Thanksgiving and more....

Pictures from the Reading Royal's hockey game Wednesday night.............

Rylee and Slapshot aka "Slappy"

Avery having a great time!

Slapshot out and about in between periods.

He shoots t-shirts to the crowd with the gun on the back

of his four wheeler.

Thanksgiving was spent at my sister in laws house where we ate WAY too much food. Then I got the brainy idea to get up at 4:30am for some Black Friday shopping. I was actually pretty amused watching the crazy people run through the stores as they opened. I was back home by 6:45 with some donuts for the girls before going back out to hit up the Children's Place sale.

Today (Sunday) we woke up to a cold and rainy day so we decided to take a road trip to the Lancaster Outlets. On the way back we stopped at Park City to walk around a little bit and we grabbed some Cinnabon's on the way out for breakfast tomorrow. Mmmm, I can't wait!!

Puzzles, snow and another lost tooth

Rylee's favorite puzzle....

She took this picture herself after finishing the puzzle. She was so excited because she did the puzzle with no help from mom or dad. She usually gets frustrated with the border and asks for help.

Yep, she yanked another one this week! It's kind of hard to tell because her adult tooth was already halfway in! It came up behind her baby tooth and will hopefully shift into place now that the other tooth is gone (her other one did). The tooth fairy brought $3.00 and a new princess toothbrush this time.

Look, it's snow!!!! This is what we woke up to this morning. Actually the grass was almost covered last night but most of it it melted overnight. It has been lightly snowing off and on all week, I have a feeling we're in for a long snowy winter!

Oh, Avery has some new phrases that are way too funny not to share!

She's learning the alphabet and can now recognize almost every letter, her favorite letter is the "wubble-doo" (W), lol! We have corrected her more times than I can count so I gave up. Besides, it's so cute when she says it!!

Sleeping Beauty has become "Sleeping Booty" in this house. Not sure why, maybe she has a big butt under that dress??

And finally her versin of Jingle Bells goes like this........

Tinkerbell, Tinkerbell

Jingle all the way

Old McDonald had a farm

and a one horse open sleigh

HEY!!!

Yes, I'm not kidding, she sang it all the way to the bus stop yesterday with me cracking up behind her!

This and that....

Not much going on this week. We went to the football game last Friday and we'll probably go again this Friday as long as the weather looks okay. Wilson is in the play-offs now so the games are finally getting good. Other than that we've been keeping busy with indoor projects. The weather is getting colder by the day so our outside time is limited. I've officially started my Christmas shopping. Usually I'm almost done by this time but the economy has slowed me down a bit this year. I guess I better get my butt in gear though, Christmas will be here soon!

Anyway, here are a few pictures to make you smile......

A random picture of the girls this morning while waiting for Rylee's bus.........

Wednesdays are gym day, Rylee's favorite "subject", lol!

My mother-in-law sent this bag of marshmallows home with the girls last night. I put it next to my Kitchen-Aid so you can appreciate the size of the bag, lol! That being said, anyone have a good recipe that includes marshmallows??? Don't worry, Rice Crispy treats are on the list already!

The Official Candy Haul

We now have candy for the next three years! Keep in mind, this doesn't include the coloring books, crayons,
puzzles, lip gloss and other non-edible items that the girls also got and I'm pretty sure that Dale
already took a bunch of candy to work this morning before I could sort it. The gift bag is filled about 3/4 of the way and will be going to work with me tomorrow night and we still have four big bowls full!!! YIKES!

Trick or Treat

Halloween Pictures.......

Of course we came home with WAY too much candy and most of it will be going to work with me tomorrow but the girls had a blast once again!

Rylee aka. Cheetah

Miss Avery as her beloved Abby Cadabby from Sesame Street

Halfway through the candy walk and still having fun

The lovely attitude of a five year old....

(Okay, so I got caught stealing her candy, but I didn't deserve that look!)

Rylee's School Picture...

Rylee's first school picture.....they did a great job!

Pumpkin carving pics.

Saturday morning was pumpkin carving time and the girls loved it. Here are a few pictures.....
****Ignore the girls clothing, they are in "project gear"****

Rylee getting into it.....

Typical Avery, she won't get her hands dirty, lol!



Avery gathering seeds, Rylee getting the last of the pulp out.

Daddy and Avery deciding on a face.

This is the only picture of Dale without his middle finger

being extended, he hates carving, lol!

The finished products.....

Tagged.....

So apparently I've been tagged by my online buddy Kristine, hopefully I do this right, lol!! I'm supposed to go to my sixth photo album and post the sixth picture.

This is Miss Avery doing her first painting project, lol! Aunt Hope, who lives in Oregon, sent the girls a little care package and it included these shirts that came with laundry paint. Ignore the Dora jammies, we did this project in the morning, before shower time!

And just to be fair here's a picture of Rylee during the same project. With the way her hormones have been lately if she sees a blog of only Avery she might have a breakdown. Ugh, if this is the way a normal almost six year old acts I can't wait to see the teenage years!

So now comes the fun part, tagging someone else! I'm gonna go with Julie Anne since I know she has to have a good picture hidden somewhere!!

Elton concert....

So, as many of you know I went to the Elton John concert on Wednesday night. Wow, what a great show! He opened with "Funeral For A Friend" (an old but very good song) and then followed that with "The Bitch Is Back" (my theme song, lol) before playing what seemed like every top song he ever came out with. His encore started with him spending 15 minutes signing autographs for people in the front row before he sat down to play "Pinball Wizard" and then finally "Your Song" which he dedicated to his fans. I think the highlight was him doing "Candle In The Wind" and "Daniel" solo, just him and the piano, OMG, I had chills, he sounded incredible!! I really wanted to take my camera but there were signs all across the entrance and they were checking bags when you went in so the camera stayed in the car. Of course as soon as the concert started there were flashes going off everywhere so I guess I should've been a rebel and tried to sneak the camera in! The girl I went with got a few pics. on her cell phone so hopefully one of them got okay.

Hopefully I'll see him again next year. There's a BIG rumor going around that Billy Joel is coming out of retirement to go on tour with Elton. This comment was made by Billy's guitarist and also by Elton so I'm hopeful that it will happen. I saw that concert in 2003 and I'll be fighting for those tickets again!

Weaver's Orchard

Pictures from Saturday mornings trip to Weaver's Orchard for their family fall festival....

Getting ready to go out to the pumpkin patch...

Avery and her "little, little baby pumpkin"

This one looks good, huh?

Rylee and her 30 lb. pumpkin

Heading back to the orchard

Digging in the corn box

Who taught her that?!?!

Sleepy Head...

This was taken at 8:30 this morning. I guess she was worn out from her late night at Disney On Ice. Yes, she's in our bed. She came over around 5:30 (I think) and I didn't have the heart to send her back to her room with the sun on it's way up.

Disney on Ice Pics.

Wow, what a great show! The girls really enjoyed it and so did I. Here are a few of the WAY too many pictures that I took, some of the pictures are really dark because, well, the lights were out for the show, lol!!!

Before the show...

The Lion King

Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald and Daisy

The Little Mermaid

Lilo and Stitch

Tinkerbell

The entire gang at the end of the show

"I throw up"

So a few minutes after I put Avery to bed last night I heard her coming down the hall. Nothing new, I assumed that she was trying to get out of going to bed like most nights so I got up to get her back to her room. When I got into the hall she was standing there saying something that I couldn't understand. It took a few times for me to get it, she was saying "I throw up in my bed". LOVELY!!! Before I even got close to her bed I could smell it, ugh, I hate that smell. I'm still not sure why she got sick, I checked her temp and it was slightly high, 99.7, but not high enough for me to consider it a fever, and she's been fine ever since. After I changed her sheets she declared herself "sick", she knows that's a free ticket into our bed for the night, lol! So, Dale spent the night in her bed and she got to sleep with me.

Disney On Ice is tonight and the girls are excited!! We told them yesterday. Hopefully I'll get some good pics.

Less than a week until the Elton John concert, wahoo!!!! I have to check to see if Chocolate World is still open, anyone know? I Know the park is closed but I would love to get my hands on one of those Hershey's special dark milkshakes that they make at Chocolate World.

The Monster Mash........

Just thought I'd get everyone into the Halloween sprit with a little Monster Mash, lol!!! Come on, you know you're singing along right now, now crank it up and start dancing! The girls have been listening to the Halloween CD in my car for over a week now. Ahhh, I love this time of year.

Another Football Friday...

Nothing really new and exciting happened within the last week. We went to the homecoming football game on Friday, it was really cold but worth it. The team is undefeated halfway through the season. I'm not sure why I like going so much considering I don't watch pro football but it's really fun and the girls have such a good time.

This weeks schedule is pretty much the same with the exception of Thursday. We are going to see Disney On Ice but don't tell the girls, they don't know yet!! I can't wait to see Avery's face when Mickey and Minnie come out on the ice. She's a big Mickey Mouse Club House fan so she's really going to love this!

Rylee officially has her Halloween costume but you'll have to wait to see what she is going to be! We're still searching for Avery. She keeps changing her mind so I think I'll wait a few weeks to buy her costume.

The Magical Tooth Fairy

Well, the tooth fairy made her first stop to our house last night and left a trail of stars on her way out. Let me tell you, that tooth fairy really knew how to sprinkle her stars because it took me 20 minutes of vacuuming to get them all up and I'm sure I'll be finding stars for weeks. Anyway, Rylee loved it! Of course last night she went right to sleep like usual with her lost tooth placed safely under her pillow in a bag. I snuck up about an hour later to realize that Rylee had fallen asleep holding on to the bag! CRAP!!! I somehow managed to get the bag out of her hand, took the tooth out of the bag and used that bag for her money ($5) and then I sprinkled some stars in the bag as well before sealing it back up. Then came the fun part, I sprinkled stars from her bed to her window in her bathroom. Well, I woke up to her looking over me, she was soooo excited to show me the money and the trail. She's probably bragging to everyone at school right now, lol!

The Tooth Fairy trail

I wanted to do all gold/silver but Walmart only had multi colored stars.

So yesterday I decided that I really need to get back in shape. I guess most people would consider me in shape but I know what I am capable of doing and, well, let's just say my body doesn't look even close to what it used to look like! I know my body will never be the same after being pregnant twice but my goal is to get back into a bikini next summer and look good wearing it. Rylee has decided that she wants to work out with me and the elliptical is just happy that it will be used for something other than collecting dust, lol! I did 30 minutes on the elliptical yesterday while the girls danced around the living room to the 80's music channel and today we did a Pilate's workout. Did you know that Comcast has FREE Pilate's workouts in their On-Demand section? Let me tell you, that stuff works, my butt and abs. are still burning!

It's out!!

Notice anything different??

Looks like there's a tooth missing!!!!

Yes, the tooth has finally come out! After playing with it most of the morning and then going to school with it hanging sideways (!!!!) Rylee decided to pull it out. Now we're just waiting for her to go to sleep so the tooth fairy (aka. me) can come. I got confetti so I can make a tooth fairy trail from her window to her bed. Yeah, I'm a dork but I think it sounds kind of magical. I have talked to a few people, apparently the going rate for a first tooth is $5.00. Whatever happened to a quarter!?!?!?!?!

Loose tooth and a football game

Hey everyone, I hope you had a great weekend! Rylee FINALLY has a loose tooth. When she was at the dentist in June he told us that her two front teeth were "slightly loose". Well, I could only tell when I really pushed on them so I just kind of blew it off. Rylee woke up Saturday morning and came running into the room telling me to check her tooth. It's as loose as it can be without falling out! So, as I'm checking it I notice that her gums behind it are all white. I was just about to yell at her for poor brushing habits when I realized that the "white stuff" is actually the new tooth that's already through! She's been complaining about her teeth hurting lately and I figured that's what it was but I didn't think the teeth were that close to popping up. Soooooo, keep checking back because I have a feeling that the tooth will be gone by the end of the week. Luckily she had her school pictures taken last Friday so we won't have a "toothless picture".



Let's see..... Friday night we went to the football game (see pic below), Saturday we went mini golfing and then I worked that night. Today was my usual Sunday morning grocery shopping trip followed by a lazy day around the house. Rylee helped me make a pumpkin pie and we had that for dessert tonight. Not much going on this week, school for Rylee, play for Avery, work for Dale and laundry, cleaning, cooking, etc. for me! Hopefully I'll have a picture of Rylee missing her first tooth. What is the going rate for a first lost tooth these days anyway??

The girls right before we left for the game.

Brrrr

Okay, will someone PLEASE tell mother nature that it's not November yet! We woke up this morning to a very chilly house and Mr. Weather Man on T.V. is claiming that it's 49 degrees outside right now. It wouldn't be that bad but Dale likes to sleep with the windows open so I don't realize how cold it is until I jump out of my nice warm spot on the bed and get hit it a cold blast of air. Today is only going to be in the mid 60's and it's going to get down into the 40's tonight so I guess fall is officially rolling in.

Quick update on the girls. Nothing much to report, lol! With Rylee's school schedule we really don't have any time to do anything fun in the morning and by the time she gets home from school I am getting ready to start dinner. We're going to another football game tonight. The girls are very excited about going now that they know what to expect. There just better be hot chocolate there because it's going to be cold! Avery wants a "Wilson shirt" like Rylee's and of course they don't make them that little so I am going to try to be crafty today. I got a plain red shirt and I'm going to use iron on patches, wish me luck! I tried it the other day but I left the iron on too long and melted the patches, oops! Hey, I never claimed to be crafty, I just said that I would TRY!

Oh yeah, I'm going to see Elton John again!!!!!!!! I absolutely love him and he puts on a great show so I can't wait. This will be my second Elton concert, third if you count seeing him with Billy Joel. Yes, that concert was amazing too. I'm going with one of my good friends from work. Our birthdays are the following week so we are using this as a "birthday girls night out". We're going to have so much fun, I can't wait!

Quick Update

Not much going on this week. We're slowly getting into the new school schedule. Rylee loves school so far and doesn't understand why she can't go on the weekends. She also started swimming lessons again. Obviously she knows how to swim but she's now in the advanced class that teaches stroke technique along with basic lifesaving skills. I've decided to not put her in age group swimming this winter. I don't want her getting frustrated (it's very competitive) and honestly I'm not ready to sit through four hour long swim meets yet! I remember those Saturday morning and they are sooooo long for the entire family. That's another reason why I put her back into lessons, it will keep her in the water until swim team starts next summer.

Miss Avery has been going great as usual. She's turned into quite the little fashion diva. I have her pile of winter clothing sitting next to her dresser waiting for the cooler weather to get here. She spends hours just sitting there trying everything on. She will now tell me that she wants a "pretty dress" on and if I pick an outfit out that she doesn't want to wear she gets mad.

We took the girls to their first Wilson football game last week and they loved it! We fully expected them to only last until half-time but they spent the entire game in the stands cheering.

We only took one break and that was for snacks and the potty, lol! Rylee is just getting into the whole school spirit thing so she thought it was pretty cool.

Here's a picture from the game, it was taken with a cell phone so the quality stinks but you get the idea!