Friday, February 4, 2011

Sledding!!

Jay had the fantastic idea to take the girls down to the duck pond by our house and sled down the hill. He took off the trash can lid and headed down to scope it out. He was gone for almost an hour. So we donned our ski wear and went sledding. Here are some videos...

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Jane's Wedding Day

Jay and Joanne Sparks request the honor of your presence
at the wedding of their daughter Jane.
(Just please ignore the mess in my living room!)

First Snow (ice) of 2011

Happy Snow day everyone! We felt lucky to have an extra Saturday in the middle of the week today (and the verdict is still out about tomorrow!) Here are a couple of pics from the ten-fifteen minutes we spent out in the cold- and I mean COLD!!




Sunday, January 2, 2011

Jane, the photographer

Jane has been WAY interested in phptography for as long as I can remember, which is to say she begs for, borrows and steals my camera whenever she can. So when she got her own digital camera for Christmas from her Meemaw she was so excited. Below are all pictures from the first hundred that Jane took in two days of having her camera! I LOVE the self photo at the bottom!


 This is Jay's dad, Jeff his brother, him and his uncle Kenneth.
 Jay's mom, Janet. This is the Meemaw who gave Jane her camera.

 Jane's feet! LOL!



 An interesting perspective of my parents' kitchen floor.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Jena's First Christmas Photo Shoot

I just wanted to share some pics from a short (5 min.) photo shoot I did with Jena this morning for her scrapbook. She has been very smiley and happy lately despite having a sinus infection so bad it was coming out of her eyes! How she is able to maintain her happy mood while being sick I don't know but I thought these turned out super cute anyway.


Jena can stand with assistance now!


Jane's day in Kindergarten

As a special treat for the last day of school this year (and also to try out Jane to see how she would do in a school setting with Mommy around) Jane came with me on Friday to kindergarten! The plan was for her to go just until Santa arrived in the helicopter and then Jay was going to pick her up but she ended up staying the whole day from start to finish and she did AWESOME! Below are some pics from Santa's visit. By the way, it was pajama day which is why she's in pajamas in case you could tell.

 She is slightly excited! Dancing around!
 This elf told Jane, "Santa told me you have been a good girl." She nodded yes and looked in amazement at how this elf could know who she was!
 And here he comes!

It's Santa!!!

After the Santa visit the kids went to the music room to watch How The Grinch Stole Christmas and I thought Jane would come back to my room and hang out with me during the movie but she wanted to stay with the kids. After that she ate lunch at the students tables and then came back to my room to listen to me read The Polar Express and make jingle bell necklaces and play in centers, then off to recess and then a Christmas party! Pretty much she had fun all day. And she made good friends with one little girl in my class that was stuck to her all day long. She told me, "Mommy, I am ready for kindergarten I think, I don't want to wait until I am five" It was great!!! I am so proud of how well she did. I was nervous about her being clingy or too shy but she just blended right in.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Caught Red Handed

Literally!
Very shortly after this question, "Where's Jill?" Jay and I found Jill in my bathroom with nailpolish and what she calls, "Big mess!" That is what she said when we walked in; "Big mess, mommy!" "Yes, Jill that is a big mess!" That second picture is of her pointing to the big mess on the floor which is covered in red nail polish. I of course had to run and get the camera to document Miss Jill caught red handed!