Cute Christmas Cards

I'm very excited about doing our Christmas cards since I have a great pic Tricia Butts took for us!

Shutterfly has soooo many cute Christmas photo cards. I have taken our picture and put it with LOTS of the cards because I love them all!

Not only do they have Christmas photo cards, they also have calendars and baby announcements. I'm hoping to make some calendars for Christmas presents (and myself, of course). I think they are so cute and would love to have one with my girls' pictures on it!

Some of my cards are called: Color Me Merry, Sweet Scalloped Frame, Peppermint Pink, Peppermint Bliss and Sweet and Retro.

I love Shutterfly and I love Christmas!

I cannot wait to get mine ordered and in and mailed out! :)

Santa Claus is Watching...

At lunch today, Ivy Kate just would not settle down, so John told her that Santa Claus was watching. He proceeded with you had to be good or you would get sticks and stones.

He asked Ivy Kate if she would like sticks and stones...to which she replied, "Yes, big sticks and big stones!"

So we've got to figure out a different tactic!

From Cupcake to "Sleeping Judy"

"Sleeping Judy"
My mom (Honey) getting Ivy Kate ready for Pumpkinpalooza in Starkville. Is she prissy or what?!?

So the story of Ivy Kate's costume:
Last year, I got the Pottery Barn Kids catalog in and saw the adorable cupcake costume. I fell in love! I called to order it and found out they were already sold out, but to look on eBay. Well, my friends, the people on eBay were trying to sell the thing for around $250, so Ivy Kate ended up being Minnie Mouse.

This year, I ordered the cupcake and owl costume in August to be sure I had the costume. (I wanted them to both be cupcakes, but the smallest it came was 2T.) It is ADORABLE. We had several outings this week in which we were going to wear our costume. Our first outing on Monday, I was putting Ivy Kate's costume on her in the parking lot before we went in and she had a FIT...not just a FIT, but a F...I...T! (Laying out in the parking lot kind of fit.) So we didn't wear the costume that day, but we talked about it at home and she said she would wear it for the next outing. Next outing comes and she again has a F...I...T!

So Friday, we were on our way to Starkville and she said she wanted to be a princess. So I sent my sweet brother to Wal-Mart, so she could be a princess. Not just any princess, but "Sleeping Judy!" We've tried to correct her, but she IS "Sleeping Judy."

Sooo, next year, I will let Ivy Kate pick her own costume. I will try!

And be on the lookout...because Maggie is going to be the CUTEST cupcake you've ever seen next year!

Our Little Owl

Maggie was the cutest owl you've ever seen...look at those cheeks. Although she hated it on her head!

Sweet Friends

I got to see Jordan and Heather at the Mississippi State vs. Kentucky game this weekend. Jordan was fresh off the airplane from Peru.
Jones wouldn't cooperate for our group shot, but I had to include a picture of his cuteness too!

Our Pumpkin

Maggs excited about carving the pumpkin. Please excuse her messy dress...it was after supper!
IK helping clean out the pumpkin!

Daddy's final masterpiece. I saw this demonstration on Nick Jr. and had John print it off and carve it.

Isn't it cute? Do you recognize our sneaky little friend? If not, you must not watch Dora. :)

Pictures

My sweet friend Tricia took our pictures last weekend. She put some of them up on her blog. She does such good work and I LOVE THEM! I love that she caught the girls' personalities. She also does great with constantly moving subjects. :)

Go check them out:

www.bettydonnephotography.blogspot.com

Pumpkin Project

I found this idea in a magazine. It showed to spray paint the pumpkins black, but around here EVERYTHING has to be pink! So I did purple to go with the pink.

John said that Ivy Kate must be OCD since she lined up all her googly eyes.

I think lime green would be cute too!

Where in the world is Maggie?

In the dryer of course...this is better than where she was last time...standing with both feet in the toilet, which won her an automatic trip to the bathtub first thing in the morning!

Watch what you say...

So I have a confession...often when things gets hairy around here (which is VERY often), I politely tell the girls that they are driving me crazy.

Well, the other day we were visiting my sweet grandmother, Mamaw, and we got ready to leave. I put the girls in their car seats and Mamaw was talking to them as I was getting them ready to pull out of the driveway.

Ivy Kate looked at her and said, "Mamaw is trying to make me crazy!"

I could have died. At least, Mamaw thought it was funny!

When we left, I told Ivy Kate it was not very nice to tell people they are driving or trying to make you crazy. And I'm sure she was thinking, "Then, Mama, why do you say it to us all the time?"

Sister, Sister

I have enjoyed watching Ivy Kate and Maggie interact lately. They love each other so much...I hope I can say the same thing when they are 15 and 13, instead of 3 and 1.

Why did I think this was a good idea?

Still wondering why I let Maggie feed herself yogurt. She enjoyed every bite of it though! :)