this and that

We had the best Thanksgiving! Very relaxing!  Usually I decorate my house for Christmas after Thanksgiving, but this year I did it the weekend before, so I got all 5 days of my Thanksgiving break to be lazy and enjoy the decorations:)

Clara got to spend time with her beloved Uncle Kent over Thanksgiving! Then, he brought his real girlfriend over the next day.  She did not move a muscle and just stared at her for about 10 minutes.  Clara was not happy about her Uncle Kent being with another girl:)

 Clara has started talking SO much lately!  She asks to "draw" a lot.  She even "decorated" my barstools! Thank goodness for Mr. Clean magic erasers!

Our cute little Indian at the kindergarten Thanksgiving meal....

 Reece had grandparent's day a few weeks ago.  He had 6 grandparents join him for lunch at school!

I love this picture!

Clara and Reece love popcorn.  They have it every single day for a snack. :)

Well, you can't be a fancy princess all the time. Sometimes a girl just needs to dig in the dirt with her brother! Oh, this girl cracks me up!

Sitting in a bowl while mommy cooks supper:)

And last, but not least...everyone always comments on how long and pretty Clara's hair is.  Well, the only bad part about having lots of long hair when you're one, is this...

This is how Clara looks most mornings when she wakes up!  Oh my!



family pictures

We had our annual family pictures taken this weekend.  I LOVE them so much! My friend, Garnet, took them and she always does such a good job! There are SO many pictures here, but there was no way I could only pick a few:)

my favorite kind of day

Hanging around the house with my 3 most favorite people in the world:)

Watching these 2 play.

Seeing this sweet smile and bright blue eyes.

Seeing this little face.

And kissing those little cheeks.

That's a perfect day in my book:)

School Days

Kent moved to Fayetteville to go to U of A today, so we had a cookout at Daddy and Momma's house last night.  We had a Razorback party:)

We had "Woo Pig Chewie" ice cream and "Hog Heaven" ice cream!  Yummy!

And today was our sweet Reece's first day of kindergarten! He was SO excited and had a great day!  He said he made a new "buddy."

I wore the necklace Aaron got me when Reece was born...and now he's going to kindergarten!

We had to have our first day of school photo shoot:)

Last night when I was packing Reece's lunch he said, "Momma, even though I am growing up, I'm never gonna stop loving you." :( I love that boy!

Aaron wanted to bring him to school today...here he is walking into his BIG school!

And going down to the morning room (the gym).  Such a big boy!

Tomorrow is already Friday!  It was a great first day for me too!  Remember the feeling you had when you were a kid the night before school?  Will they like me, will I know what to do, will I know what to say, etc? Well, I feel the EXACT same way to this day as a teacher.  It doesn't change.  It's scary for me too! :)  I seem to have some sweet kids, though!  But 21 kindergartners WORE me out!!!