Random Allie News

Allie and I painted picture frames for the grandparents and great-grandparents. I did the same thing with Stewart for his first Christmas. She wasn't nearly as cooperative as Stewart was, however. So instead of fighting to get her perfect little feet and hand prints, I gave her both plates full of paint and the frames and let her attack them. And she did! It was all over once she started eating the paint :)



Here's Allie attempting to walk:

My little walker

Miss Allie took a couple of steps the other day! I haven't been able to catch that moment on camera but as soon as I do you'll be hearing about it!

Christmas Decorations

The Neal House is officially decorated for Christmas! Lil S helped!

This is Big S's grandfather's train set. Excuse the mess, I didn't have time to clean up before Big S started taking pictures!

There's more but you get the picture. I think you can see our house from space now :)

Thanksgiving Program

Stewart's class had a their Thanksgiving program today. They sang a few songs and then afterward we all went to the cafeteria for a feast! It was quite a show, here's a preview of what they sang:

You heard them right, they said "My mom is on a diet and she shouldn't be eating this". AHHH!!!

Growing Pumpkins

Lil S and I planted pumpkin seeds after Halloween. Not thinking they'd actually grow, I planted a seed in 2 vases. Look at them now!

Halloween

I'm sorry, I forgot to post this! Lil S had a great Halloween. Grammy visited which was the icing on the cake. At school they weren't allowed to dress up, but all the Kindergartners had a huge Pirate party with games and activities and everyone dressed up like a pirate!




That night Lil S was a Ninja, AJ was a cow. Lil S carved his very first pumpkin. Then he tied one of his red ties from his costume onto AJ's head. Trick or Treating was exhausting, we hit 20 some odd houses, and Lil S's bag of candy was so heavy he couldn't even carry it :) I have more pictures on our Family Photo Album.

Christmas Toy Catalogs

Every year certain stores come out with a huge toy catalog. This is Lil S's favorite thing in the whole world! Not Christmas...the catalogs! This year it seemed like everyone came out with a toy catalog, so Lil S is in hog heaven! He sleeps with them, he writes in them, he rates them from most to least favorite. The other night instead of reading a book at story time we read the JCPenney toy catalog. I'm telling ya, the boy is obsessive!