Space Ranger's Code

Anna told us that ... all Space Ranger's have a "code" and they just love to brush their teeth .... so they are all sparkly white.

Snow!

It snowed while I was at work today. Nana got everyone bundled up to go outside and play in it .. and take photos! Anna was so cute in her new pink snow boots. She wanted to keep them on all night.

Happy

Anna the happy cowgirl with her new hat and boots.



Sam the happy eater. He claps his hands when you give him more of what he likes ... usually juice.

Bouncing

I love Pie Part 2

Cowgirls do not like to wear boots while eating pie.

New Toys For The Playroom

The playroom is shrinking or as our friend pointed out today .. more like shrieking.

Woody And Buzz Are Finally Here

Anna was a tiny, little bit tricky with Santa this year. She asked for a Woody doll for herself and a Buzz doll for Sam. She thought Sam would not want the Buzz doll and she would end up with them both. Since Santa is fond of spunky girls her idea sort of worked. Santa brought the dolls. Anna is overjoyed with happiness and Sam loves his Buzz ... not quite what she planned; however, everyone ended up happy with Christmas.





Woody is very fond of ridding Anna's horse Round Up. He was able to ride within the first five minutes of meeting his new owner Anna.

Sam's Christmas

Since Sam gets really excited about anything that moves, esp. cars and trucks, Christmas eve was a great time for him. He so so excited to open so many presents with cars and trucks in them.



He favorite part really was after he opened the giant box of balls. He started to toss them all over the room.



Anna let Sam try on her hat. He likes her hat a lot ... keeps taking it for himself.

Anna's Cowgirl Christmas

Anna has been very excited about cowgirls and Christmas this month. It was really exciting on Christmas eve to see her two new interest collide. Anna was so excited about all her toys this year; however, her favorites so far have been the red and blue cowgirl boots, Jessie Cowgirl pj's, and an extra large bounce ball pit.

Hello Georgia!

After a very long wait, we were finally able to meet sweet baby Georgia on Tuesday.



Anna was so happy that she got to hold and kiss her new long lost friend ... "baby Kathryn."

Cozy Toys

So Anna and Sam are both pretty funny, I think, in how they play with their toys around here. They both really like little plastic and cozy animals. Anna likes everything to have a little blanket (usually a wash towel or a hankie), so they can be "sleepy cozy."





Sam is a little harder to figure out ... like why would his bird flashlight want to visit salad dressing?

Zoo Lights

We went to see the zoo lights tonight. They were so beautiful this year and we had perfect weather. They had zoo animal people out this year. Any person in a fuzzy costume is case for celebration and a photo in Anna's book.



She was so excited about the elephant, that Anna ran screaming across half of the zoo to give him a hug and take a photo.



Zoe took very good care of Sam tonight, making sure he kept his hat on and pushing him around in his stroller. This is extra nice of Zoe and Gabby to share ... since Sam is technically Gabby's baby (and Zoe has Anna).

Gingerbread House

Gabby and Zoe are at Nana and Pop Pop's house for a few days and that only means one thing for Anna ... extra fun and love. She loves those girls like no other. Today we went over to Nana's house to build a gingerbread house.



This was the first time she had ever made one and I think she ate way more candy then frosted to the house. Anna mainly worked on the yard and snow areas of the house.

Polar Express

We rode with some friends (hi guys!) on the Polar Express on Tuesday. The kids rode in their pj's for a night time train ride to the North Pole. Anna and Sam loved it, they played music from the movie, had hot coco, and got to meet Santa.

A Few Weekend Updates

So we had a busy weekend, very very busy ...

listening to Christmas music,



making scary faces while dressed like a cheetah cat,



taking photos,



dressing up to go to the Nutcracker,



waiting for people to notice and admire our high heel shiny shoes,



finding extra space for some napping animals,



thinking that maybe they would like bunk beds,



dressing extra warm (and extra plaid) for the cold weather,



looking for food,



and thank goodness finding some.

Haircut Play Date

Today we went over to Anna's friend Cece's house for haircuts. Her Aunt is a hairdresser and we were all able to get beautiful, have a play date, and pizza. Mr. Sam even got a little trim up of his mullet. I wasn't able to get a photo of him since I held him for the trim.



Tonight's advent book was Olive The Other Reindeer by Vivian Walsh. If you were at all concerned about the state of my carbon footprint in regards to Christmas wrapping paper this year, rest assured that we now have a advent red book bag! Thanks Kathleen ... it worked great.

Out Sick

The whole family had a bad the flu over the weekend. The positives were we got to eat a lot of pop cycles, test out a few different types carpet cleaners, and we are all now on the mend.



Tonight advent book was Toot & Puddle: Let It Snow by Holly Hobbie and last night's book was Bear Stays Up For Christmas by Karma Wilson. So far, Anna and Sam have both liked Bear Stays Up For Christmas and Stick Man. Toot & Puddle has been the least favorite so far ... this has been a fun project to do each night for everyone.

New Hats And Hot Coco

Pop Pop's brought some new winter gear for both Anna and Sam today. They put on their new fleece lined pants, mittens, and hats and went on a walk to get some hot chocolate.







Anna has been really into reading and watching the Polar Express these past few weeks. She is so cute, spread out on the couch ....


Then up to dance at any musical number they show.


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Tonight's advent book is The Snow Globe Family by Jane O'Connor. I am not sure how Anna likes this book since Charles is currently reading her the story.