chloe hula-ing in the DR

we had a wonderful 10 day trip to the dominican republic earlier this month to celebrate my 40th. here is a VERY short clip of chloe effortlessly hula hooping.

visit to see Santa -- 12/24/09

the line was soooooooooo long..... this was the first time we did this and may very well be the last!!

halloween!!!

chloe was a black cat and amelia was a rose fairy. she was especially proud of her light-up skirt! we had a pizza party with some friends down the road and then all went out together!

halloween bash at MHS -- 10/24/09

another outing with the lister family..... the kids had fun getting tattoos, coloring and playing pin-the-nose-on-the-pumpkin! these costumes (skeleton and cheerleader) were borrowed from melissa for the event....

amelia's birthday / halloween party in school-10/28/09

in case you can't tell, that little dress amelia is holding up is for her elizabeth doll... in school, amelia and her classmates sang several halloween songs for the benefit of the parents. too cute!

also, here are 2 funny things amelia said in the last month or so:

- boys give girls flowers on their wedding day, right mommy? because the boy wants to be sweet to his wife.

- i am the most eater fast!

amelia's 5th bday party -- 10/17/09

well, our original plan to go the farm where amelia had her first birthday did not pan out due to weather. so we moved the party to our house and hired an entertainer for the kids who did the limbo, mummy contest, parachute, etc.... a fun time was had by all!

amelia is now the proud owner of her very own BIG american girl doll -- elizabeth, who is felicity's best friend.

random pics -- 10/09

* chloe posing with her new photo album (rummage sale find) so that she can put that picture in the front

* our sunset

* our girls! who get along about 80% of the time! guess it could be worse....