Swimming and Gymnastics

Maggie has been doing a great job with her swim lessons this winter!!!

While Maggie does her swimming, Ruby is enrolled in Gymnastic!  She loves it!  We try to make it to the Willeston Center on the weekends so that she can have some pool time too! 

Happy Valentine's Day 2013

Taking a look back at the last five Valentine's Days.  Amazing how fast time flies!! 
This year the girls had fun bringing Valentines to Peggy's.  We also made heart shaped cookies to bring for the kids.  Quick story about that- we decided to wait until the night before Valentine's Day to make the cookies (not smart in retrospect.....will do weekend before next year) and as I was multi-tasking by getting the dough ready, dishwasher unloaded, kids pj's on, etc., I somehow misplaced the heart shaped cookie cutter.  I was getting frustrated retracing my steps and looking everywhere for the cookie cutter and starting to loose my cool.  I think Maggie picked up on that and she started to look for it too.  As she was digging through the container that we keep our cookie cutters in, she pulled out the pumpkin cookie cutter and calmly said, "Mom, don't worry, the pumpkin kind of looks like a heart when we turn it upside down.  We can just use this." 
And right then I realized that the roles had reversed.  She was absolutely right, there was no need to tear the house apart and stress about not finding the heart cookie cutter.  She was definitely the voice of reason and we did use the upside down pumpkin and bent in the sides a little bit and it worked perfectly. Happy Valentine's Day! 

Ruby's ABC's

Happy New Year! 2013

Got home today and decided it was perfect weather for making a snowman!  We dug out a Chux hat to top him off!

Christmas 2012

Merry Christmas!  The girls were at a fun age this Christmas season!  We had lots of fun with our Elf on the Shelf named G.  Maggie sat on Santa's lap, but once again Ruby wanted nothing to do with him (see the picture above....no Ruby).  I had two great helpers when it came to baking Christmas cookies (they lasted for about the first 5 minute), we took lots of walks through Oak Knoll Park to see all of the lights, and we loved getting the mail each day to see all of the great Christmas cards!
Christmas Eve was busy this year.  We started the day out at Grandma and Grandpa Demulling's house and then headed out to Grandma and Grandpa Souvignier's.  The girls had so much fun playing with their cousins and were extremely spoiled with lots of gifts from the Grandmas and Grandpas. 
 I added some more pictures into picasa.  Happy New Year!

Live for each day

I came home from school yesterday and gave each of the girls an extra long hug.  It felt so good to hold them close and kiss their heads after hearing the horrific news of the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.   It scares me to think what this world is coming to and what it will be like for my girls in their lifetime.  I never thought there would be a day when innocent little first graders would be the victims of such a heinous crime- at school of all places where they are supposed to be safe and protected.  As a mother and a teacher, this story breaks my heart.  My prayers go out to all of the parents who will never get to see their son/ daughter again, all of the family members of the staff that were killed, and all of the students and staff of Sand Hook Elementary.  God Bless them.

Our night out!

Check out our two different looks!  Same night.....just had to spice it up a bit at a cocktail party.  Amazing what a t-shirt can do!!