I love finding a bargain

Our MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) Consignment Sale was this past Friday.  While I was there helping set up, I was also helping myself to some super duper bargains!!!  Also, I love how random a consignment sale (or any kind of garage sale) can be!!!  I had no interest in looking at the toy area since we just got past Christmas, but something caught my eye.  I thought, this might be cute, a little cheerleader set.  But as I started looking at it, I noticed it said NFL.  Then I noticed it was a green outfit....WHAT???  Can it be???  YES!!!!!  It was an Eagles cheerleader outfit.  SCORE!!!  Now I took the picture in the basement because I need to hide it from Avery.  I plan on giving this to her on her birthday.  She will LOVE it!

This darling little coat was only $5, I could not resist it!!!

cute!  2 bucks!

They are loving their 50 cent ballet slippers :-)

Getting Crafty

I have been thinking that I need to do something constructive.  So after seeing tons and tons of things that I love & think that I may be able to accomplish, I settled on these cute little felt flower clips.  Please keep in mind that this was my first attempt at making them with maximum interruptions and not as many supplies as I would have liked.   So, now the creative juices are flowing and hopefully I will be able to "get creative".  Well, this all depends on if I get any free time....  Until then.
PS:  I really think I need to add a little pizazz to these little flowers.  Wishing I had some beads & or buttons.  Maybe I will raid the girls play jewelry???

A few steps

Drew is starting to take a few steps on his own....  (yes I know there are 2 videos.  For some reason I can't delete one of them.  They are identical)

Only a Dad would do this.

Hands On House

What a super fun place for preschool kids!!!  The kids had a blast!  They loved picking corn and feeding their pig, especially Afton.  She was getting pretty territorial over that pig.  Avery loved the face painting the best.  She refused to let me clean her face off.  The girls played in the grocery store and picked up grocery items from their list, they played dress up, built snowmen, and assembled some gizmos on an assembly line.  They had so much fun and were so sad when we had to leave.  I really wish we had a place like this close to our house.  It wasn't even busy!

Decorating our version of "Thin Mints"

Chad's mom had the girls dipping ritz crackers in mint chocolate wafers and then drizzling them with sprinkles.  They had a lot of fun and didn't make too much of a mess.  Now, I am not sure if we really should have let other people eat the cookies since they were "tasting" and "touching" everything.  They were also really generous with the sprinkles!!!!

Christmas 2010 part 2 (celebrating in 2011)

Our tradition for Christmas with Chad's family is to celebrate after Christmas.  It has worked out really well for us, and we look forward to our visit.  I especially look forward to going to Pennsylvania after the holidays because I go shopping for bargains.  It was a fun visit this year and Chad surprised both Aaron and Claudia with handcrafted gifts.  Aaron received a crane and Claudia got a sewing box.  Chad worked many hours on his projects but enjoyed every minute of it.  When the time came for them to open gifts, I think we were all waiting to see their reactions.

Christmas 2010

 The tree & all the gifts prior to the kids waking up.

 Drew's first glimpse of the tree.  He literally just got up!!!

 Avery was pretty happy to see all the presents under the tree!

 Afton is normally quite crabby when she wakes up, but this morning she was in a pretty good mood.  Hmmmm.....wonder why???

 It too many, many shots to get them all looking in my direction.  I told them they couldn't open gifts until I get their pictures taken.

 Angenlina Ballerina was "the gift" this year.

 Every time we asked Afton what she wanted for Christmas, she kept saying "I want a robot!"

Then there is Drew.  He really could have cared less.  Still, he was fun to watch :-)