Playgroup Holiday Party

Our playgroup met up at a local Ice Cream Parlor, Relics and Rarities, to enjoy a couple of hours crawling on cars and eating ice cream! I think all of the kids had a great time. And the mommies enjoyed hanging out and talking, as always!

   

 

     

Our Christmas Tree!!

What a Weekend!

Grandpa Steve came to visit and spend the weekend with us and our sweet girls. We had a wonderful time, eating out and going to Stone Mountain. Meggie got to spend the day with Grandpa Steve on Friday and was happy to miss school! Ellie was doubly excited because, not only was Grandpa Steve here, but Uncle Drew was around a lot as well. What more does a four-year-old need?

Red balloons perhaps? I had a photo shoot Sunday morning that incorporated balloons and brought the leftover balloons home to the girls when the shoot was over.

Both Ellie and Megs had a fun time playing with them. As I write this they are both asleep with their balloons next to their beds!

The girls and their guys!

As always, Ellie was very sad to say goodbye to Grandpa Steve.

 

Meggie was just tired and fussy....

 

Ellie posing for a balloon pic before we went inside.

Thanks for visit Grandpa Steve, we miss you already!

Ellie's Artwork

I have decided to have Ellie's artwork made into a book so I don't have to keep boxes and boxes of artwork as she grows up. Here are some of the pieces she has brought home this year that will be included in her Pre-K Artwork Book.

Look mom, she already has better handwriting than I did in 2nd grade!!

Happy Halloween!!

The Sears family had a fun fun fun Halloween! First we went to our neighbors house for a kiddo filled party. Then we headed out for some trick-or-treating. It got cold and windy really fast so Meggie and I headed home leaving Chris and Ellie for some more Halloween fun.

Chris was a vampire gorilla, Ellie was Thumbelina and Meggie was a princes. Meggie was suppose to be a monkey but she refused to put on the costume so we had to improvise.

Sami the pirate, Ella the bumble bee, Angela the cat and Roman the train conductor!

  

Baby Dejah with her parents, Jessica and Davin.

Meggie enjoying her Halloween cupcake.

More Halloween cupcake!

We hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween! We sure did and now we are all tired and ready for bed (well... Mom and Dad are anyway!).

Silly Girls!

I have to admit, I don't remember what we were doing when the girls and I took these pictures, but they are still silly!

  

Papa, This One's For You!!

We just finished carving our three pumpkins. Ellie narrates the back story from the perspective of her pumpkin, named "Ellie". She explains how the "Daddy" pumpkin ruined the earth and has some killer tendencies. Meggie mostly stays behind the scenes, but does add some scary sound effects and later does a little camera work before her sister takes over. Happy Halloween everyone!

Meggie and Ellie's Sunday Recap for 10/18/2009

Meggie and Ellie make a quick web cam video about our Sunday trip up to the apple orchard in North Georgia. Marti was doing a photo shoot for a friend there so we decided to make it a family outing. Aside from some Google Maps problems, it was a fun little trip. Daddy took the girls to the petting farm/zoo, we saw them shooting apples from an air-powered apple cannon (pumpkin chunkin-style), and the girls helped pick 39 apples.

Meggie Playing in the Kitchen with Daddy

Meggie and Daddy are playing in the kitchen. Meggie is very interested in the camera, wanting to watch the screen instead of being recorded. We talk about animal sounds, we say hello to all our grandparents, we mess with the cat, and we play with a rubiks cube and a hula hop. If you listen carefully, you'll hear Meggie say "nilk", "see you later", "button" and "collar" (which i think she just learned on the spot). The best part of the video is Meggie's camera work.

Ellie Video Interview for 10/11/09

Ellie tries to explain that we went to Stone Mountain Park today. We "hiked" to the top of the mountain and then back down, all without Ellie needing to be carried. We saw the red and blue skylift cars going up and down the mountain. After our hike, we went to the playground. Later, we went to QuikTrip for sodas. Mommy and Meggie are in Columbia this weekend, so Ellie and Daddy holding down the fort.

Rainy Weekend

Another rainy weekend in Atlanta. Ellie helped me pick tomatoes off the vine after the abundance of rain helped ripen them. We have spent a lot of time inside, enjoying each other and a chance to relax. That said, I would like to see the sun again!

 

Day at the Zoo!

Chris took us girls for a fun morning at the zoo. The weather was beautiful and the girls enjoyed seeing the animals.

There is a new Parakeet house. You can feed the parakeets with little sticks of seeds. It was really neat to be able to see the birds up close.