The Nutcracker

 Last weekend Clara's Ballet School performed The Nutcracker.  The first dance she was in she was a snowflake. She wore a pretty light blue dress and did a lovely dance.  I was so proud of her!!

                                     The second dance she was a flower.  She did a wonderful job!



The Unfortunate Haircut & Other Happenings....

 A couple months ago, John was working a late evening at the clinic. I gave the kids all baths and afterwards Clara wanted a haircut. So I figured why not just give everyone a quick trim? Sam was looking like he had some sort of comb over, so I thought I'd just trim the top of his hair.  We'll, I trimmed the top, but then I felt the sides and back by his neck needed to be trimmed up too. So I did that, but then they were too short, so I adjusted the top. You can probably see where this is going. Finally it was so bad I just had to shave the poor kids head.  John got home from work and was pretty shocked! It took us a while to get used to his new do'. It was quite jarring for a while. We came up with some new nicknames for him though: Caillou, McDougal, and Charlie Brown. 

 The kids had also gotten their much anticipated Halloween package from Mimi, which contained some Halloween tattoos. Naturally a bald head cries out for a skeleton tattoo.

 For Clara's 6th Birthday her "Black Grandma" sent her and Edie a pink Jeep.  This Jeep was quite the hit. We have a very large lot, so it was a lot of fun to ride all over the place.

 My friend Kelly brought her girls kiddie 4 wheeler over too- so they could all ride together.  It was a fun few months riding around the backyard.  When we do move I will really miss having such an awesome yard.

 John's switched his work schedule to 4 10's. So now he is home one week day and just works 4 days a week.  I can't decide really if were I'm in love with it or not.  It is awesome Friday evenings knowing we have a 3 day weekend- each weekend. However the days he works are rather brutal, as he leaves around 7:30 and doesn't get back till nearly 8 pm.  But I sure do like the weekends:)

 I really miss the beautiful leaves.  It was a really pretty Fall up here.  Now it is just barren cold and extremely Gray. Every single day is just gray. There is no snow. Just fog and ice. I really miss the snow.  Were all hoping for a white Christmas.... or a super early spring.

Autumn part II: Halloweeeeen!!!

Better late than never right?

 We are HUGE Halloween Fans at our house!  We did crafts leading up to Halloween, and the costumes that my girls pick are very thought out. Come July Clara starts talking about what she wants to be.

 This year she chose to be a Unicorn. I found her costume on Pottery barn kids, but then I snuck onto Ebay and found one that was new and far cheaper. yay!

 My little Witch.  Do you like the face I caught?

 Sammy the Skeleton! My cute little man had a fun Halloween. As it turns out he is a giant fan of M&M's..

We let the girlies stay up late and enjoy their haul of Halloween Candy.  They spread it out on the t.v. room floor and took stock of everything they had.  They have already decided what they want to be for Halloween next year. Although it usually changes 30 times before they commit, so we'll see:)