Christmas Duds..

I love to pick out a beautiful new dress for my girls to have for a Christmas dress. If you know my girls, they love dresses. They love sparkly and they love a little poof, so I snatched these up when I saw them! Of course, then you have to dress up the boy too and I thought this combo was pretty cute. Unfortunately, Cason was asleep when the girls got dressed, so we'll have to get a picture all together next week. Good thing my kids love to pose for the camera!

On Wednesday was Raeley's school Christmas Concert. Crystal was great and watched Mya and Cason for us so we got to just sit and enjoy the show. Raeley was in the choir (blue gown) as well as singing with her class. They sang "Santa is Magic", thus the wands. I could see her singing her heart out and she had been practicing at home, so I know she knew the songs well!

We also went to see Santa this weekend. I like to take them because they ask that you donate a toy to the Santa Claus Fund to visit Santa. It is a great teaching moment I think for the kids. I take them and let pick out a toy they would like and know a kid their age would like, that they can give away. Mya is a little young still, but this year it hit Raeley a little harder. She picked out something that she really liked and was kind of upset she had to give it away. So we had a talk about why we have Christmas and it would make her feel really good to give it away and all that good stuff. They did great, dropped them in the bin to be given away! (no tears)

It was a fun week, and we can't wait for Christmas and to have fun with all of our family!

New Haircolor

So, I get a little bored with my hair sometimes. I change the color to switch it up without having to drastically cut it or anything, it's fun. You can see I got rid of the blonde and went hot pink, and you can sort of tell but not great in this picture that there is a layer of dark purple underneath it. I do love purple. Had to post the picture so you could see it before it fades, the downfall of color!

Events of the week

Surprisingly, it has been an eventful week. Here's some pics to share some of our fun with you...

Last night, Raley finally lost the tooth she has been waiting on. She was very excited to put it under her pillow as she has forgotten with every other tooth, and even mor excited this morning to see that the tooth fairy actually came.

Wednesday was Mya's preschool christmas party, and it was quite the event. There were bouncy castles, crafts, cookie decorating, and a magaic show to round out the evening, the kids had a great time! Of course, the kids performed a few songs. Believe it or not, this is about the best shot I could get, it was ridiculous how the parents gathered in front of the kids! I just wanted to sit in my seat and enjoy the songs and snap a couple pictures, but I never would have even seen Mya, let alone get a picture. Oh well, she did a great job singing

Friday, Raeley had her last indoor soccer game. She wasn't as aggressive as she has been in the past, but she seemed to enjoy herself. She did complain of being tired a lot, as the field was larger than the one she played on for outdoor soccer.

Scott riding his pit-bike in the snow, now that's dedication!

It's beginning to look like Christmas

The kids are VERY excited for Christmas this year. They wanted to decorate so badly, so Monday night we put up the tree. Our tree is pre-lit, I did the garland, and then let them have creative control. They did good, we had to steer them away from a huge cluster of ornaments once or twice, but it turned out beautifully.

They were so proud.

And then Scott told them to act goofy for the camera, not too difficult a request!

8 months old!

Can't hardly believe how fast those months have gone by, it's crazy! What a fun little boy. He is army-crawling it all over the place. He loves to eat. And he loves when his sisters make him laugh.

Here is the star showing off his winning smile

Lounging on the couch with Mya, looking rather sheepish

Here, you can see his 3 teeth on the bottom, and the 4th coming in. He is also getting 4 on the top. Talk about a rough week, Tiff! I have resorted to trying a hazel-wood necklace, which they say can help, because he is miserable. You can only give a kid so much tylenol! One up-side is he has really been a good cuddler lately.

Cupcakes

Recently, my girls' favorite thing to do is to go to a website (howdini.com) and watch "how to make cupcakes". They sit for long periods of time and watch this woman make all kinds of cakes and cupcakes and love it! Sometimes they branch out into cookies or shaped pancakes, basically there's anything, but they love the cakes the best. So, for our Super Saturday I signed up for the capcake decorating class to make them something fun. They thought it was pretty cool. Mya loved the snowmen, and Raeley loved the flowers. It was fun.

Snow Day!

One snowfall and Raeley can't resist. She loves to play in the snow, apparantly she is not my child because I don't like the cold associated with being out in the snow at all. She doesn't seem to mind and plays as happily as if it were the dirt under the snow, which she plays in during the summer months. The picture quality may not be the greatest because I was in the house taking shots through the window. Like I said, I don't like cold! (but I'm not stopping her)

More Hallowe'en

Playing eyeball-on-a-spoon at mother's group.
Mya was so proud she didn't drop it! (Sorry these got lost from the other post)

Hallowe'en Fun

It was the Halloween that never ended, but we had a lot of fun! 5, yes count them, 5 parties to go to (mother's group, preschool, school, Murder Mystery party for Scott and I and the ward party/trunk-or-treat), thus the varying hairdos and tights. All this and we still went "real" trick-or-treating with some friends that invited us! Almost a full week of Halloween. At least we got good use of the costumes the girls loved, got our money's worth. Got a lot of candy too!

Raeley sang her heart out in the primary school choir at their assembly. Then they did a parade of costumes and Mya enjoyed dancing to the march music.
I'm sure you can guess who Scott is, and I was a Sorceress. We had a great time at the party and I even figured out the murderer.

As you can see, Raeley was a princess, Mya was a fairy, and Cason was Batman. The mask didn't last long, but it sure was cute.

New pics

A shot of Cason that I thought was pretty darn cute!

Raeley's first day of grade 2, which I can't hardly believe. She picked out this first day outfit herself, she was pretty proud.

Mya's first day of preschool, she goes twice a week and loves it.

Family Track Day

We loaded up and went to the Taber track on Saturday. It was fun. It is a procees with Raeley to get her riding, which kills her dad. As you can see, it starts out with him on the bikie with her, then walking behind her, then by the end of the evening, she was going around the kids track by herself and having a great time. You can see her confidence grow and she got so she didn't stop in between each little hill. And this is still with training wheels on the bike! She was more interested in her new frog friend most of the time. Mya loves to ride with Scott, maybe she will be less chicken than Raeley about riding. She likes to help dad work on his bike too. Cason just loves to be outside. Scott had a good time on a couple of his toys as well. And yes, I did go for a ride, just no pictures!