Locks of Love...

Our sweet Zoey learned about some people, like her grandma and other kids, who were growing out their hair to donate in order to make wigs for children with cancer. She immediately decided she wanted to do it too. I waited a little bit to see if she was serious and to make sure her hair was long enough. So today, she got to go to her first visit to a hair salon! She was so cute getting it washed and cut and styled! We both cut off 10+ inches of hair to donate to Locks of Love, and have new styles to show off!! Here are the before and after photos:

O Christmas Tree

We have been waiting for a mild night to go check out the huge Christmas tree at a local OUTDOOR mall! We saw it during the day right before the big tree lighting and then just never made it back because it was either too cold or raining! So after a super mild day, we decided to head out... but the wind was blowing so cold, it wasn't fun at all. We took some quick pictures and then headed indoors to the bookstore!

The tree was beautiful though. It has to be one of the bigger ones I have seen.

Here is one of Ross and the kids:



And me and the kids... they are so big now I rarely pick them up for photos! It is easier to just squat down!! Especially with both of them.


Here is one a little farther away to show how big the base of the tree was. I didn't think to actually get a picture of the whole tree!

I got a little joker on my hands...

an update to the Sock House post below...

I just found a small pile of socks in the corner of our dining room!! That is so Zoey's personality by the way... She loves to be a little sneaky and funny that way!!!

Sock House

Zoey has a tendency to leave her socks everywhere. I find them all around the house, in every room! She is not a fan of clothing, basically. Since her California living, she wants to wear short sleeves and shorts or skirts only! No long sleeves, no pants, no socks... So although she does actually dress properly for the weather here, the second she gets in the house, she changes. And for some reason, the socks end up everywhere. Just today, I went into the office and found her socks under the desk. I remarked to Ross, "Zoey is so related to you!" (He also has a tendency to leave articles of clothing in random places) We got distracted right away, so later at dinner, he asked what I meant by that. I explained what happened and Zoey just said, "Ahh, I didn't do it, the house GROWS them!"

Lucky me, we live in a house that grows socks!! It isn't quite as good as the money on a tree, but you take what you can get, I suppose!

Chopper Progress

It is getting exciting around here... or at least in a certain part of the house named, "the chopper room" or "Mantown." I feel bad sometimes for Ross because he gets excited about the latest addition to his chopper, either a new part, or a successful customization to a stock piece and I am the one he gets to share it with! I mean, I appreciate his ingenuity and have seen enough pictures of motorcycles to have an aesthetic opinion... but admittedly, I don't quite share in the excitement. I am certainly proud and amazed at his ability to do this, but...

He does get to share with other males when they are at our house, but since I am usually the one around, well, some would just say I'm lucky! Anyway... the other day Ross was actually sitting on his creation, without a seat, no less! And I got to snap some pictures.

There are others in the house who share some of his enthusiasm, and equally enjoy climbing up onto a unfinished motorcycle to pretend to ride (vrooming sound is optional)

PJ Pic

Just a cute stripey pj picture:

It's beginning to look a lot like...

CHRISTMAS!!

I was having a hard time getting ready for Christmas... So with the snow falling, and temperatures dropping, I figured today was a good day to get out all of the decorations... The kids put their shoes out last night for St. Nicholas Day, and woke up to find tiny treats!! And this year was exciting for everyone to decorate because Max was really into it as well... They could hardly wait to put up ornaments while Ross and I were doing the lights.

Here they are eagerly waiting for Daddy to give them an ornament to put on the tree.










And Max decorating:

And Zoey:


TADAHHH!! The finished product!! Can you tell who picks out their own clothes? Can you even see camo Max? (he asks that when he wears camo!)