Last night the girls got all dolled up for a dance with their girl scout troop. I did their hair & makeup (glitter eyeshadow) and dressed them up in darling little dresses. They danced for a solid 2 hours, got manicures, face paintings, and princess tattoos. Such a fun night they had with their friends.
We woke up to the girls in our room saying they found Easter baskets downstairs. After the girls opening their baskets, we had breakfast & got dressed up for church. We came home & had an egg hunt in the house since it was freezing outside. While Daddy and I hid eggs Beans followed us around picking them up :-) Daddy made tandoori chicken on the grill & I made the rest real quick. After lunch we napped & hung out around the house. Fun day!
We took a short trip to Ocean City, MD to start our break. We played on the beach, went swimming at the resorts pool, and ate at a seafood buffet. The girls were funny at the buffet. They tried oysters for the first time. Vaishali was into it and ate a bunch of them but Anjali had to be talked into trying them. She didn't like them at all but kept a ton of them for their shells & even had the waitress bag them up for her to take home ;-) Before we headed home we stopped at Assateague Island to see the wild ponies. It appears I was busy having fun & didn't take any photos.
It's NYE so I better get my Christmas post in before the year is over. Last year christmas was awful, I was in the hospital with a uterine infection after giving birth to beans & so this year I just relaxed & enjoyed the holiday because it was easy to think things could be a lot worse, hey at least your not in the hospital!
The girls woke us up of course ;-) we had breakfast of milk & apple pastries and then started to open gifts. I played Santa & handed out one at a time. Jacobs big gift was really fun because he had been begging for a PS4 and we kept telling him he couldn't have it. So he was really sure he wasn't getting it. It was fun when he opened it.
The girls both got a big unicorn that interacts with them & beans got a drum with lots of other instruments in it. That was everybody's big gifts & then lots of other little gifts. I kept out a few gifts to open later in the day.
Daddy made a turkey & stuffing & I made sweet potato casserole, rolls, baked beans, and deserts we made on Christmas eve. Beans took a late nap after lunch and the girls played with their new toys all day. We went outside to take a walk & play for a bit since it was 70 degrees! And then back inside to unwrap a few more gifts. It was a wonderful Christmas!
We had a lovely Christmas eve. We went to the church candlelight service, come home opened stockings, had dinner, baked deserts for christmas & decorated sugar cookies!
Last month went by in a flash. We did so much. Miranda came to visit us for a couple weeks, the girls turned 6, school & girl scouts, Beans playgroups, and our Thanksgiving vacation to NC. We had a lot of fun visiting everyone and Jacob even came back with us! We got to visit with Bubby a lot more than usual, we celebrated Beans first birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas since we won't be there on Christmas. We even did some black Friday shopping and visited the new aquarium all in 3 days! One night while at grandma's we were watching Rudolph & I took this pic of the boys watching it. I love it!
My lovies turned 6 in November. They were sick & stayed home from school on their bday. Miranda was here with us and we let them open a few of their presents early in the morning. The following Saturday we had a fun birthday party with friends. A few friends from girl scouts & a few from daddies work that they met on take your kids to work day ;-) They loved it and Anjali said it was the best party ever because they got to have friends there. Vaishali is super excited to be 6 and growing up. I'm so glad they had a great birthday! They're growing up so fast, I wish I could just stop time and keep my lovies small. Happy birthday girls! Momma loves you bunches! !!
The girls did a trunk-or-treat with youth group last week & Trick-or-treat on Halloween at the mall. The twins were rainbow dash my little ponies & Arya was a butterfly. It was a fun day, and after that Miranda & me started decorating for Christmas! The count down to Christmas has begun!
As soon as Halloween is over, I get busy about Christmas. So, that's the end of fall as far as I'm concerned. Miranda came to visit us for a bit & we went to the pumpkin patch & picked a huge pumpkin!
A little late but I did the important part, take pictures!!! The first day of Kindergarten was August 31st & the girls love their school, their friends, and their teacher. It's been a very easy transition for them. The last pic is one I took last week on picture day when they got home from school, they wanted me to take it to send to grandma. So sweet!
