Happy New Clean Organized Year!!

Can't start the new year with unorganized cabinets.

Amelia loved to ride the "horse". She also loved Granny D's jewelry box. I am impressed with her skills to coordinate her accessories

Smart Ass - The Game

For the past several years we have been gathering at my parents house on Christmas Eve to eat, relax and just hang out. We also usually invite my aunt and uncle up to enjoy the festivities.

After eating, it's become a tradition to play a game. This year Jeremy and Taylor found his one on our field trip to look at lights and eat. "Smart Ass". The game was lots of fun. Think trivial pursuit for dummies. The games slogan "even a dumb ass can win!!!".

I think it was perfect for our family game night!!!

Santa Stopped By

That strange guy came one more time, but this time he left a kitchen set!!! Someone was pumped. Amelia has cooked and washed dished and played hard for two days nonstop. He even found her a little apron so she wouldn't get her clothes messy!!'

Her Party Clothes

Amelia had a Tea Party with her Aunt MoPo and Woo yesterday. She needed to look fab, so we brought her tutu and boots out and paired it with her pearls and she was ready to go...almost. You can't go to a Tea Party without putting on your face. Or at least dumping Moms on the floor and pretending

Before and After

The kitchen floor is getting a face lift 30+ years in the making. As much as it saddens me to say goodbye to the cobblestone lamenent flooring, I find joy in the nice modern peel and stick tile that we are putting down. Oh how times have changed.

I Think He's Stalking Me

That has got to be what Amelia is thinking. This strange guy is everywhere and he scares the poop outta her, but today there was bonding over choo choos and candy. Of course I did make the picture... Oh well guess your never to old to sit in Santas lap

The Simple Things

Like a clothes basket or a box make the best toys. This basket has earned it's keep. It's been with me since my freshman year of college so it's a go a few miles on it. Guess. What. It's a getting a few more. Today it was a boat or some form or motor that did wheelies. Plus it carries 5 loads of laundry up and down the stairs.

Oh yeah. See the shelf... It works as a toy ladder, yes we like to climb stuff too. But I will save that for another day!!!!

Someone LOVES her books and enjoys pulling EVERY single book off the shelf before selecting one to read. This morning she decided she needed a reading accessory. This is how a found her when I walked in her room.

We built this awesome fort last week. Since, we have found Amelia in her fort several times reading.

Girls Trip

Mom, Mollie, Amelia and myself took a girls trip this weekend to Birmingham.  We road the train with Santa and visited the Zoo for Zoolight Safari...no pictures it started raining. 

We stayed at the lovely Ross Bridge and enjoyed a relaxing weekend.  

Here are just a few picutres...

Someone was not to fond of Santa

Twinkle Twinkle She's a Star

We officially kicked off the Holiday Season this past weekend with bang.   We started Saturday morning by

getting our fitness on with a little Jingle Bell Jog action to support Blair E Batson Children's Cancer Clinic

Of course, you can't forget the Parade, but we were so engrossed in the action, that we forgot to take a picture.   Same thing with the Singing Christmas Tree.  I  do not think Amelia blinked the entire time we were there.  

Sunday, we had the Christmas Program at church.  Amelia and her buddy Gabriel were Stars.   They were to walk down then isle and sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.   They did a great job, and only strayed from the original plan just a tiny bit.    I am just going to let the pictures tell the story.

Walking down the isle....Wait is that Pops...and Woo...and Nena...and Nena (2)

I think I am going to stop.  Yep, this looks good.   Keep, playing I will be down to the front in a few.

Yep, this works....

Hey, Gabriel!!!  You went left man!!!  I found a good spot back up the isle!

Woo...Woo...Wooo...please come get me!!  There are strange looking character!!!

We are recovering now from our busy weekend.   We ran so much that little one has the Croup (sp)   She woke up this morning sound like she smoked three packs a day for 40 years....Streriods and some chickfila and we are on the road to recovery!