! We flew out last Sunday and are here until the 8th!! So far the girls and I having a blast. When we got to Palmdale Laurie (Craig's mom) had a cute little My Little Pony party set up for Evvy and she got to have another little bday party with Craig's parents. Then this holiday weekend Craig's cousin Jessica and her husband came down for the 3 day weekend. They have two little ones about the same age as the girls and aside from a few incidents, they all played well together. Saturday was spent at the Santa Monica Pier, riding carnival rides and walking around taking in the views, it was SO nice to be back at the beach! Sunday we headed to the Valencia mall (another favorite spot of mine), walking around the mall and the new(ish) outdoor promenade. I got a ton of great pictures but I've have to wait until I edit and convert them before I can add them here...hopefully it won't take me too long once I get home

Blogger

Blogger (the site I use to write blog posts) has been a pain to get photos uploaded properly and recently had even more problems than usual, but after doing some research and changing browsers it should function properly now, which includes allowing ALL the photos to be clicked on and enlarged :)

Christmas Eve

This year for Christmas eve we headed down town for horse drawn carriage rides. This was not just a first for the girls but for Craig and I, and while it was fun it was pretty cold out and we were glad it was a quick ride :)

Our tree all decorated and ready for Christmas morning...I had left my camera in the car and when I brought it inside the lens fogged up, I kinda like how it blurred the lights

Merry Christmas!

Preschool Christmas Program

Tonight was the girls first ever Christmas program that they were in!! They've been practicing their songs since Halloween and did such a great job, I'm so proud of them! The program started with the Friendly Frogs (Evvy's class) singing The Little Drummer Boy, Away in a manger, and The Rudolph Pokie . Next was the Mighty Monkeys (Aubrey's class) singing The 12 days of Christmas, Joy to the World, and Santa Clause is Coming to Town, and after that there were two more classes (older day care age that I'd never heard of) The girls did such a great job and we were so proud of them! It's so crazy that the girls are old enough to do things like this, they're growing up so fast!Evvy with her drum

Rocking baby Jesus

I called to Aubrey hoping she would look at the camera and she gave me a big smile and a wave. Even the mom next to me thought she was adorable!

Aubrey did her own thing on stage, which also included two handed nose picking, I left those ones off the blog :)

Being silly while the big kids sang

Little Mommy Aubrey

Last night I asked Aubrey to put her clothes in the laundy hamper after she put on her jammas. A little while later she says: "Can I ask you a favor? Can you put your shoes in your bedroom" Haha! Craig and I got a good laugh out of it. Apparently if she has to pick up after herself, she's going to make sure everyone else does too!

Santa '11

One of the things I wanted to do while we were in Colorado Springs was take the girls to see the Santa there since ours isn't very Christmasy (Blue and red just doesn't say Christmas to me) While I normally am not a big fan of any Santa pics, this year's photo I LOVE!! I think it captures the girls personalities spot on!