Downtown McKinney Parade of Lights

I love living in McKinney and I love that we have a charming little historic downtown square to enjoy! On this night we went to the McKinney Parade of Lights! It was pretty could out which was perfect... I believe the last time we went to the Parade of Lights we were all sweating! haha

This is clearly Santa's handy work... amazing how nice they can be to each other when reminded that Santa is watching!

Pajama Day!

The next best day, after Crazy Hair Day of course, is Pajamas Day! The robes were made by Nancy (Grandmama) and they are super cute... I love them... and more importantly, so do the girls! :) When I was a kid my Meme would make our robes... I always thought they were so special!

Thanksgiving in Carbon

Every Black Friday, instead of fighting the crazy shopping crowd, we spend a relaxing Thanksgiving gathering in Carbon at Granny's house. This is the first year the kids had their own "kid table". With limited space the table was placed int he garage... the kids loved it... it was like their own little club house!

Granny, Wayne and a few of his cousins

Cousins and wives

Granny with several of the great-grandkids The kids always have a fun time out there and they play great together!

Snow Day... or at least Snow Couple of Hours :)

Wayne and I were in total shock to wake up and find it snowing! I don't tune into the weather report much, but when it's 60 degrees the day before, it's just a bit crazy!

The snow made it super easy to get the girls moving that morning... they got dressed and ate breakfast in a flash so they could have time to play before heading to school!

Which was a good thing since 2 hours later there was nothing but water. :(

Halloween

Like every year in August when the Halloween costume catalogs start to arrive the girls flip thru the pages 100s of times a day. For the past couple years Megan wanted to be Spiderman but as we kept looking she eventually changed her mind... and may have been nudge a bit by mom just a little to do so. This year I didn't have the heart to "help" her decide... it was totally up to her... whatever she wanted! It was either going to be Batman, Spiderman or Superman... and after many weeks of deliberation she finally settled on Superman.

Emily swayed back and for on everything from a Hippie to Judy Jetson... but when she happened to see this Truth or Dare Devil costume on a trip to Target she knew this was a winner!
Oh, and it was an absolute MUST that the costume Megan chose came with the muscle chest! :D

Crazy Hair Day!

Oh my goodness... the very much anticipated Crazy Hair Day! Normally, Crazy Hair Day is scheduled the month of October so it's easy to find color hair spray. For whatever reason it was the first week of November this year and their ding-a-ling mom didn't head to Wal-Mart for spray until 10pm the night before... so there was only Orange left! Once I got to the store I wasn't alone on the mad last minute hunt for colors! ;) That's okay though... Orange is one of our school colors! PERFECT!!!

By the way... if your looking for a semi-permanet tattoo, we highly recommend the Pirates of the Carabean! That tatt on Megan's arm was there for like a month... no kidding!! We finally had to clean it off with alcohol before a dressy event... otherwise I was curious to see how long it would last. Man, we definately got our money's worth out of that one!

So Very Proud of Emily!!!

Believe it or not, Emily turned 8 years-old this year and still didn't know how to ride a bike! I tried several times to teach her when she was 5 and after one big spill she decided to call it quits! Emily's has that perfectionism personality so it's a big deal for her to be wrong or bad at anything she tries. I would bring up the bike often in conversations and she felt very strongly that there was no need for a bike as long as she had a scooter! haha

One day we had a day off from school and the weather was amazing so the kids spent the afternoon outside. Emily started to pull her bike out and asked me to air up the tires... which I quietly did without making a big deal so I wouldn't embarrass her. She put on her helmet hopped on the bike and took off as if she'd been riding for years!

Hmmm... maybe I will just wait until Megan is 8 as well! ;)