Making Ornaments

I saw a video on youtube that showed how to make easy, cute glitter ornaments using Pledge floor cleaner, glass ball ornaments and glitter. I decided to try them with the older kids. We had so much fun making them. They are really easy (the biggest key is using A LOT of glitter) and they had a ton of fun making them unique in their own way.



A few of the finished ornaments. They look really sparkly and beautiful in person!
Then we moved on to making handprint snowmen. We used small canvases that I had painted blue and then painted the kids' hands white, pushed it on the canvas and then they decorated their fingerprints into little snowmen. This was fun because it's such a great keepsake to see how the kids decorate their snowmen and how much bigger their hands have become over the years.
Johanna wasn't quite sure what to think about all the paint on her hand, but she was a trooper!
Abigail's finished snowpeople, Abby, Bebe, Sylvie and Henry. :)

Johanna at 20 1/2 months

Johanna is such a ham and so much fun! I don't remember the other two kids being this hilarious and funny at her age. She is sassy, spunky and full of life. She makes the most hilarious faces and I wish I could catch all of them on film! She loves to "read" books. She'll pick up a book, sit on a chair and "read" to me. She babbles like crazy and then starts cracking up at herself. I think it's because one time when she was doing that I was busting out laughing because it was about the cutest thing ever...now she thinks it's part of the routine. I tried to snap a few pictures of her reading the other day. You'll see a sample of some of her faces below. Boy do we love this little crazy girl!

Thanksgiving 2010

Thanksgiving was wonderful this year. As usual we celebrated twice that day. We had a great lunch with my family and then dinner with Colin's family. We truly are blessed and have so much to be thankful for this year!
My mom had the table decorated so pretty for us!

Henry's "main" course...yogurt. He said "Thanksgiving is the worst! It's all the foods I don't like!" He ended up with yogurt, Jello and bread for his dinner.
Abigail on the other hand was in Heaven! Turkey and mashed potatoes...life is good!
So thankful for this little peanut...she sure is a goofball full of funny faces!
Love this picture of my boys.
Grandpa with the whipped cream...a tradition. Here's Abigail getting her's.
Mila's first taste...at 8 months old. Must be okay if a Doctor is giving it to her!

Joshua. If you mention Grandpa to him he says "Cream!"
Henry would have loved the whole can in his mouth. :)

Johanna's First Haircut

Johanna was starting to get the long hair in the front that was getting harder and harder to manage. I was able to put it in a clip, but that would only last for a short time until she would pull it out. We finally made the decision to cut her hair and give her little bangs. This was the first time for bangs for one of my daughters, but I think they turned out adorable on Johanna. They definitely made her look older!

Happy as can be with a sucker after getting the cutest little bangs!

November 25, 2010

Halloween 2010

We had a fun Halloween week this year! On October 23rd we went to my sister's house for dinner and then cookie decorating and pumpkin carving. The kids had a blast decorating the cookies and eating all of the candy!


Then we moved on to pumpkin carving. Abigail loved taking the guts out of the pumpkin. Henry did a little bit, but Johanna preferred to snuggle with Grandpa or look at the pumpkin from a distance.



We ended up with a spider in a web, haunted house, elmo and a face. It was such fun!

On the 30th (since Halloween was on Sunday this year) we went trick-or-treating. We started the night by going to Heritage, where my Grandma Northouse had lived. We visited her friend, Sara, who was really special to her.
Abigail was dressed as Nancy Drew...specifically from the book "Nancy Drew and the Wedding Day Disaster."
Henry was Woody from Toy Story.
Johanna was a sweet princess...most of the time.

Except when I wouldn't let her have a tootsie-pop to start off the night.
Next we went over to YoYo and Papa's house for a little more trick-or-treating with the cousins.
And a little "Pumpkin Moonshine" to end the night.