Saturday, November 28, 2015

Disney on Ice

On Saturday, we went to Grandpa and Grandma Betty's for Thanksgiving lunch.
Avery wanted to sit by Grandpa for devotions.

and Aubrey wanted Mommy's lap :)
(showing off her purse from Amanda!)

the girls all playing Barbies together

Then, we left Avery with Grandpa and Grandma and took Aubrey
to her 2nd Disney on Ice in Des Moines!
She was SO EXCITED - we didn't tell her until that morning.

walking in the skywalks to the Wells Fargo Arena
(all dressed in black coats :))

We made it!
Our seats were faily high but right on center.

getting ready for the show to start...

Daddy was SMART and bought a cheap glowstick at Wal-mart before,
so we didn't have to spend a lot on one that they sold there.
(don't mind that she is chewing on it...she was so entralled!)

Mickey and Minne and Tiana started off the show

then it was Snow White

the 7 dwarves 

Next was Cinderella - bipitty bopitty boo!

the carriage and horses were pretty neat!

Cinderella and her prince

"halftime" pic :)

the rest of Cinderella

the feature part of it was TANGLED!
(note the long yellow hair in the ceiling :))

Rapunzel and Flynn Rider 
(at one time Aubrey yelled, "Rapunzel just WAVED at ME!" - too cute)

Bad pic, but they both went FLYING on her "hair"!

Very cool part of the show!!

Rapunzel and Maximus the horse

Aubrey was a little worried when the witch arrived :)

GRAND FINALE of all the princesses
with their gold and white dresses!

I'd say this one beat last years simply because it was PRINCESSES
and Aubrey knew all the stories well, unlike Toy Story last year!
Aubrey even was paying close attention to the skating part of it
and really liked when they twirled on went on one skate.
She laughed a lot, danced a lot, and had a lot of fun!

Thursday, November 26, 2015

Setting up the Christmas tree!


Tis the time to set up and decorate for Christmas!
This room has a whole lot of Christmas going on - to be sorted :)
Aubrey was excited!!!

Avery helped Daddy go downstairs to get the tree up
(along with Aubrey, of course)

time to put those branches on

now the lights

Aubrey was much more interested in entertaining than really helping.

Finally. . . the STAR on top!

Avery admiring and clapping for afar ;)

The next day we put on the ornaments - Aubrey's turn

Avery, too!

Saturday, November 21, 2015

First Snow!

The first snow of the season came - I think we got about 4-5 inches only!

Everyone bundled up early Saturday morning

Avery's first time all bundled up and walking in the snow :)

Aubrey loved it!

"cheese balls, Mommy!"

snow angels for Aubrey

the girls watching Daddy shovel 

Aubrey exploring the backyard 

pretty trees in the sun!

Oops...should have put the mower away.

the slide was fun extra slippery 

She was braving the get her "hannies wet" - (hands wet)

all 3 had some sort of scoop/shovel/hoe and were "helping"

taking a break

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Just Hanging Out

The weekend before basketball season starts,
we enjoyed a lot of couch time with books and bonding
before it gets super busy with Daddy :)

books before bed with everyone on the couch

This is a happy face saying "CHEESE!"
Avery was obsessed with wearing this hat this weekend :)

She looked like a thug ;)

Avery was enjoying the water from a big glass cup with Daddy's help.

more of that hat after bath ;)

Aubrey getting ready for bed - post bath and toothbrush in hand ;)

more books before bed with the girls (and the hat!)

Aubrey was pretty impressed that I actually could follow the book's
directions and make a paper boat just by folding ;)