Danielle in her big girl bed.

Danielle is finally in her big girl bed. After climbing out of her crib every morning we figured it was time. It wasn't very hard for her to adjust so that was a relief. We are in the process of switching rooms around so eventually, she will be in Ashlee's room (the purple room) and Ashlee will be in the guest room with her new bunk bed.

Butterflies.

Ashlee received the insect lore for her birthday. We were sent the caterpillars and watched them grow big and fat, just like the story 'the hungry caterpillar'. It was neat to watch them build their cocoon and finally hatch into butterflies. That was a really good idea for a birthday present.

Ashlee's birthday celebrations

 Ashlee got to celebrate her birthday with the neighbors. Jack, Kate, Natalie and Ashlee all share the same birthday month.

Ashlee's Pajama birthday party. All the girls came wearing there favorite pajamas. We enjoyed some letter pancakes and eggs, then did a craft followed by painting nails. It was a lot of fun.

We had the Call's over to sing Happy Birthday and enjoy some cake and ice cream. I have to say that it was one of the best birthday singing yet! Michelle had told the boys that if they want cake they better sing loud. It was awesome!!

Ashlee goes to Kindergarten!

Ashlee's first day of school. She was ready a year ago, but I am happy to say I got one more year with her since her birthday is in Sept. She loves it. We had her first parent teacher conference this past week and the teacher told us she wishes she could clone Ashlee. Funny cause Ashlee's preschool teacher said the same thing! We are so proud of her. She is an obedient, respectful, cheerful little lady. "Love you Ashlee. Don't grow up too fast!"

Disneyland April 2011

Daddy Daughter Dance.

Ashlee had so much fun at the Daddy Daughter dance this year. Last year she had a fever and didn't feel good so thankfully this year she was able to really enjoy it. She said they danced to the chicken dance, the Hokey Pokey and the Black Eyed Peas! She looked just like an angel in her white dress. She is growing up so fast. I am so proud of her for being such a great kid. We are so lucky. "Love you Ashlee."

Sisters!

Today Ashlee and Danielle decided to dress up because they were going on vacation. They love each other so much. I find Danielle giving hugs to Ashlee all the time and Ashlee teaching Danielle how to swing and blow bubbles; so sweet! I am so happy they have one another as a sister.

Cabin Fever!

So... this is what its like to have Cabin Fever! We had an ice storm this past Tuesday in which it left us with about 3 inches of ice on the roads and temperatures not above 20'. No one was going anywhere! Schools were cancelled for 4 days. It wouldn't have been so bad if we could go out and play with the neighbors but since the girls had fevers we were literally stuck inside for the past FIVE days! We have watched Despicable Me and Dora the Explorer enough that we were singing the songs through out the day. We have pulled out the play dough, the crayons, the lite brite, the dolls, games, legos, you name it! I would give anything just to drive to Target and walk down the isles. That's all! That's all I would need is to get out of the house. So today the roads are thawing, finally, so around 1 pm, that's what I am going to do. I am sure I will get some shopping in also, may as well right. Next week we are getting more snow, with luck it won't be ice. Cross your fingers! Hopefully the girls will get better soon so we can go out and build a snowman.

Snow in Texas!

You can see that when it snows in Texas, everyone has to get out and enjoy it before it's gone! It started to snow like crazy on our way to church. It was so cold and icy that church was cancelled after sacrament. By 4pm the roads would've been ice. So we went home early and enjoyed building a snowman, along with a snowball fight. Aaron had something to show Ashlee which was a face full of snow. My neighbor asked "is he really going to do that?" "Oh yes, it's Aaron." and he did. We got him back with lots of snowballs. It was a lot of fun and Ashlee was a good sport; and what better way to warm up than a cup of cocoa by a nice warm fire! I was in heaven.

Christmas morning...

We had such a fun Christmas. I think I woke up before the girls did (of course)! Aaron was nice enough to get out of bed and plug in the Christmas tree lights. He came back to bed and it wasn't much later that we heard Ashlee running down the stairs hollering "It worked, Santa came!" It was awesome! Danielle was still too little to really get it but next year I think she will be more enthusiastic. She did love unwrapping her presents. The highlights were Danielle's bitty baby and Ashlee's Tangled doll. It was a wonderful Christmas! Oh, and yes, we did read the Christmas story before going into the living room (one of Aaron's family traditions). It's not as long as it seems!

Christmas eve...

Christmas eve we have a tradition of spending it at the Call's home. Ashlee was super excited to see Austin, Talan and her 'new cousin' Malia. We had a nice quiet dinner, then watched a video about the Baby Jesus, the kids opened up their Christmas pajamas, and by then it was time to go home. The roads weren't bad this year, I remember last year it was super icy and took up twice as long to drive home. Danielle was pretty spent so she went to bed early while Ashlee put out the reindeer food and set out cookies and milk for Santa. We read "Twas the night before Christmas", said "Goodbye" to Krickett (our shelf elf) then went to bed.

Christmas on Main Street.

Every year we go to Main street to celebrate the coming holiday. Santa is always there and they have an incredible light show set up with music. It was pretty chilly so we only stayed long enough to see Santa. Ashlee had already told Santa what she wanted for Christmas so when she sat on his lap, she made sure that he knew what Danielle wanted. It was super sweet!

The Gingerbread Baby!

All of us mom's on our street got together and planned a Christmas party for our kids. It was so much fun! I don't know how we are going to beat this one! It was perfect! We had chosen a Gingerbread man theme. So it went like this...

We started making the men at the first home and while they were baking we went upstairs to read the story called "The Gingerbread Baby". Someone, "Aaron", must have peeked too soon and all the gingerbread men went running out the door. the kids found a clue on the oven door to go across the street. There they found musical chairs and off to the next house where they made reindeer food, followed by another clue for a snowball fight, another clue to make Christmas ornaments, and lastly, yummy gingerbread houses.

All the kids had so much fun! Ashlee kept asking how the Gingerbread men got out of the oven. It was a lot of fun and all the husbands were proud of us! It ended with sleepy kids and all the husbands at our house for Poker night. "Couldn't be better" Aaron would say. Ashlee still asks if we can make gingerbread cookies and peek early.