Decorating the tree

The twins have been dying to put up the Christmas decorations! We usually put up the tree the day after Thanksgiving, but this year we put it up the day before Thanksgiving. We had some very eager little girls!

 

 My two little elves! (Kennedy, Kaitlyn)

 Kaitlyn, my little detailed organizer

Kennedy, my creative little diva :)

The tinsel was a big hit! 

 Kaitlyn took the name tree "skirt" literally!

 Once the lights were lit and the tinsel was on, it was time for the decorations. I don't think these girls could have had any more fun. They put up every single ornament by themselves! (Kaitlyn)

 Kennedy finding just the right spot for her ornament.

 They rearranged the ornaments over and over. (And still do every day!)

 Jilly woke up from her nap and got in on the fun too! 

 She helped by dumping out all the ornaments! :)

Daddy and Jillian posing by the completed Christmas tree!!  (Notice, the top of the tree has no ornaments! Their little arms could only reach so far! ha!)
The girls have been asking me every day "How much longer until it's Christmas?"  It's fun to see their anticipation! They are sooooo excited!  It's going to be a fun month!

Thanksgiving Day 2010

 We were so excited to have the whole week off from school, but, boy, did the week start differently than expected. This past Sunday night, Tony and I got either food poisoning or a stomach bug and it wiped us out! Thanks to Grandma and Pa for coming to the rescue. They came and got the kids for us Monday morning (we couldn't even get out of bed!). We also didn't want to expose them if we did have a stomach bug. We  recovered and slowly got our appetite back....just in time for Thanksgiving day! :)
We went to my parent's house and had a yummy meal!  We spent a lot of time outside, letting the kids run around.  I didn't get any pictures of our wonderful lunch, but I did snap some photos of the people I am thankful for!

 

Our sweet family

My brother, sister-in-law and nephew, Cooper!

 My Jilly Bean (17 months)

 

 My wonderful husband!

 

 My parents!  (This was quite a task trying to get two 4 year olds, a 2 1/2 year old and a 17 month old to pose for a picture!)

And my two twinkies! 

(Pa raked A  LOT of leaves for all the kids to jump in!)

We are also very thankful for all of Tony's family that lives near Ft. Worth! We missed them today, but we will be seeing them at Christmas!  Can't wait!

Playing in the leaves!

 

Get ready......

 

 Get Set.....

  

 Gooooooo!!!!

  

Weeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! 

(That was fun Uncle Chris!!   Do it again!)

Halloween 2010

The evening before the 31st we got together with our neighbors for some good food and good fun! Here are some of the kiddos eating dinner. (Tanner, Meagan, Madi, Kennedy, Kaitlyn)



Yummy frito pie! (Kennedy, Kaitlyn, Audrey)


All the girls on the cul-de-sac!! (minus Jillian...she didn't want to pose for the picture!)



Kaitlyn wanted to be a ballerina.



Kennedy wanted to be Sleeping Beauty.



Jillian was a pumpkin! She wouldn't keep her little hat on that went with it...and I could never catch her smiling either..but she looked so cute! (This was the same costume the twins wore when they were this age)


And I also dressed her up in the cow costume our neighbors gave us! I just couldn't resist.


There was no trick or treating this year for the girls. The twins are still terribly scared of masks and scary costumes so they didn't even want to leave the house. That was ok with us! I didn't buy new costumes (knowing that they wouldn't be used) and they were completely content choosing from the many dress up clothes they already had. We did have a couple of visitors who came over halloween night to see the girls and they gave them some candy. They loved that. We had a special night inside on Halloween night and the girls had a fun time just hanging out with good ol' mom and dad! :)