Family Xmas Party

Tonight we had our family Xmas party at Diane's house. It was fun & the food was good. The girls, especially Abby had a blast playing with cousins. Our little Diva girl, showing off her new boots.

Playing with cousins.

Hunter & Shelby.

Sammy & Izzy

Hunter & Callee.

Shelby posing on the floor.

Eating!!!!!

Hammin it up, again.

Ice Storm

On Thursday night we got hit with an ice storm. Marilyn woke up at 3am to check the weather & traffic report. We lost power at about midnight. The power came back on around 10:30am the next morning. She was unable to go to work because the roads were just covered in 1-2 inches of ice. We would lay in bed, hear tree's & tree branches fall & hit the ground. It was a scary sound. Early this morning we had a big branch hit the roof of the house, which scared the pants off me. It sounded like someone closing our downstairs door hard.

So, we have lived in Indiana for almost 6 months & we have endured some different types of weather. We have had tornado's, flooding rain & ice storms. We wanted to live somewhere that had changing of the seasons but, really........................... The bottom picture if you look, there is a power line towards the bottom of the pine tree. It has ice hanging from it.

Big girl Abby

We have had a long journey with potty training. We started almost 1 yr ago & at the beginning it seemed like it was going to be an easy journey. Abby went from diapers to Pull ups right away but, then she would throw fits every time she was taken to the bathroom.

We have learned you need patience (neither of us have) time, (with twins, are you kidding. Not sure what that is) & not in the middle of moving to a new place. People have given us advise & some even say it is easy (those people have only one kid or no kids). I have come to the conclusion that when we started Abby was just not ready. We were getting nervous & embarrassed because she will be 3 yrs old in Jan.

Success at last......We hope!

About 4 days ago Abby came to me & told me she needed to go pee-pee before actually going in her pull ups. She has now gone to wearing underwear only unless it is "quiet time" or "Nite Nite". We have had a couple mishaps but, my girl is finally a big girl.

Moral of the story is: If kids are not ready, they are not ready & will do it in their own time, not yours.

Now, potty training the twinkies???? They are moving to Utah around that time & spend some quality time with Papa & Gramma!!!!

My Darling Daughter......

So, today I was in & out of the house trying to get Xmas decorations out of the garage. The Twinkies were sleeping & Abby was laying in our bed watching her shows for what we call "Quiet time". I would check in every 10-15 minutes, just to make sure everyone was OK. Upon opening the door on one occasion I heard Abby running down the hall. When she runs away it usually means she has done something wrong & has heard me coming. As I get to her room, she is hiding in a corner & says "what, what, what mommy. I not doin notin". Looking at her face I see she has gotten into our makeup & has done a wonderful job at applying it to her face. I tried but, could not help laughing as I was scolding her. I washed her face but, the lipstick of choice is a longlasting kind so, she will have a pink forehead for a couple of days. Kids are so cute.............. Boy, I have my hands full. My mother keeps informing me that these stories remind her of a certain other girl when she was younger. It sure could not have been me, I'm such an angel...............Don't you agree?