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ICE!

We went to the Gaylord ICE Exhibit a few weeks ago and it was so neat. The kids loved it...may be the only snow and ice they see! It was super cold but we ended the tour by watching Polar Express and drinking hot chocolate!

My Little Pony Pajama Party

Well, after asking "is it 4 o'clock?" about a million times...IT WAS 4:00! We headed to Moonjumpers for party #5! Her 2 favorite things are jammies and ponies so Chloe requested a My Little Pony pajama party and even though the cake lady almost gave me a heart attack, the cake was precious, all our friends and family came and it was a great time. All Chloe wanted was to stay up as late as she wanted tonight and she was snoring in our bed at 10:45!!!

My Baby is 5!

I absolutely cannot believe that my baby girl turned 5 today...it just seems like yesterday...

It just doesn't seem possible that we're already at birthday #5. She has grown up so fast and so much this last year. The biggest change this year has been our volume, she used to be so quiet and timid :) She loves preschool and all her friends and teachers and loves her brother so much (most of the time). Let's just say nobody else better pick on him....that's her job! On the positive...they fuss so well. She loves to color and LOVES to do anything on the computer. She's very creative and dramatic and she colors as well as I do. She reads us a book every night, sometimes the right words, sometimes she'll say..."I think I'll do my own words tonight". She loves to be told stories about when she was born and stories about My Bobba Faye and Craig's granddads who have passed on. She sings all of the time and of course adds her own music with all her little instruments noises she makes (her daddy's child). She's such a blessing in our lives and we are so thankful for her!

Thanksgiving Feast

We had Preschool Thanksgiving Feast yesterday and the kids had a great time...I made chicken spaghetti for an army but all turned out great!

Pow Pow!!

We spent the weekend in Van with Craig's family. Chloe and Hayden haven't gotten to see their cousins in while and have been begging for them...let's just say they weren't disappointed! For the first time they really played together, Hayden thought he was 10 and Chloe...even older. They started the day in the leaf pile. Then Hayden discovered Caleb's nerf guns and Hayden had a blast! He ran around with his pow pow and had an absolute meltdown when it was time to go to bed without it ( I gave in finally and he slept holding his pow pow tight!). Chloe and Kenzie played barbies and had "girl talk". Now we have another set of Nations' on the way...how fun!!!! (not me...2 nieces on the way :)

Candy, Candy and more Candy!!!

We just basically survived a week of candy, candy, candy and more candy! We had our Church Fall Festival on Wednesday, Fall Fun Day at preschool on Thursday and Trick or Treat on Friday...does it get any better (or worse ?) Wonderwoman and Batman had a great time...however they had much more fun handing out the candy than actually geting it...They were sad when Halloween was over, but I reminded them that Christmas will soon follow... Hayden is already singing Santa Claus is Coming to Town!!