Sleepover

Sierra had her first sleepover. She slept over at Aunt Megan's house. I think they both had a really fun time. I know Sierra did because she came home with her hair curled, purple make up on and a pretty necklace. That is Sierra's ideal sleepover for sure! The only thing missing was her crown. I'm glad that Sierra got to spend some quality time with Megan. Sierra just loves her and always looks forward to seeing her. Thanks Megan!

Ski Day!

Jake's boss called on Sunday and asked us if we wanted to have an Ebbighausen Ski Day in the morning. Well, sure... :) We got both Sierra and Maddie out there on skis. Well, they shared a pair. We got the skis for Sierra, but Maddie wanted to try it so bad, so we strapped them on her and she absolutely LOVED it! Sierra had fun too! I think Sierra was a bit more scared than Maddie was. Both of the girls did so good. Maybe we will have to go up again before the end of the year. I'm glad that we finally got the girls out on the slopes! It's sort of hard to decide when you think your kids are ready, but to my surprise, they were both more than ready! We only got Sierra a pass, so Maddie had to share Sierra's coat to get on the lift (because the pass was hooked to Sierra's coat). So, in the pictures both of the girls are wearing the same coat. The pink hat girl is Maddie and Sierra has the brown hat. There are also two videos at the bottom. These videos are from the girls first runs. Sierra ended up doing 6 runs down the bunny hill, and Maddie did 2. So fun!

Videos from Sierra's and Maddie's first ski runs - Sierra is the first one, Maddie is the second.

Crafting With My Girls

Friday's have now turned into 'craft day' at our house. I spend Thursdays cleaning up the house to get ready for Friday, a full day of nothing but relax and enjoy! Usually it is just me crafting away, but slowly the girls have been crafting with me. Today was a 'craft day' dedicated to my two girls. We started out by making blackberry jam- I know, not a craft, but a homemakers kind of thing. Sort of fits with the craft theme. I have never had blackberry jam, and it is very good, especially after you add the sugar ;). The girls wanted to lick the bowl.

Then it was card time (I had to squeeze a little craft in for myself, it is craft day after all)! I gave the girls some paper, ribbon, punches, scissors, and glue and they went to town. I think Maddie used up a whole roll of ribbon, and I'm pretty sure Sierra went through a whole stick of glue. They had tons of fun.





Next was beading time. Sierra has been dying to do some beading. So I finally broke out the beads. Sierra didn't need any help at all. I thought she might need a little, but she didn't want any. Maddie needed help and quickly got bored. Sierra was very patient. It took her about an hour to make a bracelet, but she didn't get frustrated once. I was impressed.

BTW: Sierra is now a princess. She always wears her crown (even to bed), she dresses in gowns and wears high heels. Sometimes she does a little magic with her wand as well. Oh boy!

All things Crafty

Maddie has been taking after her big sister and has been a drawing fool. Here are a few of her cute drawings. I just love her cute people she draws. :)

Yes, she is sitting on the potty. I am proud to say she IS potty trained!!!

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While I was getting all my paper ready for my card class this weekend, Sierra got her scissors and some paper and made her own card. She did it 100% herself! I am very proud of it. I even gave her my special pen (a white gel pen) to write on the inside. She wrote her name.

Then she helped Maddie make a card. There was a little confusion about whose card it really was. Sierra was showing Maddie how to decorate it, but since it was Maddie's card, she didn't want Sierra's input. It was funny to watch Sierra glue some hearts on, then Maddie rip them off. At least Maddie let Sierra put the ribbon on.

This is Sierra's AWESOME dinosaur! She cut it out and glued the legs on all by herself. It even had an eye, but fell off. I am very proud of my little crafty girl! She loves everything crafty! She told me yesterday that when she gets big, she wants to have a card class too! :)

ABC's

Here is a little clip of Maddie singing her ABC's. She missed a few letters toward the end, but still cute. Sorry the quality is crappy.

Aww So Cute!

Maddie: Thank you Sierra for sharing with me. (play doh)
Sierra: Your Welcome.
Maddie: I like you.
Sierra: I like you too Madison.
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Maddie: Mom! Sierra's being nice to me! (ha ha ha)

Spiders!!

Sierra came home from school the other day with this cool spider that they made. She loved it so much that it had completely fallen apart by the end of the day. She was pretty sad about it. So I told her we could make some new spiders.

So today was spider making day! Really, it only took about 15 minutes - easy peasy!

Snow, Wands, and Coyotes

We had a bit of a blizzard blow through our area the other day. We didn't get much accumulation, but we did end up with a good size snow drift in the back. The girls were so excited to see snow in the morning! After Sierra got home from school that day, they begged and begged me to let them go outside and play in the snow. Well, it was sunny, not warm (9 degrees), sunny, so, sure, why not. So they went out and played while I mopped the floor. I made sure to keep a close eye out for the coyote that has been lingering around. I made the dogs babysit and stay outside with the girls, just in case the coyote came around. Well, just as I was letting the dogs in and rounding up the girls, out came the coyote. I stood at the door and watched, curious about what he was up to. So I let the girls play a little longer while I watched the coyote. Then he spotted the girls, playing on the fence and decided to come a little closer. So I went outside, ready to beat him down if he came any closer (he was still pretty far, but not far enough). I guess he decided he better not mess with the mom, so he wandered off - slowly. I really don't like coyotes.
Anyway... the girls had tons of fun in the snow. Maddie especially liked making snow angels in 1/2 inch deep snow. She kept saying "This is fun! This is fun!"

snow angels

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Yesterday we made wands. The girls had so much fun decorating them. They played with them all day. Sierra even took her wand to bed with her. Little girls are so much fun!

Our New Neighbor...

Actually, we are probably his new neighbors. This coyote has been being brave lately, coming out during the day. We heard plenty of coyotes yipping this last summer during the night, but this is the first I have seen one during the day. I've seen him a few times in the past couple weeks just walking in the fields behind our house. Kind of fun to glance out the window to see if you see him. But I wouldn't be disappointed if he mysteriously disappeared for good....

Christmas 2009

We had a great Christmas this year! Maddie was especially excited for Santa to come. She got up early Christmas morning, dug through her stocking and climbed in bed with us, candy and all - little stinker. We even found a candy stash hidden under her pillow later that day... gotta watch that one.

We all had a lot of fun opening our presents- who wouldn't?

Santa brought Sierra some make up (she is a true girl), and couldn't wait to put it on. She made Maddie look beautiful too. I passed on that one. I think Sierra must have got her make up skills from her aunt Megan....

Thank you all for thinking of us this holiday season!