tower of terror

Today we went to Hollywood Studios for the girls first ride on the Tower of Terror.

They were excited before the ride but as is evident in the photo below, the ride lived up to the terror. 

No more elevators for them.

down home christmas

 This Christmas was our first of many downstairs in our new addition and nothing the end said Anna  

 But it was extra special because Santa fixed the Ipad, huge teddy bears abound and fairy magic, obv. 

reindeer and penguins oh myyy

Santa received his letters from Anna and Sophia at Shriners over the weekend 
and they had a chance to hang out with Donner and Prancer.  

feeling like empty nesters

 The enormous undertaking of the basement remodel is all but complete, so this weekend was spent setting up and organizing the girls brand new bedroom! 

 They love, love, love the new set up and are really happy to be downstairs!

 The big move has been harder on (us) mom and dad, who are not so ready to let their little girls grow up and move on but it was a lot of fun setting up this years Christmas tree in our new family living space.  

holidazzle and the lefse master

 Yesterday we had bunches of excitement when we headed downtown to the Holidazzle parade. The girls had never been to it before and since the event will be no more after this year we figured this was our only chance! 

 Before that we were whipping up some lefse for White Friday at Grandma and Grandpa's. Anna claims to be the lefse making master, but I believe Sophia's lefse rolling skills may have been superior this year.  

furby boom boom boom boom

Of all the things kids can get hooked on today, our kids have to fall in love with these annoying bumbling rattle gadgets called furby's. It's not enough that they each have a battery powered brain bending fur ball but they also have to have the key chains and the coloring books and when the coloring books are filled up they draw their own to color and then they tape them all together and then need to have them all taped up around the dining room. Then to top it off we find pages of Furby advertisements meticulously copied word for word and when I get on the computer I find screens of online store shopping carts with more furby's in them waiting to be checked out.       

 I thought we had done so well in bringing them up off the grid of commercial television and radio and even when they had come across commercials they would be the first ones to chastise and point out that they are just trying to trick us into thinking we need that when we really don't. Apparently we need to go over the art of marketing a few times because the furby's they had were not furby booms and furby booms are the new thing that is all the rage I guess. Well, we picked up a couple of furby booms for them so I think we are now the pot calling the kettle black.

class pictures: first grade

bowling for birthdays

 Today was a super fun time for the girls and everyone who came to their bowling birthday party!!!

spooky kitties and princesses

autumn renaissance