My First Post-Middle School Race

My friends and I ran the "Frosty Four miler" on Saturday.

I finished in 39 min. and 28 sec.

It was fun, I am glad that Kelli invited me to go.

Meg and her favorite things

Pooh Bear: $10 Disneyland's Pooh Cornor Shop. She Loves her Pooh bear.

Baby: $2.99 stocking stuffer (or at least thats what I saw them for at Target...this one was from Santa.)

Pacifier: $2 or less

Stroller: $10 or less

Blanket: Gift from Grandma Fillmore--We could not live without it. (here is a little history about the blanket)

The little mischievious Smile behind that pacifier....Priceless!

Actually the blanket and the smile are priceless, but that just doesn't flow like it is supposed to.

Once there was a Snowman, or two

FYI-The following post should be dated January 1st, 2010...I will move it later so it is archived in January.

We were so excited to get enough snow to build a snowman. Isaac and Emma were all over it. They each built their own. I suggested that we build them near each other so they looked like friends...of course Isaac thought that would look like they were married, and therefore would be far too sissy. So they are no where near each other. Which is why there is not a picture with both snowmen (or women) together.

You'll notice a small discrepancy in how my kids treated their snow person.

We had a fun time!

Now Playing **Emma-the dancer**

Emma had her Christmas Showcase the day after her birthday. It was soo fun to watch her perform. She was a little nervous though. When we were going to the dress rehearsal Saturday afternoon she asked if she could quit dance. I was thought to myself...are you kidding me? I asked her multiple times before we signed up if she really wanted to do dance again. She assured me she did, so imagine my surprise when right before her performance she wanted to quit. Luckily I had the sense not to bite her head off and instead asked if maybe she was just a little bit nervous. She said she was. Her words, "I'm uncomfortable with the dance because we struggle with the lines". I assured her that she was going to be just fine and LOVE the performance. Guess who was right?

Doesn't she just have the cutest little hip shake? (Yes, that is Emma and her little friend as the center of attention in the ending pose. I thought that was pretty funny.)

This year she was in two classes. (Luckily, we get to trade with the studio owners.)

These videos aren't the best quality after being uploaded...but hopefully you can spot her!

She was born to be on Stage...She loved every second!

Uh Oh...busted leg Meg

The picture says it all. Poor little thing broke her leg while trying to reach the light switch from her crib (she likes to turn it on and off). She usually is quite adept at defying gravity, but not this particular Sunday...almost two weeks until Christmas, great timing!

She broke her leg on the 13th, and earned the honor of having the first broken bone in our family. (I know some will be thinking, "surely Isaac has already broken a bone before". I know it is hard to believe but he hasn't yet. ) I guess it is common procedure to splint the broken bone for awhile before you actually put a cast on. The above picture is her with her temporary splint. on the 18th she got a real cast. Thanks to our wonderful doctor for making her look like our little Christmas Elf!

She has gotten very good at getting around with her cast and just recently started acutally walking with it. Before that crawling was her preferred method of travel and she has a well worn cast to prove it.

Time to dust of the old blog....

So I have been in a non-posting phase for most of this year with out really a good reason. I have decided to jump back on the horse. I am not even going to think about all the posting that would be involved with trying to catch up. So I will just start now and try to keep on top of my on going struggle to keep a scrapbook and journal.

This is our family Christmas card picture that was taken by a good friend.

A Very Happy Un-Birthday...

We celebrated Emma's 1/2 birthday this year. Her real birthday falls too close to Christmas and it is always a crazy time of year. So I thought we would have one in the summer instead. The original idea was to do something outdoorsy that would be difficult to do in December...but Emma had other ideas. She wanted to do crafts, most of the activities were done indoors...oh well.

She decided on a polka dot theme...I suggested a few ideas and she really like the polka dot idea. These are the invitations, (two color choices).

We tried to keep the food, decor and activities in harmony with the polka dot theme.

Our first activity was to decorate bags with circle shaped sponges and paint. Here is how Emma's Bag turned out.

After that we made "Button Baubles" for the Girls hair. You can see the buttons all over the table. I sewed on the base button and let the girls pick which ones they wanted and build their own. Emma is modeling the ones she made. I think they turned out pretty well.

After that we made some glass pebble magnets

We also played "Don't eat Pete", had Polka dot snacks, and then painted all their nails with nail polish that changes color in the sun. We had cake and ice cream, opened presents and then let them jump on the trampoline and admire their nails while they changed colors.

I love that a few of the girls wore their polka dot dresses. Emma's dress has polka dots too they are just very tiny. She loved it and had great time!

Happy 1/2 Birthday Emma!