Christmas Concert!

Hayden had his first Christmas concert. I have mentioned before how great Hayden's school has been with Carsyn, letting her hang out and help in class. She had also been to a few rehearsals and been practicing the songs at home with Hayden. She was more excited about the songs than Hayden was. Hayden's teachers actually invited Carsyn to sing in the concert and she was ecstatic, she was pretty bummed that her Kindergarten class wasn't going to have a concert. I ended up helped during their rehearsal that day and let me just say it was a long day for all. Hayden wasn't too excited about doing the concert after all the practicing. Luckily, he had a long break before the 6:30pm show. He ended up getting really excited. He is getting more and more interested in clothes and it helped that he had a new sweater to wear to concert. I think he wore it the two days following the concert until I told him that I needed to wash it.

Jeni and Nina came out during the day to hang out and stayed for dinner and the concert.

Here is Hayden in his new sweater.


Carsyn ready in her Christmas dress always ready to preform. :)
Hayden with Nina in front of our tree.

The cousins...

Thanks to Jody, a friend from school, I was able to get some shots of the kids on stage. Both of them looking a little nervous but too cute!!

It really turned out so cute. Hayden and Carsyn did a great job along with cousin Alyvia. They were all so cute singing their songs and doing their hand motions. They really got into it. Thanks for all the family coming out and supporting the kids. It was so much fun!

Holiday Crafts!

We got a little crafty this holiday season. Before the real snow storm came the kids and I enjoyed an afternoon at the library. Tony had worked the night before so we thought we would sneak out and see what the libraries "Winter Craft" was all about. It turned out really neat. Because of the weather there was only about 6 kids there including Carsyn and Hayden. I guess last year it was packed. The woman in charge said she was told to get enough for 50 kids, OOPS. Oh well, the small attendance was nice for us. The kids decided to start out with the Christmas card section. There was a bunch of colored paper, stamps, glitter, glue and ink pens to make whatever kind of card they wanted. Then we moved on to the orange-clove thingy (see photo below), which basically turned into my project. The kids thumbs were a little to sensitive to punch the hard, poky clove into the orange. Carsyn worked on hers for a while, I would poke it half way in then she would do the rest. She settled for a less is more look. As for Hayden he went for the more the merrier approach and he supervised me the whole time. They really turned out cute and they smelled fabulous. Then the kids moved on to their favorite one the peppermint wreath. Once we were all crafted out we went and checked out a huge pile of books and called it a day.

Here is Carsyn's orange.

Hayden's orange.

The peppermint wreath.

The crafting didn't stop there. We were inspired by Tod and Mel's tree which included homemade ornaments. I had pointed them out to Carsyn and said that it would be fun to do some for our tree and Carsyn wouldn't let me forget. I was actually really excited about it. Carsyn and I with the help from the Ben Franklin lady got some ideas for the ornaments.

Here is Carsyn showing how we squirted glitter glue into them and swirled them around.

Here is Hayden stuffing them with glittery balls.

Carsyn showing the painting technique.

Hayden with more balls.

The glitter glue was by far the funnest for us all.

Nina Turns 3!

Happy 3rd Birthday Nina!! Wow, I can't believe it. I know I say it all the time but these kids are growing up way too fast.

Jeni and Cory had Nina's birthday party at their restaurant again this year. It always turns out so great! This year Cory made pizza while the kids played pin the spot on the ladybug. Nina's aunt Mia actually made all the signs and the ladybug game which turned out so cute!! There was a great mix of friends and family and we all had so much fun celebrating with Nina.

Here is Nina checking out her ladybug cake.

Nina getting ready to blow out her candle.
The little ones anxiously awaiting their piece of cake. So serious!

Nina keeping an eye on her table full of presents.

Carsyn and Hayden posing with their little friend and Nina's cousin Sofia.

Nina's cousins Anna and Lola.

Poppy and Mamaw enjoying a cup of coffee.

Thanksgiving!

We had Thanksgiving at my parents house this year. We usually split things up between my family and Tony's but this year Tony's Mom didn't have a Thanksgiving dinner. We did go up to her house for coffee and breakfast along with Tony's sister Kim and her family. I didn't get any pictures of that though.

Jeni, Cory and Nina also came over for dinner. Poor little Russ had pneumonia and a really bad cold so they just stayed home. Russ did come over later and got a plate of food for the family.


Mamaw, Poppy, Me and the Kids.

Tony getting in the picture.

Poppy with Carsyie and Haydie.

Carsyn and Hayden snuggling up for a photo op.

Cory, Jeni and Nina with the kids, watching Poppy cook.
Nina and Carsyn with their olive fingers. We used to do that with our cousins on the holidays.

Santa Photo!

Santa Photo 2008!!

These two are getting huge!! They both get crazy smiles when they get around Santa but I think it turned out really cute. Hayden had a hard time leaning back into Santa and Carsyn was all stiff legged, I guess he makes them nervous. He does know if they have been naughty or nice, they must have guilty consciences. Just teasing, they have been pretty good this year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Libby Lu!!

We ventured to the mall to go to Libby Lu for the first time. Melissa had a coupon and we thought it would be a lot of fun for the girls to be pampered a little. It was really cool! The received a backpack where they were able to pick a bunch of accessories. They were also able to pick something bigger, Carsyn chose the scarf and Bryn chose fairy wings. They picked out the hair style they wanted, Carsyn picked Rockin' Rockstar and Bryn picked Sassy Princess. They were able to pick their nail color and they also received a little compact with girly(light and sparkly) makeup to take home. They were both so patient it was really cute to watch. Hayden was a good sport he just watched the girls getting made up.

Here they are patiently getting their nails painted.


Makeup and Hair came next.

Here they are posing afterwards. What a fun thing to do with a girlfriend! Thanks for thinking of us Brynnie!!

Carsyn all glittered up ready to rock!!

Halloween!

On Halloween we had our usual little party with our family. Here are the kids getting ready to trick or treat. Cousin's Nina and Alyvia were ladybugs, Carsyn the witch and Hayden the cowboy.

The adults really got into it this year.

Here is Tony dressed up like a tattooed bad-a*# and me in my half-a*#ed bunny costume.

Jeni dressed up like Pippy Long stockings.

My Dad and Mom dressed up like a Red Neck and a Clown.Smiley and Jacque in their Hippie Costumes.

Brianne in her devil costume and Kristen dressed up like a gangster.

You can see Kaitlyn in her Candy Corn Witch costume in the background.