Little Miss Hollywood

My Kitchen is Messier than Yours!

Because this morning it was full of beans! Occasionally I let the kiddos play with a tub full of uncooked beans. Beans are super fun for filling containers, driving trucks in or using with random kitchen gadgets and tools. This morning they took it too a whole new level and had them all over the floor, but they were having fun and it is an easy clean up with a broom and a dust pan. They played with uncooked beans for almost an hour- so what do we buy all these toys for?

Now for the disclaimers:

The bottle Allison is holding was empty to start with! She did not down any women's vitamins!

Yes, those are Braden's pj's and no, he does not usually wear a different top and bottom, but we had had a slight accident earlier.

Yes, I do have coupons strewn out all over the kitchen floor- the kids were occupied, so I chose to try (mostly unsuccessfully) to multi-task!

Snow's a little different in the South...

Not exactly what we are used to, but non the less, Braden insisted on trying to play in the snow. We went out for a few minutes, but he quickly realized that this was not exactly Illinois snow. Jason and I laughed because of all of the closings in Arkansas due to weather, but I am guessing that all of the neighbors were probably laughing at us in our big snow suits trying to get a tast of "real winter!"

The first picture is from one of last year's big snows in Illinois, and the others are from what is apparently a big snow in Arkansas. Oh, the picture of the two kids in it is what happens when I ask them to pose together...Nice.

Good thing we went out this morning, because it is all melted this afternoon!

And yes, Allison is wearing her brother's hand me down boots.

More Christmas Card Picture Outtakes

Long Time, No Post- I know!

My excuse? We only had our laptop while we were in our temporary house and it was hard to upload pics off of it. For a while after moving things were just too crazy and honestly, I have forgotten to take pics at all!

Now I am realizing that the Christmas season is here and I need to get the Christmas cards done! Trying to get pics, professional or otherwise, of a 1 and a half year old and a 3 and a half year old is just not easy! We did manage to get, with a camera timer no less, a decent one with Jason's family on Thanksgiving. Oh, and what does Braden remember from our yummy thanksgiving lunch? That he got to eat ramen noodles for dinner that evening.

There Are No Words...

I happened to catch the girl "accessorizing." Oh, what a diva! Love the new way to wear the shades!

A Girl and Her Pearls

She may not be able to wear big bows yet, but she can put on the jewelry! Allison LOVES to wear bracelets and necklaces- as many as she can find- the girl can never have too many! Usually she puts them all on one arm, so bracelets can easily go from her wrist to her elbow- she is all about the accessories!

She is showing that she can be very diverse in her interests. If Braden is playing cars or trucks or tools, she wants to be right in the middle, which causes screaming, fighting and usually tears. If he is not around, she is happy playing with jewelry or dolls. Seriously, girl!

Also, notice Allison is now walking! Took a while, but she is finally getting the hang of it, and now prefers to walk over crawl. About time, kiddo! Everyone says I will be sorry, but I don't think so- I am tired of watching her get caught crawling in dresses!

Sorry for the red eye- working off Jason's old laptop (for only about 6 more weeks!), but I don't know how to edit on this computer.