Santa Claus came to town

barbie camper!!
Dinosaurs!

ridin'

i think thats for your babies Olivia!

Princess castle with unicorns!!

so many presents so little time

thanks for another hard year of work Keko (the elf) see u next yr

daddy and his girls

My girls

We had a wonderful christmas, full of love and presents of course!! Christmas eve was at our house and Christmas day at grammy barb's. Jillian was so excited this year, it was alot of fun. Goes so fast! 2011 already?!

97 years young!

grammy takes the best pics ha ha!
suprise!!

Aunty's amazing friend Bobby Patrick had a suprise 97th birthday party for aunty Lucy last sunday! He had so much food it was unbelievable. About 25 people were at the party and Aunty had a blast. 97 years!

Skating Princess

Jillian has been begging to go ice skating and so off we went today. I haven't skated since my Dad use to shovel off a spot on the lake at the cottage for me and erin, so probably about 20 yrs ago. It is definitely not like riding a bike! it's hard! Jillian had a blast, there was a couple girls doing jumps, she said she wants to skate like that. so cute!

Santa is the devil/ i could sit on santa all day

this year olivia was NOT about santa ha ha! Jillian loves santa, she made him a picture and was so happy. We went right after i got off work today and there was 3 people in front of us, perfect time i guess! whoo hooo.

The Christmas marathon

House decorated, gifts bought and wrapped, cards sent and cookies baked. Christmas is exhausting. All that's left is to visit Santa, and maybe relax a little in the next 12 days. I'm really starting to appreciate my mother and mothers everywhere who put on this whole Christmas spectacle every year. we are highly under appreciated!!

We must be really good....

cause santa claus came today already!

Cookies!!!

cookie making is boring, i just want to eat them!
Little chef

candy monster

love this picture, both like, hmm what u got?

5 hours of cookie making + girls up at 6 am for St Nick (yeh I know its suppose to be tonite but wanted to enjoy it not have them see their stockings then rush to work) = girls sleeping by 6pm!

One more thing...

Don't ever buy Frigidaire, seriously its J U N K. Worst appliances ever. Ryan has had to fix the fridge a couple times, the ice machine messed up. Last year our 4 yr old dryer stopped working, the repair guy fixed it to work only on high, or we could pay like $250 for a new timer thing, seriously? I will just dry on high. Well, now on Thursday I was doing laundry and it was not spinning leaving the clothes soaked. Had appliance guy come today, some door lock, $175 for part, labor and service call. SERIOUSLY it is 5 yrs old. My mom's and Barb's washer/dryers are like 30 years old. Is all stuff made like crap nowadays or is that just a bad brand???? ARGHHHHHHH merry Christmas to us from Frigidaire!

Little House Builders

there's a story behind this one...
The masterpiece

The artist, and her annoying sous chef who eats everything

In case you didn't know I love glitter and weird baubles. My Grandma had 3 things every Christmas which i loved. 2 I inherited, her jewel tree and white lite tree. The 3rd was the gingerbread house they got for us each year. It was more like a mc-mansion house, huge and full of candy. Oh ya, i really like sweets too. So, i've been looking for a bakery that makes one and have yet to find one. So, got a cheapie at target and let the girls decorate it. Olivia just ate it, but Jillian really got into it. She definitely has Aunty Erin and Uncle Nick's talents.

She also is obsessed with taking pictures lately. Hence the first picture I hinted at above. She makes Olivia pose for her. So she tells olivia move, keep moving, ok sit there. I need to get a good one of the tree. Olivia is her loyal subject, wonder how long that will last?? so cute those 2!

Happy Turkey Day

Dinosaurs love them some turkey meat
Jillian took some pictures, she always tries to help out!

They were lovin' Aunty and Uncle J- they came back with Jamaica gifts!!!

Well, as I was tolling away in the kitchen all day and night preparing thanksgiving dinner, I was assuming someone, who will go nameless, was taking some good pictures. Apparently there were 2 turkeys at our house thursday, one in the oven and one laying around not taking pictures!!! Ha! hope everyone had a good thanksgiving!!!

It's beginning to look a lot like christmas....

The Village!!

Why go hunting I told ryan....

Just sit on our front porch!

So we had a girls weekend, cause daddy went to kill bambi's dad, or should i say try to! ha! Jillian loves Christmas, and Olivia loves whatever Jillian does, so we decorated the tree downstairs and finished the village upstairs. Would have done it all, but kinda weird when everyone comes to eat turkey thurs, and its all out Christmas! I inherited the Dickens Village from Barb, its kind of ironic, the minute i saw it, oh 16 yrs ago, I coveted that thing, I pictured it in our cottage up north when we hopefully inherited it some day when we were old. Well, obviously life didn't go that way, and the Village has sat the last 4 yrs in storage. Because it was Nick's Village, and it just didn't feel right to have it without him. But, this year Jillian is full on Christmas wonder and all, so its the right time to share the magic with her. And, hopefully her kids kids with stand and stare at the village someday, and the tradition will live on long after all of us.

Otherwise, Miss Jillian is becoming my #1 helper, ok there really is no one else in line, but anyways, she "babysits" Olivia now, basically keeping her occupied so i can workout, shower, READ a magazine! its sooo nice. I cannot believe how much she has learned from 3 months of school. She was organizing the ornaments on the tree, and said "like a solar system mom, this red one is mars!" smarty pants!

Meanwhile Olivia is insisting on growing up too fast, she is suppose to be my baby! She is pooping and peeing on the potty, and going diaperless longer and longer without accidents. She detests her diaper, she actually sighs when i put it on her for a nap or night. Good Grief. Jillian was potty trained by 2 1/2 but she didnt start at 21 months!

And what is with the deer?? Olivia and I were coming home from the grocery store thurs, and everyone is stopped in front of our house, cars, dog walkers, and dogs going bananas. and 2 deer walk past our car, like 4 ft away! Weird site!

Amy n Adnan 11.6.10

We had a blast at amy and adnan's wedding last saturday!! Amy is one of erin's best friends, and her sister lisa is one of my best friends. In fact we have all been friends for over 20 yrs! crazy!!! so ya we all started hanging out when we were 3 ha ha! But seriously, it is really great to watch everyone we grew up with get married, have kids, have happy lives! My oh my does time fly!

Trick or Treat

Trick or Treating lazy dragon style
Trying to get all 4 in a picture!

my dragon

the girls

the unicorn princess and the monster!

we had a great, busy halloween weekend! saturday was night trick or treating at aunty and uncle Jimmy's house and sunday was our neighborhood. Jillian had the most fun, she is really getting, and enjoying all the holidays now. Olivia just ate alot of candy!! She loves to eat that little dragon!

Happy Halloween!

Tonite me and the girls made some Halloween cupcakes for all our Halloween parties this weekend. Well, actually i think they did more eating than working! The unicorn princess and the dragon need their fuel!!!

So today Olivia went potty on the toilet!!! She has been obsessed with telling me she's pooped or "wet" for awhile now, but today was first time she did it!! She is so much younger and smaller than jillian, i think we used the potty seat for like 1 month, and jillian was done with that.

Maybe by 2 Olivia will be potty trained!! Oh what will i do with all the extra money, no more diapers!!

Apple Holler

The Unicorn!!

Today I had off work and got to chaperone Jillian's class trip to apple holler! It was a bit chilly, but the kids didnt seem to care so that was good! We had so much fun, me and my big school girl!

Punkin Patch

They love to paint
Pumpkin Princesses

Goofy girls

J's new friend

catch me if you can!

Sooo much better than last year mom!!

This afternoon we went to swan farms, and it was alot better than last year, when it was like 48 degrees and raining!!! It was perfect fall weather, crisp and sunny! Jillian gets to go to the pumpkin farm twice this year, her class is going the end of october, my first time as a chaperone! I can't believe its the middle of october already!! I must really be getting old, time is in fast forward!!!