Crazy girl! Bunny ears, ball cap riding the tricycle-my little miss independent:)
This is what normal people do when it is cold, and we come upon a creek with the jeeps...
...but not Ellie...she talks Daddy into jumping right in!
Our first haircut with Miss Jessie. Daddy didn't want it any shorter so we only cut off about 2 inches. I'm thinking next time he may not be informed where we are going!!

Catch up

Haven't gotten to add many pictures lately, due to a crashed computer and no planning period at work...so here is the past 4 months or so! These are from Grammi's birthday. We all worked on egg cupcakes-they turned out adorable. Ellie loves baking and getting the licket (aka beaters)

Ice Skating

Aren't those tiny skates adorable!!!!

Kissy faces through the window...lol.

Sledding round 2

At McCants with the Saxons...a huge tube from Papa was much safer for the little girls!!!

Helping James pull Rayna and Nicholas

Future linebacker???

Sledding "all by myself'" down the backside of the hill

More Snow!!!

Snowball fight with James

Coffee thief

Snow angels with Gin

Snow!!

Building a Frosty with Uncle Jamesie

Tackling the Frosty (?)

James and Ginger

Snow bunny...or Tigger

January Blizzard!

This week we were hit with a blizzard...8+ inches of snow! We have missed Monday-Thursday of school so far. Ellie LOVES the snow! We are out in it as much as possible...sledding, making Frosty's, playing anyway possible. I am learning how to layer a wiggly toddler as best as I can...while still allowing her some freedom in what she wears. The top picture was her choice of outfits...I later learned I needed to be more specific in that she needed to wear a hat and boots outside, apparently clothes were not understood. Her babies were safety in the backpack.

This choice of outfits was ok as a base layer. There is a jeep on her shirt which is her favorite because we have been riding in the jeep for the past few days.

Ellie, Rayna and Nicholas being pulled by Bull at the Clemson dams.

James and Ginger at the dams...and all the college kids...we were the oldest, had the youngest, and were much more prepared than the others!

Christmas on the farm

Ginger, mommy and Elliell have matching snowman shirts...E refused to wear hers...but it was sucessful anyway!

Love our tricycle from Uncle Jamesie...watch out cats, and cars, and...

We got snow on Christmas! The first time since '63. Not much, but it was white. Ellie is still not impressed because her snowman doesn't talk like Frosty. We headed out to go sledding, and Ellie woke up from a nap sick...and that is what we have been doing since...she was/is sick...Benji got it, and I got a stomach bug. This isn't quite what I had pictured for the end of my break, but better that having to loose time from work I suppose. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

Santa came!!!

We love Olivia...

and art...

and our Dora backpack (haven't left home without it since)

Christmas fun

In the Anderson Christmas parade with Nicholas, Rayna and Jennifer.

Mickey was supposed to go outside, yet he is still in my living room where he gets hugs daily. However it is rather difficult to hear tv over the roaring:)

Christmas eve at Grandma and Papa's house

SOOO excited over cupcake jammies like Mommy's

December 2010

Ellie decided that she "needed" a Mickey Mouse Christmas tree...not what I expected when I asked how she wanted to decorated the tree in her room. Being the frugal mom I am, I hit the dollar store and this is what I came up with-after realizing that the disney ornaments are more expensive than I thought they would be. Of course now they are on sale...wonder if she will want a Disney tree next year???

Cheese!

Decorating Mema's Christmas tree with cousin Kallissa. Mema was very proud of the fact that she had grand-daughters, great grand-daughters, and a great great grand-daughter decorating her tree. Inspite of all our help, we got it decorated. Ellie loved wearing the strings of lights like necklaces, and Kallissa liked taking the decorations off of the tree.