Two Sweet Girls

In a rate moment, I captured my two sweet girls on camera playing house together and felt that I should share this with the world. It doesn't happen often - although they love each other to pieces, they are generally engaged in tearing each other to pieces. I love it that they're playing with Weeble people that belonged to me and Amy when we were little. They also play with my Barbies when they're at our house. Abby asked me one time why my Barbies were dressed so weird. I told her than in 1982, they were very trendy. Remember Barbie and the Rockers? Have a great weekend!

Making Yardwork Fun

Emily has recently decided that it is loads of fun to pick up leaves in the yard. Last weekend, we loaded up for a picnic of sorts and sat out in the yard for a while collecting and sorting various leaves and pinecones. She had a blast! Hope you enjoy these pictures of her cleaning up the yard. We can only hope that this devotion to yard work will continue as neither of us really enjoys cleaning up the leaves! Happy Fall! And by the way, aren't you impressed by my video posting? I feel so tech-savvy!

Getting started on an adventure - I love the serious look on her face! She's all business.
Emily likes to look through all of the leaves and talk about their colors. She's also very picky - she throws out any leaves that have crumbled edges. Only the perfect ones get to go in the basket!
Sorting through her treasures with Mommy
Taking a rest break
She also loves to roll in the grass but insists that everyone else join her. We'll probably all have chiggers tomorrow.

This is my first attempt to post a video. Hope it doesn't take forever to load! Listen closely and at the end, you can hear her count the pinecones. So smart! Next weekend, we're splitting the atom.

Fun Fall Pictures

Just wanted to add in a few fun random pictures that we took this weekend. I have been dragging my feet about taking Emily to get her 2 year old pictures taken, but I console myself by thinking that we take lots of pictures of her every day. I promise to take her before she turns three, anyway. Hope you enjoy these!

A sweet picture of Daddy's girl on her way to have pictures made with Santa (aka-Granddaddy). All she can talk about is a "Dora bicycle." I'll probably have to get up a four in the morning on the day after Thanksgiving to find one! Then again, we have a direct link to the big guy - check out www.santainatlanta.com for details!

A friend snapped this picture of us at the Northgate game this Friday. Emily loved the cheerleaders and loved climbing the bleachers even more. However, she loved her mittens the most and almost had to sleep with them that night. I outwitted her by offering her cookies in bed. Sugar for mittens - a good trade!

We caught Emily feeding TC treats on Saturday morning. I don't know how long this had been going on before I caught them, but it's safe to assume it was for an extended period. If I had taken a picture five seconds later, it would show TC throwing up an entire can of cat treats. The joys of toddlers and cats...

For whatever reason, Emily decided on Sunday morning that she needed to take a nap with all of her animals...underneath the living room rug. We really do have blankets for her bed. She just prefers the soft feel of wool next to her skin at naptime.

Have a great week!

A White House Halloween

Halloween at the White House was lots of fun this year because Emily was able to go trick or treating for the first time. Our families met for supper at our house before loading Emily, Jackson, and Abby into a wagon and heading out to hit the streets. Emily had a great time and even remembered to say "Tick or Teek!" at each house. Abby got to spend some some quality time with Uncle Donald at the pirate house down the street (an unbelievable decorating extravaganza!) while Brad and I hauled the wagon back to our house. We're thinking of investing in a trailer or a golf cart like our neighbors for next year - Brad and I were worn out after hauling two heavy toddlers around the neighborhood! Hope you enjoy these pictures!

What a sweet witch! I love this dress and would seriously let her wear it as a regular dress and not just as a "cosh-toom", as she called it.

The fabulous Abby Williams is wearing a custom-made Dorothy outfit courtesy of Mimi. I'm glad that we have primary hand-me-down status!

We got the trick or treaters to sit still for about two seconds to take a photo. No small feat!

Yuck! That Laffy Taffy is sticky! Notice the suspicious greasy smears around her mouth - someone's been stealing from the candy bowl!

Caught in the act! Charlie the Cat was an unwitting accomplice as Emily pilfered from the candy bowl and filled up her own bag.

Holidays are lots of fun with little ones around. We had a great time trick or treating this year and are looking forward to a fun Christmas. Look for more pictures soon!