Beginning of Advent

I grew up in a church that celebrated the Christmas Advent season with an Advent wreath & candles. It is a tradition that I want my girls to experience so we got it started tonight. You light a candle the four Sundays before Christmas & Christmas Eve. We used a book that a friend gave me that worked great for preschoolers. We read a modern day story, the story of the angel coming to Mary & Joseph & then learned one of God's names - Emmanuel - God with us. The book has activity sheets that Jolie loved & Sarah put her mark on. They loved lighting the candle & are looking forward to the day when we light ALL five. Hopefully this tradition will help us to anticipate the birth of Christ all month long.

Here are some pictures from tonight.

Interview with Sarah

It's been fun watching Sarah's little personality bloom. She talks all the time & is amazingly easy to understand. I conducted a little interview with her tonight that I thought you'd enjoy.

Thanksgiving Feast

Jolie's MDO class had a Thanksgiving Feast & they invited parents to come. We got to watch them sing a few songs & eat lunch with them. She - as expected - sang the loudest & with the most enthusiasm. Here she is in action:

Jolie & her friends Saywer, Hannah & Kinley. Don't you love how she is holding Sawyer's face?

Trick or Treating in style

I attempted to post this on Monday, but my pictures wouldn't upload. Sorry you had to wait...We joined some friends in their neighborhood & went trick or treating for the first time this year. We loaded up the Barbie Jeep & the Beatty kids drove their John Deere Gator around the neighborhood. It was quite a sight. Jolie had a blast & Sarah loved every minute of it too. She did a great job keeping up with the big kids.

My favorite fairies.

Indiana Jones & a black cat.

Ridin' in style