Back from break

We missed these two over the Thanksgiving break.  They were ready to play outside first thing this morning so I let them out on the deck and they quickly changed their minds.  Fortunately it was nice enough in the afternoon for them to go out.  They did some swinging and played in the sandbox making pies and cakes until their hands were freezing. 

Local Pop Warner team off to Florida | The Columbian

Local Pop Warner team off to Florida | The Columbian

You're not a girl, Alan!

An article in the CWU paper last week, I like her quote.

I am so excited for Emmy, the Wildcats made it to Regionals, which will be played at BYU Hawaii! 

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 We lost power this morning, the girls got their flashlights out and played with them until Papa got the generator going. 

 Who is this child?  I was straightening my hair this morning and Harper wanted me to do hers, so I did a little in the front.  She immediately hated it,  and rubbed at it like she was trying to get it to curl again, and it really did look so odd!  We quickly put it in a pony.  She wasn't about to smile for any picture with that weird hair either, she made a funny face instead.

They were thrilled to see Alan today, and asked him to come in the playroom and play with them.  He really got them going when he pretended to put on their lip gloss-they both gave him the funniest looks and then Harper told him "you're not a girl, Alan!"

Bulldogs and Wildcats win!

-;  Luke's team won their game today in California!  14-0! It was a huge upset. They now are headed to the Pop Warner Super Bowl Championship in Orlando the first week in December! 

We went over to watch the Wildcat's last league match tonight. They won it in 3 and now must wait until tomorrow night to find out if they will be in the play-offs. It was Senior night, that's why Em looks teary-eyed in this picture, it was emotional, possibly this was their last game together and her roommate Devon is the senior setter. Jason is recovering from shoulder surgery he had last week.  His parents were at the game also and we got to meet them.

Turkeys

 When I was picking up Rielee today, I noticed this poster in the hall outside her room.  She was one of the winners of the Veteran's Day coloring contest.  She said she got a medal, but was disappointed because it was plastic.

The girls made turkey pictures today by stamping their handprint on the paper plate they had painted, then decorating it.  They turned out cute.  Ava and Harper went down to Cathy's in the morning and played with Jillian and Bridget. 

It cracked me up when I caught Ava on the potty like this, she said she was calling Grandma Barb.  Both girl's imaginations are so entertaining these days.  Harper had her play phone tonight and when I started to ask her something, she quickly "shhh'd" me and said "I'm talking to Daddy, Lexi hurt her leg!" and very seriously carried on a conversation while wandering through the house.   Or they will come into the room, one walking beside the other, who is crawling, and say "I brought you something, a kitty!", and the crawling one is meowing and acting like a cat.

Drawing names

 Rielee wanted to draw the kid's names for their Christmas gift exchange today.  It got a little interesting with the twins helping, they wanted to get Luke and Lexi for their names, and didn't understand why they couldn't.

Later, all three girls were dressed up and dancing, afterwards Harper sat and posed for me.

The woods

We went for a walk today to let the girls play in the water a little.  Rielee spent her time running around on the trails, and tried to get Ava and Harper to come with her.  They tried but kept getting nervous when they would lose sight of her.  "Too scary in the woods", they said.  They really liked the Smokey sign.  Rielee has a little duckie whistle in her mouth.