She's not gonna make it down the mountain

This is what our trusty car looked like after she head-butted a tree this weekend in the mountains, on her way home from camping with the scouts. The snow and ice had melted a bit by this point, but you can see, what I think are her tire tracks gradually headed off the road after hitting a small patch of ice.

Luckily, and thankfully, no one was hurt. A kind catholic man stopped, packed the scouts in his car, drove to where there was cell coverage and called a tow truck, and me, and then dropped the scouts off in town. Greg had to stay for a few hours until the tow truck could make it up there.

Our lovely car is totaled. She served us well for many years. And we smashed her to bits. Well… we didn't… Greg did.  But he's feeling good because it's been over 72 hours since he wrecked a car, so he's got a new streak going!

BFF's

Jeremiah says he and Will are "BFF's" then he asks me if I know what BFF's means… oh man.

Jeremiah said that last year Will asked a magic 8 ball if they would be best friends and it said yes.  He says THAT is the reason they are BFF's now.

They are in Running Club together and they have reading together at school. And though they aren't in the same class this year they still spend all their free time together at recess.

Funniest part of these two? Their size difference. Will is almost a year older than Jeremiah (because J is one of the youngest in his grade) and I think he's about a 6 inches taller and a whole lot bigger than that skinny kid. They are the best of friends and I love it.

Sisters

I took some photos of the older girls a couple weeks ago in their holiday dresses I made for them. They looked SO cute! And I love these photos of both of them because it really captures their friendship and the dynamic between them. 

My mom tells me that my sister and I were never this close, so I have hope that their friendship will stay strong even as they get older and squabble about clothes and friends. :) One can always hope right?

Merry Christmas Everyone!

I took all the time to make these, but I don't think I'll get the time to print them and send them out, so for all of you we love (and still read this forsaken blog) Merry Christmas!

Halloween Preview

Just a couple of girls putting on costume make-up for a preschool halloween party!

Snow Day

It snowed 3 inches last night. Yep, middle of October and we're welcoming Winter with snow boots and mittens.  I'm re-creating their halloween costumes on my other blog today, trying to prepare for a very cold night of Trick or Treating.

Favorite new Game

The girls favorite new game is feeding Anna. Actually just one of them feeds her, the other uses my basting brush to paint her food onto her high chair tray. :) Enjoy!

 

Love Her

Love this baby. Her chubby cheeks are my favorite to kiss.

Little Spoons

Colette has a thing about the size of her utensils. Whenever I give her a spoon she insists on a smaller one. Yesterday this was her choice: with a variety of sizes!

 

Measuring spoons.

Alter Ego

Did you know that each of my children has an alter ego? It varies from day to day. But generally they rotate between:

Water Girl
Heart Girl
The Green Ninja
Captain America (most commonly Colette)
Diana (that's Wonder Woman, but my girls just call her Diana)
Batman
Bat Girl

This day I think they were both Tights Girl... with appropriate costumes.

 

Oh yeah, the girls got style!