Snow is falling

We have already had our first snow at the new house and it isn't even winter yet. This happened the first weekend in December. We returned from the mountains to find our front yard covered! The girls and their daddy had already begun snowball throwing in the mountains but when we got home that is all that Savanna wanted to do. On Sunday everyone headed outside to build a snowman. We weren't sure if it would work but he hung around for a week in our yard. Everything around him melted but he remained in tact for us to enjoy. Sadie insisted on checking on our snowman each time we left the house. His remnants still remain in the front yard almost 3 weeks later.

Where my hair go?

Well, the time came quite a while ago that Sadie needed a trim but I couldn't bring myself to cut her thin little head of hair. I was taking pictures of the girls one day and realized that it MUST be done! I couldn't see those sweet eyes. She was great and it only took a couple of minutes, literally.

Abby's Buffet

Today the girls decided to open a restaurant and they called it Abby's Buffet. They each put on their aprons and got started. Savanna was the waitress and Sadie did the cooking. I was the customer so I can honestly say that my pumpkin and strawberry soup was delicioso!

baby Jesus

Yesterday we read the story of Jesus' birth a million times in one of our Bible stories books. There are pictures of course for the little ones. On this particular page we were reading about Mary and Joseph asking the innkeeper for a place to sleep. The illustration shows a pregnant Mary and out of the blue Sadie asks, "Mary eat baby Jesus?". We have had a lot of "out of the mouths of babes" moments around here lately and we are loving it!

Turkey Day

What a wonderful Thanksgiving we had! This year didn't feel like the whirlwind it usually does. It was so nice to get to visit with family, especially the ones that we only see at holidays! We made pilgrim hats for dessert and paper bag turkeys for decoration. Savanna wore her indian hat she made at school, "purple horse" was her name. Both girls love the attention they receive at Grammy and Pa's house and playing with their cousin John at Nana and Poppy's house. When we got to Grammy and Pa's Savanna asked me if they were going to be the only children there. I don't know who she was waiting for to show up. Sadie just follows her big sister around but has recently begun to have an opinion of her own. Savanna is having a hard time accepting that Sadie won't do what she says anymore. Our sweet girls are growing up too fast!

The Night Before Christmas

As we were getting out our Christmas books the girls started "reading" through them. Savanna wanted to read The Night Before Christmas so she and I enjoyed the story while Sadie "read" another book. We were almost to the end of the book and Savanna asked me if Santa was nocturnal. Oh out of the mouths of babes!