Father Daughter Look Alike

I submitted this picture for a father/daughter look alike contest. Aren't they cute? I think Geneva looks so much like her dad it amazes me sometimes.

Thanksgiving Program

I took off 1/2 a day of work in order to attend the girls' Thanksgiving program at school on Wednesday. I dressed the girls in cute new jumpers. Here they are posing for the camera before we left...

Moving in for a hug...

Blowing kisses...

There are no pictures from the actual program that turned out. The girls were pilgrims & lets just say they didn't do much. Even though they sing to me all day long, Geneva just sat on the step & Lexa cried the whole time! As soon as Lexa saw me in the crowd, she was trying to get to me & couldn't understand why her teacher wouldn't let her. It was so sad :( After the program, the parents were invited to watch the children eat their Thanksgiving lunch. It was kind of awkward because the parents were just standing around on the wall while the kids ate. As you can see Lexa was still confused as to why I was there and believe it or not ate NOTHING not even her cookie. All she wanted to do was go home!

And then there is Geneva. She ate ALL of her food & some of Lexa's!! Miss Meredith assured us she is the best eater in the class. You would never have known she was in the hospital a month trying to get off a feeding tube!
The girls are off all week and are looking forward to seeing their families for Thanksgiving!

Painting in the Bathtub

I stole this idea from Jenny's blog... painting in the bathtub with a little colored shaving cream. I don't know who had more fun--the girls or the parents laughing.

Halloween 2011

Halloween Part I: Princess Lexa & Geneva (for school party)

Halloween Part II: Cookie Monster & Elmo


Elmo giving Cookie a kiss
The girls had a fun-filled day including trick or treating at school, a pizza party, a [few] suckers, a [few] cookies, & trick or treating in the neighborhood. I have to say we were told more than a dozen times they were the cutest kids of the night. Other than being called boys, I think their Sesame Street costumes were a success!

Red/White Game

We went to see the women's & men's red/white basketball game a couple of weeks ago. Well once the girls discovered the stairs, needless to say there wasn't much watching the game. In fact we had an all out 2 year old tantrum x 2 in the middle of Bud Walton Arena when they were told no more stair climbing. It was past their bed time, but still. It was one of those parenting moments, you just wanted to crawl under a rock.

At least they were cute in their cheerleader outfits :)

Ole Miss Game

We had a WONDERFUL weekend in Oxford, MS. Being with our best friends, Nickel & Travis, the Hog win, topped off with some gambling in Tunica who wouldn't?

Our seats were great! 9th row! The players would stand right in front of us during the commercial breaks to get us fired up. I have to say I was not impressed at all with Ole Miss. The stadium was pathetic. It really felt like we were playing a high school team. I was very proud to be wearing red.

Patrick & I at the University of Mississippi. I am glad we are Hogs and not Rebels! [Yes I am holding a Rebel pom pom; I had to bring it back for the girls].

Our first time to see each other in a year. Nickel was so happy, she kept saying, I just want to hug you. It was so sweet.

Nickel & I met in graduate school & I feel so lucky to have her as a friend. She is one of those people who is so smart, so pretty, so caring, so fun to be around and you wonder, why is she friends with me?? We try to have a trip once a year, and we have had some fun ones including another trip to Mississippi a few years ago (Vicksburg) where we were surrounded by giant roaches! We left the bed & breakfast in the middle of the night because I refused to sleep there! Anyway, some great memories & I hope many more. I am praying that one day we will live close again.

We had been planning this trip since May when we ordered our season tickets. It had always been a dream of mine to go to an away game. Given the fact that Oxford isn't too terribly far away & that I really wanted to see Houston Nutt get beat in person, it was an easy decision. Travis is currently in the midst of an internship for sports compliance in South Carolina so Nickel flew out to see him on Thursday night and then they drove in together to meet us for the game early Saturday. Did I mention it was an 11:20 a.m. kick off? It was early. Patrick & I got up at 4:00 a.m. to get there. We left the game around 3:00 p.m. and found a restaurant because we were starving. Travis headed back to South Carolina after our late lunch; Nickel & Patrick & I headed to Harrah's Casino in Tunica for the night. We played slots, blackjack, & enjoyed the Paula Deen buffet for breakfast Sunday morning. Yummy omelettes & grits! Then we headed back to North Little Rock to pick up the girls who stayed with Amy & Eric & Luke all weekend. They had so much fun playing dress up, playing at the park, & getting spoiled! We owe Amy & Eric big time for stepping in at the last minute & offering to keep the girls.

Woo Pig Sooie!!!!!

We Love Jelly

My "silly turkeys" eating dinner last night. They requested toast & grape jelly. Who could resist?

On another note: Look what the girls brought home from school on Wednesday. The best part about school is all the cute artwork mommy gets to collect. Pumpkins with their hand prints. I will always treasure!