Flip

A little video of Rose doing the "walk up daddy and flip over" flip. A favorite of all kids!

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Snowmen

For January we have been doing a lot of snowman themed stuff. Here is some of Rose's snowman art that is currently hanging up around our school room.Well this one is an Eskimo not a snowman but I wanted to show it too.

Play dough fun

This is just a snap shot of of Rose and Andrew playing with play dough, and Sophia in her exersaucer.

Homemade Christmas presents

Rose had recently learned to sew a straight stitch and to sew buttons. So to showcase her new skills she made these Christmas trees as gifts. (One to each set of grandparents and one for us.)

She sewed on the buttons on wherever she wanted, then she sewed 2 pieces of felt together. I had to tie the knots for her, but she was able to do the rest! I thought they turned out cute.

Cheerleading Banquet

Rose enjoyed her cheerleading banquet. She had fun putting on her uniform and getting her hair gelled one more time.

At the banquet:
Receiving her award:

Her pictures and trophy at home:Squad photo:
Individual photo:
She was very proud to have her name on the trophy:
All in all it was a good experience and I think she really enjoyed it. I, however, am glad the season is over.....We signed up before we moved. It was crazy driving all the way over to Marietta from our house. This banquet was the LAST drive over there!!! Hallelujah! If she ends up doing cheer again in the fall, there is a church just up the street that offers it.

If you didn't see the post with her cheer video just click here to view it.

Sale Announcement

The follow announcement from HOC (an excellent lapbooking company):

Due to the new CPSIA law In the Hands of a Child, for the time being, is discounting our Kit Pack inventory in order to lessen our possible loss in the event that an exemption is not granted.

While we are still praying for this situation to work out for all small businesses we feel that it is in our best interest to lessen our possible loss. And what better way than to pass the savings on to you, our wonderful customers, who are praying with us through this difficult situation!!

Please help us clear our shelves and enjoy a 35% savings on all Kit Packs!! Savings will be automatic! Spread the word and help us empty the shelves!!

This sale will continue until our Kit Pack inventory has been exhausted, so purchases will be on a first-come-first-served basis.

Once they are gone, they are gone!

In the event the law is modified, In the Hands of a Child reserves the right to bring back Kit Packs in the future at full price without any discount, implied or expressed, during this sale.

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Dashing through the snow...

Rose is singing Jingle bells....well, her version of it, anyways. She has always enjoyed this song and started singing it at age 1 1/2. I think that may be why it has the simplified lyrics.
It was too cute not to share:)

Sleep tight

I had to share this pic of Rose asleep in her bed. She wanted to use my eye mask to go to sleep. I didn't really think she would keep it on while she was falling asleep. But she did. She is sound asleep.

Good night sweet and precious girl....sleep tight.

We are Home!

We had a great month away, but it does feel great to be home!
I would like to thank my family and Chads family and the Sunderlin's for so graciously hosting us.
We had a good Christmas holiday season.

Our last night at Gma and Gpa Irvin's LeAnn brought Clara up to spend the night with us. (Clara is the little girl I babysat when we lived in KY and Rose's great friend.) They had so much fun playing together. And then on Sunday we met her family in Lexington for lunch. .......We miss Clara so much. She is the sweetest little girl ever!

Here are some pics from the restaurant.

Correction

For my friend Sara...who lives in ND.
I did say that while in ND I would only have access to high speed internet at the library. But that was not true. We spent a day and half in Fargo with our friends Marti and Sara and their two kids. And they of course do have high speed internet.....and I did use it. And I even have a pic to show. :)