Christmas Dance Recital!!

Last weekend, Nora and Ella had their Christmas Dance Recitals!! This was extra-special for Ella, because it was her first "big" performance!! While she was very nervous, she did an EXCELLENT job!! 

Of course, when we arrived, Claira snoozed. Such a sweet and lazy girl...

 The "fan" section!! (Claira is still snoozin'!!!)

 Two of the biggest fans.....the grandmothers!! :)

 Finally, Claira decided to wake up just before the show started.....

 .....and Daddy made sure she knew where to look. :)

 Ella's group was one of the first to perform. Backstage, my friend "Mrs. Emily" (Isabella's mommy) was helping out with the girls. She told me that Ella had a bit of a meltdown, but she was able to get it together and stop crying before the show began. We were very proud of her for being such a big girl!! Thanks so Mrs. Emily for taking care of my girl!! Enjoy some pictures of our tiny dancer performing "Candy-Cane Jane:"

(Ella and Isabella)

All happy now!!!

Such beautiful little ballerinas:

Galloping off the stage:

A few performances later, it was Nora's turn. No tears from this one!! She's our little ham who was born to dance!! Her group performed "We are Santa's Elves." :)

Grand finale!!

The grandparents delivered our girls some beautiful roses after the show:

Such the dancing divas..... :)

And like most performances, we ventured over to Longhorn's afterwards :)

Ella barfed on our couch later.....I don't know if it was the Longhorn's our her stage-fright finally catching up with her. Regardless, I was ONE PROUD MOMMY!! Definitely a day I won't forget.

Our tiny dancers never disappoint!!

Cheers to elves and candy-canes!!! :)

A Snow Throwback!!

The day before Thanksgiving, it snowed......for like, 6 minutes....literally. 

I woke up my girls at 5:30 am so they could see it (excuse Nora.....she apparently had taken off her clothes in the middle of the night.....my hot-natured kids tend to do that frequently). :)

Since it truly only lasted for 6 minutes, I thought I would do a "Snow Throwback" to catch-up on a memory. In 2011, we had a mac-daddy snow that kept us out of school for a whole week!!

Before the snow hit, Lea and Grandmama decided to come stay with us!! We had such a great time sledding (on garbage can lids), building snowmen and having snowball fights, EATING, doing puzzles, and watching movies. Such a fun memory!!

I decided to show everyone how to sled appropriately......

......just throw your feet up and GO!!!!!!! ;)

Lea taught Nora to sled, also (Nora was only 4 at the time). :)

Daddy thought that HE was the best sledder....

But he pails in comparison to my dynamite skills.....

Snowball fights!!!!

By the end of the week, I had literally lost my mind from cabin fever. So, I found some old paint, and used my walls as canvases. I painted dandelions on my bathroom......

.....and a gigantic tree in my hallway. Lord only knows what would happen if I were ever stuck in the house for two weeks!!! :)

I'll leave you with a picture of the "incomplete" us......Clairy arrived a year and a half later. I'm anxious for her to experience some snow!!! :)

Cheers to snow!!!
Hopefully we will see some more in the next month or two!!! :)

Santa Daddy!!

This year, instead of going to see Santa, we had Santa come see US!! And I might add, he's the best-looking Santa I've ever seen!!

In fact, he's so handsome, I decided to give him a smooch. "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus." (Don't get too excited......It's only Josh). :)

We figured that Clairy might do better sitting in her Daddy's lap than sitting in the REAL Santa's lap this year!!

The girls opted to use this picture as their Santa photo this year, and write notes to Santa instead:

In case you need a reminder of any of our "Santa Shenanigans" of the past, here ya go.....

I'll leave you with a festive picture of us all. This picture is actually on our Christmas card this year. 

We love our Santa-Daddy!!

Happy Holidays from us to YOU!! ;)