That's All Folks

So... I believe I will be taking a leave of absence from blogging and facebooking for a little while.
Why?
Well, because Comcast was taking advantage of us and we decided to cancel our Internet with them. It'll probably be the beginning of next year before we'll have the Internet again. But, when we do...
You should be preparing now for the awesomeness that this blog will be.
We won't be up to too much while we're not online. Only finals and then we'll be off to Tennessee, which, who really has time to blog while visiting with family you haven't seen in 2+ years? We'll update when we can. And when I say "we", I mean "I".
Everyone in Tennessee, we'll see you soon!!
Wish us luck on finals (Matthew) and traveling!!

We hope you all have a WONDERFUL and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
And a Happy New Year!

PS- On a bittersweet note, today was Lily's last day in nursery as we will be traveling the next two Sundays. The next time we go to church, she'll be a Sunbeam!! Lily will love it and it will be fun to have both William and her in Primary. We should be hearing soon if we are staying in nursery a while longer or moving up to primary!

A Toothless Tale

How to Train Your Dragon has been a pretty big thing here! We finally just got it for the kids to watch on the way to Tennessee and my kids have loved it. Lily especially. Yes, little miss Lily that was Tiana for Halloween and loves going to Claire's to look at princess stuff and lip gloss galore, has an obsession with this movie and the dragon Toothless. And I'm sure Tessa has been a pretty big influence in this as well!

On Sunday, Lily actually played with the other girls in nursery. This is a first because she doesn't really like girls that are her age. The girls in nursery were playing baby dolls and here comes Lily to play when all of a sudden, she drops to all fours and makes growling noises. She chased those poor girls around growling and then saying "I'm TOOTHLESS!!!" So, we had to stop her when the other girls were complaining.

Last week, the kids had preschool at Henry's house. Henry is William's best friend. Henry was a dinosaur for Halloween and so was his little 2 year old brother. So, what did I find when I went to pick up the kids from preschool?? Lily dressed in Henry's brother's dinosaur costume. But, she wasn't a dinosaur, she was Toothless. Since it was made for a 2 year old, the costume is almost to her knees and halfway up her forearms.

This week, William had a play date at Henry's house and when we went to drop him off, Lily looked at Henry's mom and said that she wanted to dress up. We are now - temporarily- in possession of one blue dinosaur/ Toothless costume that I can't pry off of my daughter's body. Don't believe me?

And then the instant that I can talk her into taking this off, she finds a flower bow, puts it on top of her head and asks me if she's pretty.

I don't know what to do with that girl...

Homemade Picture Ornaments

Today it was my turn to have preschool at our house. With it being Christmas time and my obsession with all things in that topic right now, in addition to learning the letter K and talking about the heart shape, we made homemade picture ornaments. I wanted to do picture ones mostly because we don't have a picture of Lily on our tree. Sad. So she was excited to put hers on the tree. It's always fun to make homemade ornaments. Especially with kids. It's great to see what they can do and create!!

Lily's:

William's:

Feathers? Googly eyes? These will be Treasures in Christmas Future!!