Ailish Goes to the Movies

Ailish and I went to see The Princess and the Frog!!! It had been out in theaters for a little while, but since the holidays were so busy and then it would snow over the weekend, we just couldn't make it out. I was so afraid that we weren't going to make it before it left the theaters!
She was so excited that she was running to the theater when we got there. When we were walking past all of the promotion posters, she slowed down to look. (The posters are so big compared to her.) The seats tended to flip up on her when she moved but I don't know if she really wanted to. She was watching the screen so intently. At one point, she leaned over to me and whispered, "Thank you, Momma!"
She loved it!

Gwen's 3rd Birthday

Happy Birthday to Gwen!

We celebrated on the 29th with a yummy chocolate cupcake that the girls shared. Gwen even blew out her candle this year!

When the holidays were officially over, we had family over for a party. The theme was picked out by Gwen all by herself. She wanted a "pet shop" cake and picked out Hello Kitty decorations. She was so cute. We went to Party City and she walked up and down the aisles to look at all the different decorations. Then she went back through the aisles to pick out the decorations she wanted.

Christmas 2009

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

This Christmas, we were very busy for the holiday. First we went to Grammy and Grampy's house to celebrate. The kids loved seeing the family together! We had lots of fun watching the kids rip into the gifts!

Of course, there's always going to be a really good blackmail picture involved when the family gets together!!!

(Hmmm...I wonder what I should ask for to take this picture down.)

The girls looked over their Christmas morning presents before tearing into them! It goes so fast!!!

Then we went to Nana's house the next day. Nana and the girls played with a new tea set together. Then they made a gingerbread house together.

Thanksgiving at Grandma's 2009

I took the pictures that Mom had on MySpace and decided to post them here. Grandma had a full spread for Thanksgiving. From turkey to the best oyster and chestnut dressing you've ever tasted, it was so yummy!!! We love to go and spend the day at Grandma's! She has a toy room that the girls love to spend time in and plenty of bells to ring all around the house. We couldn't help but go a second round of dessert even though we were still full from dinner later in the day. Mmm...peanut butter angel food cake and chocolate pie!!!

A New Investment

Since the Thanksgiving pictures are on my Mom's camera, I don't have any holiday pictures to share. Hopefully at Christmas I'll remember to take my own camera.


We finally got a new furnace! Unfortunately, our old furnace could no longer work efficiently so we put it to rest and got a new one. Anyway, since we invested what feels like a fortune in it, I'm posting a pic!

Ailish's Cool New Ability

Ailish spelled the word "Off" when no one was looking! She can do several small words now!

Ailish came home with this drawing today from school. She's been really working on writing her name!

Happy Halloween!

Since Halloween is so busy, I only have 2 pics I can share. I think every couple days they ask if it's Halloween yet. They both enjoyed dressing up and going from house to house to beg for candy! We left them pig out on it when we got home. They were very tired once the sugar shock wore off!

The Little Mermaid, Ailish and Gwen, the Black Kitty Cat!