Isabella and Grandma at her Pre K Christmas Concert.

She was SOOO cute!!

Grandma and Lina waiting for the singing to start...........

I think that is kind of a smile????

They were very cute, will post video when it finishes loading!!

SANTA

This morning we went to breakfast with Santa at Saint Stephens after Mass. Santa spent time with each child talking to them before they sat on his lap so they would be comfortable. Both girls sat on his lap (with me there of course!!).

Lina got a little scared when Santa asked her what she wanted :)

Bell was more than happy to tell him "A pillow pet, UNICORN please". to which Lina piped up and said "ME TOO"!!!

Very sad daddy had to work this morning and missed Santa :(

The wood PILE

The wood was supposed to come on Saturday, but the guy delivering it lives down the mountian and got stuck on the way up!! I guess I would rather have it on top of the snow than covered by it!! So this is the original pile...........

I stacked a bunch today............

But the pile does not seem to be getting much smaller!!! Guess we will be working on it this week, since my "supposed to be helper" was sick today :(

Roses and stained glass - THANK YOU

Thanks mom for the beautiful piece of stained galss for the transom in our bedroom!! As you can see it works perfect in this spot. It looks so pretty when the light is on behind it - THANK YOU!!
And thanks Mom and Dad Tuscano for the beautiful roses for our anniversary!! They look and small so nice - THANK YOU!!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.............

Today we had our first big snowfall at our new "mountianside" home!! We are def on the mountian, they predicted 1-2 inches and so far we have 8 and it is still snowing!! The girls had a blast outside today :)

Lina using our snow measuring stick - 2 inches at the time.

Our snowLADY! I have two snowman making kits somewhere (eyes, fake carrot nose, scarf and hat) but could I find them, NO of course not - we made due..........

Well, if I have to be outside in the cold, might as well warm up and toast marshmellows!!!

The girls taking a break from the snow in the Tiki Hut, eating marshmellows and watching a cartoon. LOVE our Tiki Hut!!! So glad I got the girls snow pants & boots (at the Thrift shop!!), we are going to get a LOT of use out of them!!

She had so much fun in the snow!!!

Bell and Frosty.

Our stream in the snow, very pretty.

My angel making a snow angel.

And we all know how much daddy loves the snow, NOT!!! This was as close as he got, looking out the mudroom door at his girls :) At least he was home and not working, yeah!!!

Even Austin ventured out to enjoy hte snow (and walk the dogs).

Isabella's version of Thanksgiving

OK, how does Daddy get the credit for cooking the bird?????????

Turkeys and the Wedding Dress............

We got some girls things from a firend and this white dress and shoes were in it. Bell plays bride almost daily now!! She decided she needed a flower girl, so got out Lina's "flower" dress and a basket, and insisted that a bride HAD to have WHITE flowers, so we made some makeshift ones with lace and ribbons :)

Yes, the blue bandaid really sets off the whole pose!

We even had to catch the flowers!

And the cute flower girls. Flash forward 25 years...............

We made turkeys as nameplace decorations for our Thanksgiving table. The girls LOVE to do crafts! But Bell is having a hard time with the concept of eating a Turkey for Thanksgiving. "Like the ones that run around in our backyard?". Ummm, yes. "But they live outside and go gobble, gobble, gobble, why would we eat them?". Ummmm

Of course we can't go a day without being dressed as ballerinas!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!1

R. I. P.

Don was rear ended a few weeks ago at a red light. His poor Miata did not fair very well. The insurance called it a loss :( My husband bought it as a 30th birthday present to himself and is VERY upset about it. He is selling it to a local mechanic who works on Miatas, so it will live on as a "donor"........

May she rest in piece...................

Mommy, I need a haircut..........

Don't worry Grandma, it is only the bangs :)

Cleaning up...................

Have you figured out what the little white things are yet??

I was in on the computer (the next room!!) and they were watching TV (so I thought), and I hear, "lets get our vacuum and broom, we can clean it up before Mommy sees". So I peek out to take a look in the living room floor is covered in................. MARSHMELLOWS!! The little tiny ones you put in your hot chocolate (I miss Bylers!). The girls had gone into the pantry and took them out but could not get the bag open. When they tried they went ALL over the floor - I mean everywhere:) Looked like snow in our living room.

So they got to clean them up - with a little help from mom at the end!!

The other day we got a new (new to us anyway) carpet cleaner. Our old one died right before we left DE, and the carpets here needed cleaning SOOO bad! So I get a great one off Craigslist and had a fun Friday night cleaning the rugs and couches. I feel so much better now............

Kitchen, Swings and Ballerinas!!

Grandma and Grandpa T gave Bell a beautiful kitchen (and lots of things to go in it!!) for her 4th birthday - THANKS Grandma and Grandpa - we love it!!!!

Lina making birthday cake............ with morning hair!!

The first morning it was put together, Bell and Lina came tight out and played with it in their jammies!! Made me breakfast, if only it were real :)

Toast and tea!!

We just got a new (new to us, pre-loved) swingset for the yard!! I have been looking on Craigslist for a great deal on one, because we have wanted one for the girls, but could not swing a new one now. I saw an add for this one with no pictures and no price. So I e-mailed the woman and she said "come get it, it is free, my kids have outgrown it"!! So Don and Austin trailered it home and after a few new bolts and one new piece of wood, the girls are loving it!! Daddy rocks, he missed part of his football game to finish putting it together!!

BTW, GO SAINTS 8 and 0 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It even has a glider and a set of rings that can go where one of the swings is.

My cuties!! Beautiful November day we were out in short sleeves, love it!!

Notice that the leaves still need to be done!! Today I blew leaves while the girls played and this weekend will be the big leaf cleanup!! Both neighbors on the sides of us started putting up Christmas lights this weekend (not on, just up). I guess you do it early up here cause it gets cold!! We still need to go through the basement and dig our stuff out, guess we will be out in the freezing cold Thanksgiving weekend doing ours:)

We live in Ballerina outfits around here these days!! Today they were ballerina princesses and were so very adorable I had to snap this picture!!