Tag!

She LOVES her new Tag book.



Thanks Auntie Beth!

Weekend of Characters

Reindeer Dash Race


Big fan - up early and ready to go!


Livy, Reece and the reindeer



Casey & Jake's Birthday party was fun!


Livy did not want to leave his side.


Livy's first time bowling!


Just an interesting picture


Just before meeting Santa


First, Santa ate one of the cookies Livy made for him.


Then, she began chatting about something pretty important!
Santa asked, "So, what would you like for Christmas?"
Livy replied, "A Christmas tree!"

Santa and Livy

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Merry Christmas!

Great Friends! Yummy Fun!

We had such a fun time yesterday with these three!



First, we played dress up. Reece became the Mermaid (Ariel),
John the Train Conductor and Livy was Snow White.

Then, these characters whisked their way to the
kitchen where Mrs. Karrie "Ka-We" had them decorate
their own Christmas cookies!

This Snow White had a blast!

Thanks Karrie, John & Reece for such a fun time together!

Who's That?

Is that Elmo eating oatmeal?

Tickled Elmo!

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Busy Weekend

This past weekend, we visited Sea World. Livy had a blast petting
the stingrays and watching the dolphin, sea lion and killer whales
swim and jump. We also walked through the tunnel of fish and of
course took time to play in the sand box.

We also spent a whole day with Sydney and Tori! We took the girls to the Lowe's building workshop where they made periscopes. Then we made Thanksgiving crafts - painted and drew pictures for the rest of the day.

On Sunday, we spent the day with Gama and Gampa! We visited Gama's clubhouse and then arranged furniture at Gampa's house. Now he has more space to walk around.
We ate dinner, and then drove back home.Whew! Busy weekend.

Here are some pictures of our weekend adventures...

Resting up for Sea World

This face says it all!

Watching the dolphin feeding

Impromptu nap

Check out all that bling (and the missing arm)

Painting project with the girls


Snuggling with Gama


Playing a fun game with Gampa

U of I (shout out)

Currently, the weather outside is 63 degrees. It's beautiful! So, this morning we took out the "winter" jackets/pants/sweaters. They expect this weather to hang around throughout the weekend and then back to 80+ degrees on Monday.
We are loving every minute of it, while it lasts.

Here are a few pictures I snapped of Livy on our way to Tumbleweeds. She is sporting her U of I jacket that Uncle Lars and Aunt Kristen gave her. She wears it proudly. Thank you guys - it's perfect!

More Fall Fun

Digital scrapbook created with Smilebox

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin pi, "O" for Olivia, Kitty cat pumpkins

Jack-O lanters in the driveway
ready for trick-or-treaters

Livy loved saying, "trick-or'treat" and "thank you"
over and over at each house

Throughout the night, she kept
checking out her candy stash

Little Mermaid

Little Mermaid and Lolli

Livy and Tori trick-or-treating

Pumpkins and Paintings

The other day, Livy and I made mini pumpkin loaves.

"How should I go about eating these?"

"This works!"

"Oh, and this too."

Mini Picaso hard at work

I wish I had more pictures of the aftermath.
Oh yes, we had paint EVERYWHERE!



Well worth it for this great fridge art