Christmas 2010

Christmas Morning

Santa's big gift...an art desk decked out with art supplies

Happiness!

A new suitcase from The Bruno's

Big hit of the day...a DJ mixing station!

Our Christmas was wonderful. My parents came over early for breakfast and gift opening. They stayed through dinner where we ate the most delicious crab. Sage was entertained all day with her new gifts. She loved everything and we loved seeing her excitement.

Merry Christmas Eve

Yay! It's Christmas Eve! Sage made ornaments today (thanks for the idea Diane). She loved it and worked completely independently for over an hour.

One of her ornaments

Homeade snack mix. It's our family's favorite snack.

We played lots of "TIP IT" today too. This was the parting gift that Sage's elf Eliza left for her this morning. What a fun game. We have all really enjoyed it today. I still have some baking to do today and clam dip to make. Then out for dinner and off to look at lights. My parents will be over first thing tomorrow morning to start off the Christmas festivities. Looking really forward to it.

Ballet Recital

Sage had her first ballet recital last night. Talk about cute! It was so much fun and please convince me that I'm not the only mom who cried her eyes out the entire time!

She even had her hair done since I can't do a thing with it.

It was a very short program showcasing the things the girls have been working on in class. The ballet company was putting on The Nutcracker later in the evening, but I knew Sage wouldn't make it through that, so we didn't stay. We went out with my parents to Outback for dinner after the recital and then drove around and looked at Christmas lights. It was a great day!

Still Going Strong

With Ballet.......Our first session is just about over and we signed up for another. There is pretty much nothing cuter than watching 6 three year olds do ballet for 45 minutes once a week. She has her first "recital" in December. I can't wait :)

Happy Fall!

Happy Halloween from Jessie, Buzz, and Woody!

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Patch & Other Fall Ramblings

We headed out to the Pumpkin Patch yesterday. It was great because it was not busy AT ALL. We didn't have to wait in line for anything. It was opening weekend and the weather was warm. We always pick out 3 pumpkins. We each pick one....a daddy pumpkin, a mama pumpkin, and a baby pumpkin. Sage is such a little perfectionist, it took forever for her to pick out her pumpkin. I like short and wide pumpkins, which apparantly my daughter does not, so she was not happy with the pumpkin I wanted for myself. I told Scott that we will need to pack a meal when we go and pick out our Christmas Tree. That should take forever with Sage's requirements.
A fun little ball toss for the little ones.

This is the new "picture smile". Isn't it horrid? She looks like she's in pain.

We have a picture of the two of us in this same place for each year of Sage's life.

Face painting is the biggest hit for her. She loves it.

Pony rides are a huge hit too!

Sitting at the bottom of this huge hay hill. It is made for the kids to climb it. Sage? NO WAY! She told Scott she wanted to go the top, so he took her up. It resulted in a huge meltdown! Chicken!

Looking for the perfect pumpkin!

We love Fall around here. We have been out walking every night, enjoying the cool evenings. We've been baking lots of yummy stuff and making lots of homemade soups. Sage had her flu shot the other day and as her "reward" I took her to a Halloween Store. It was crazy scary. There were zombies, skeletons, werewolves, vampires everywhere. There were graveyards set up with animatronic ghouls in them. She LOVED it! We were there for an hour. I had to drag her out. She wanted to go around and push all the buttons that made them come to life. I felt like a horrid mother for letting her do it, but she seriously loves stuff like that. She knows it is pretend and has never been afraid of things like that. On our walks each night, she is on the lookout for any scary Halloween decorations. Our neighbors have a huge scary zombie on their deck and she calls him her "Zombie Friend". She's a little weirdo!

Chloe....

I don't have any pictures of Chloe handy, so I of course posted pics of Sage instead. Chloe (our sweet little dog) had an abcessed tooth over the weekend. We saw the vet and put her on antibiotics and today she went in for her tooth cleaning and extraction. The vet removed 16 teeth! Chloe is resting now and even ate a little dinner. Other than her poor teeth, she got a clean bill of health for an almost 14 year old dog.

Once Again....

A girl and her dog.......Love them!

Guess Who.......

Guess who is taking ballet? Her first class was yesterday and she LOVED it!