Fluffy White Stuff 2011

We had a light dusting of "snow" on Thursday night. It was just enough to cancel school and keep my butt inside where it was warm :) But the kids went out and enjoyed it the next morning!

Merry Christmas!

Family Photos

If you want to see how our wacky family endures family picture day, visit our Picture People Album. It went very well, actually. But of the 11 pictures taken I had to pick only 1!

Christmas Recital

Allie's Mother's Day Out is at a church. They've been working with the kids for months and this morning they performed before their congregation. Turn your speakers WAY down because that voice you hear screaming above all the other voices? Yeah, that would be Allie :)

FWD:

ive been SSSSOOOOOOO good this year SANTA!

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Decorations, Bobcats and Another Lost Tooth

Christmas is here, which means the Neals perform their annual ritual of decorating the house. The interior is fairly easy, a few lights, a tree and the snow village. The exterior is a WHOLE other ball of wax. 30+ hours later and we are finally done! YEAH! I tried to include the highlights :)

Stewart is a Bobcat! The Cub Scouts had their Bobcat ceremony in which they award those who have moved onto the next level. They painted his face during the ceremony, which he hated. But he loved standing up in front of everyone next to his daddy :)

Stewart lost another front tooth this weekend. I guess he really will be asking Santa for his two front teeth!

Halloween and more Cub Scout stuff

Stewart has been having a great time during his first year with the Cub Scouts. A few weeks ago they made bird feeder out of a plastic milk jug. Then they designed their own wooden boat and raced them at the Regatta.

Halloween is always exhausting, but fun. And this year was more so now that Allie is old enough to actually "get it". Stewart dressed as a zombie - or as Allie says "a scary" - and Allie was a fairy princess. Luckily Cherry was here to help me rangle the kiddos because they ran - and I do mean ran - from house to house and in seperate directions. After about 45 minutes they were exhausted and ready to go home. Stewart loves passing out candy to the kids that come to our house afterward. Allie managed to not get sick from the massive amount of candy she consumed, so that was good :)