Going to see Santa!

We took the girls to go see Santa this weekend. It was very cute :) We took them to Riverpark where they have a really cute set up to meet him. We went in the late afternoon and didnt have to wait too long...maybe 15 min tops to see him. While we were in line we were asking Shelby what she was going to tell Santa she wanted (lex already knew what she was asking for). Well Shelby has been in love with Rapunzel and the new Tangled movie :) so she kept saying she was going to ask for Rapunzel lol. Well we asked her this a few times and the answer was the same...we said "you mean like a rapunzel doll"? and she said "rapunzel anything"! So when its our turn i take the girls up and put Shelby on Santa's lap and then move away so they can get the pic...after we choose the pic we want them to print Jimmy and I walked up to get the girls....He goes to get Shelby off Santa's lap and he asks her if she told him what she wanted and she said "yes daddy a schoooooter" lol (scooter) so he laughs and takes her off Santa's lap and Shelby says " no I not ready yet Santas gonna get me my schooooter" and points to a big bag of toys they have set up as a prop! Lol we were cracking up, we let her know thats not quite how it works and we did get her off his lap and outside without a meltdown but it was HYSTERICAL!
1. she changed her mind lickety-split to wanting a schoooter
2. she thought she was going to get it right then and there!
This kid cracks me up! She really is funny! She is very talkative and definately lets you know whats on her mind! I love seeing her change and grow!! Anyway we got a cute pic with Santa and a funny story :)

the girls with Santa 2010 :) Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Family Pics

We had some family pics done this past weekend. It was nice since we havent done any family pics in a long time! We had a friend of ours (actually Jimmy went to high school with her) take the pics. She did an amazing job! She got some good family pics as well as some good fall pics of the girls!! Take a look Shelby loved playing in and throwing the leaves!!

the girls had a blast

Lexi

so beautiful

miss shelby

my big girl :)

So precious!!

Thank you so much Amanda for taking these beautiful pics :) Up next...our Santa Pics :)

Thanksgiving 2010

This year for thanksgiving we were busy! We had two thanksgivings to go to. One at Jimmy's Aunt Shanna & Uncle Jerry's the other at my parents house. The kids were awesome and we got to eat at both places :) Yummy food and great family, doesnt get much better than that! It was nice to see Jimmy's side of the family because we dont get to see them as often. The kids got to play with their cousins and it was all around and good time. Thank you to Shanna and Jerry for inviting us all and having a wonderful yummy dinner!!

This is Great Grandpa Daly and Shelby. Im thankful for pictures like this :) My beautiful girls :) all fancied up!

the turn out

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and got to spend it with people you love! I know i have lots to be thankful for and believe me Ive learned to count my blessings :)

Yo Gabba Gabba

So this month we had Alexia all week for Thanksgiving so we took the girls to see the Yo Gabba Gabba "Theres a Party in my city" live tour!! They were at the Savemart Center for 1 day! The kids had a blast. Shelby LOVES Yo Gabba Gabba!! It is one of her favorite shows. When we got there they had the big tv screen set up and i think she thought we were going to watch it like we do at home...on tv. When they actually came out on stage her face was priceless. She was sooo excited. It was a pretty cute show and they did alot of the hit songs and Miss Shelby knew them all!

the stage when we first arrived getting ready

lexi

me and my girls

daddy and shelby

Plex, DJ Lance, Brobee, Tudee, Foofa

dancing with her light stick

doing the moves!!

The kids really enjoyed it. Thanks mom and dad for the tickets!!! Shelby danced the ENTIRE time. she knew all the songs, dances and moves!! They each got a shirt and a light stick and then they had to share a pack of silly bands :) They were happy campers and it was a fun family night!!

Halloween 2010

My parents had a Halloween party this year! It was so fun! They had gambling and sooo much food :) Jimmy and I went as our Farmville farmers and took Shelby as the cutest bunny rabbit ever!! (she was also this adorable bunny at her dance class earlier that day) Here is her and her papa joe as Fred Flinstone!

Jimmy, all dressed up!
my grandma as a kitty :)

my grandpa as a scary old man! on a side note..there were some scary costumes but shelby did so good!! In fact she kept asking papa bob to put on his mask.

the cupcake haunted house I made for the party

playing games!

Our gambling table.

This was actually on Halloween, we took the girls to a few houses in my parents neighborhood. It was plenty for Shelby, she was tired after a few houses lol her little legs were trying to keep up with everyone :)

Happy Halloween!

Zoo Boo

This year we did something different and took the kids to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo Boo! We had so much fun!! This is a really awesome event and I highly recommend it!! I am so glad we took the kids. They got a ton of candy and it was fun to walk around the zoo in the evening. Here are the girls before we left! my mom sister and the girls

the girls in front of the elephant at the zoo

us! I hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!!

Dance Progress!

So Im happy to say Shelby is doing soooo much better at dance class! She is much more willing to participate :) She is the "little mother" in class....making sure all the kids sit in their chairs and she holds their hand and walks them back from the bathroom. She is hysterical!! I dont have many pics because most of the time im laughing! She is so good natured and likes to make sure everyone is taken care of! Its pretty amazing to watch. Ive really liked seeing her progress and go from Stiff as a statue to actually shaking her little self and doing the stuff :) She still wont do the "routine" which in its self is hysterical because she will just sit in the chair and watch the kids...funny thing is she knows the routine and does it at home!! Silly girl lol oh well one of these days she'll do it :)



these pics are not the greatest they are taken through the window and kinda blurry (im still learning my new camera) Here she is getting her chair and putting it up by the mirror :) doing their stretching excercises

they sing a bunch of little songs and do "pretty princess feet" (pointing their toes)

helping her friend

doing butterfly feet

jumping on the trampoline!! She loves this and the part where they do summersaults or "flip flops" as Shelby says :)

Halloween Activities

Me and Aunt Ninni did a Halloween themed craft with the girls on the weekend days we would go over for "Family Dinner". We had a blast and the kids did so well. We made "stained glass" pumpkins and Ghosts!! We are making a footprint ghost banner for my parents Halloween party but I dont have pics of that yet!

Here is Nik and Lex working on the pumpkins

Mommy helping Shelby

The next weekend we did paper plate ghosts!! We actually left the pumpkins at my parents house for decorations and then we took the ghosts home for our decorations and they were perfect!! Ill have to get a pic of our house decorated this weekend when we put our pumpkins out :)

here were the finished pumpkins...i totally forgot to get a pic that day lol oops! so we got one the next weekend :)

I thought the crafts came out super cute and the girls had so much fun doing them!! Its nice to do this stuff with the kids because Shelby isnt in school yet to do crafts and we hardley ever get see what Lex does at school since she goes to school in coalinga :( So this was super fun!! Me and Nikki are planning on doing it thru the holidays too! So we will start Thanksgiving crafts in November!!!