Regan's Christmas Program

Regan's school Christmas play was yesterday. I have to say, it was adorable! The music teacher at her school is really good, and it really comes across in all of the programs that they have.

Dental Checkup

The girls went to the dentist the other day for a check up and cleaning. Neither one had a cavity.

Christmas Parade

I took the girl's and met some friends at the Lafayette Christmas Parade today. I think a lot of people were home watching the Saints, so the girl's got a lot of stuff. Addison's friend Emory kept saying "that was a great parade!"

Decorating the Tree

We decorated our tree tonight and we only broke three ornaments. Everytime Addison put an ornament on the tree and didn't break one she would get very excited and say... I put an ornament on the tree and it didn't break! We also listened to Christmas music, drank hot chocolate and ate chocolate chip cookies. Addison declared that she loved Christmas, so I think it was a successful evening. So successful, that it was a little harder than normal to get Regan to go to sleep.

Thanksgiving

We had a very nice Thanksgiving in Florida. We stopped at my grandparents in Pensacola on the way to and from my Aunt's house. They have an indoor pool and the kids had a blast swimming in it. Both of my kid's are water babies and don't really like or understand that they can't swim for fun in the winter. This was a real treat for them. We had a mostly relaxing weekend. We did a little shopping had some Turkey and did a little more shopping. We also took the girl's to a great park by my Aunt's house. And my Aunt and her husband took the girl's goofy golfing while Matt and I went out to lunch. I think they had fun goofy golfing and they got to see just how much Addison likes to do things for herself. Apparently, Dick tried to help her hit her ball and she walked over and got it out of the hole and told him that she would do it herself. They also had trouble with the doors on my car, but luckily Regan was there to save the day.

Addison's Thanksgiving Feast

Addison's school had their Thanksgiving "feast" on Friday. They put the two 2 1/2 classes together and had a feast that consisted of McDonld's Chicken nuggets, fries, fruit and dessert. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera but my friend Anjo was able to get a few pictures. The kids were really cute in their pilgrim hats.

Acolyte

Regan was an acolyte at chapel today. All of the kindergartner's get a turn and this was her Wednesday. I was a little concerned, because apparently whoever gets to school first gets to pick what they want. Well, you know that she wanted the cross with the jewels on it. The only problem was, the other little girl who was acolyting with her is the daughter of a teacher. Regan is always one of the first to be dropped off, but we can't get there before the teacher's. Which, as a side note, she sometimes waits with her mom in carpool line so that she can walk in with Regan. I'll have to ask Regan, but I guess the other little girl wanted the flag. So it all worked out.

Houston Weekend

We went to Houston this weekend so that Regan and I could see Mary Poppins. I wanted to see it when we were in New York, but I thought it was a little much to do two broadway shows in one trip. You can imagine my excitement when I found out it was coming to Houston. And I was ecstatic when I found out that Broadway is finally coming back to New Orleans.

Matt took Addison to the Aquarium that was right next door to the play. He said it wasn't very good fishwise, but they had other things to do. They rode the ferris wheel once (which I thought was crazy, but apparently Addison really liked it) and the carousel (or merry go round as Addison calls it) five times.

The show was really good. I think that they make them a little long for kids and it stresses Regan out a little that they change it from the movie, but it was really well done. She was particularly impressed with the step in time number, because Bert walks up the wall and onto the ceiling.

After the show we went back to the hotel. Our hotel had a complimentary shuttle service to anywhere in a three mile radius, so we took that to the Galleria. We had a little dinner and did a little shopping and then called it a night. On Sunday morning we found a little cafe and ate breakfast outside and then drove home. It was a really nice weekend.

Muffin

So, Addison has decided that she is going to be a muffin when she grows up. This was an exchange between Addison and Regan about her becoming a muffin.

Addison: I'm going to be a muffin when I grow up.

Regan: I'm going to eat you.

Addison: I'm going to eat myself.

Bones

Apparently, they are studying bones in science because Regan rubbed on her jaw bone the other day and told me that she learned in science that it was the Mandible. I didn't know that it was called that, so I looked it up on the internet. Thank goodness for the internet is all I have to say. Then tonight Regan was showing me the thigh bone and Addison pops up with this is the top of your head (pointing to the top of her head) it's called the cranium. I was, of course, amazed. I asked her where she learned that, thinking that it would be Dora (that's where she gets a lot of her information) but she told me that Ms. Marcy told them in music class.

Global Wildlife

On Sunday we took the kid's to Global Wildlife. It is a very cool place. I highly recommend it. Unfortunately, we made the mistake of telling Regan not to feed the Zebras because they bite and then she didn't want to feed any of the animals. I finally talked her into it after we had passed all of the really good animals. Oh well! Next time!

Halloween

Matt and I ran in a half marathon on Saturday morning. Then we went over to the North Shore and trick or treated with the Phil Manning's. It was a lot of fun! The girl's were very happy to see their Granny and their cousin's. And I would just like to say that nothing comes between Addison and her candy. She is not scared of men, strangers, or dog's when it comes to candy. Halloween is definitely her favorite holiday!

Evening Spent in the ER

I, personally, believe that everyone is lucky to make it into adulthood. Addison seems to want to test that theory more than the average kid. I'm not sure how it happened, even though I was sitting right next to her, but she fell off of one of the dining room chairs last night onto the floor. She, of course, started crying and then she promptly threw up. I took her to the emergency room. They did a ct scan and it came back negative. So, we think everything is okay but we are keeping a close eye on her for the next 24 hours. Mainly, I am hoping that we didn't pick up something extra while we were at the ER.

Pumpkin Patch Part 2

We went to the pumpkin patch with the Daisy Scouts yesterday. They watched a movie about the life cycle of a pumpkin. They danced. They were told a pumpkin story. They went on a hayride. It was a lot of fun! And then Regan went to dancing and had a Halloween party. She was exhausted by the end of the day! At first we didn't want her to do Daisy Scouts, because we already have so much going on. But now I'm glad that we are. It's a good group of girls and it is only once a month.

Pumpkin Patch

We are going to the pumpkin patch tomorrow with Daisy Scouts, but I wanted to get a picture of the girls in their cute fall dresses. So, we went today after church. It's all about priorities. : )

It is virtually impossible to get a picture of Addison looking at the camera and smiling. She likes to look everywhere, but the camera. Fortunately, Regan will continue looking and smiling while I try to get Addison to look and smile.