Circus Fun

Mom called and invited us to the circus on Wednesday. We met her in Greensboro and had a great time. We went two years ago, but now that they are older, it was much more fun. It didn't start until 7:30, so we knew we would really be pushing bedtime. Both girls did really well. We got there about 6:30 for the pre-show.

Walking through the maze of toys and gadgets that you can buy. I mean, $22 for a lighted thing that twirls. You will know I have gone insane when we come home with one of those.

We had really good seats. 90 minutes before the show starts there is a pre-show in the arena. We could just sit in our sits and watch. I asked the girls if they wanted to go down, but both were just fine watching from afar.

Gigi and Carly

All the girls

Mommy and Joiner

More preshow fun

The elephant joining the crowd

Daddy and Joiner watching and eating. This coliseum is really good about you bringing your own food, so I packed our book bag with Subway and we were able to eat at the show without eating junk or paying $3000.

The show is starting

The dancers and aerials

The ladies in the rings

I love the elephant tricks

We didn't get home until almost 10:30, but the girls did really well and we made up for it the rest of the week. Thanks Gigi and Grumpa!

Super Bowl Fun

This year we didn't have any big Super Bowl plans so Daddy made a big party den downstairs. We started with spinach-artichoke dip and then we had homemade chicken fingers and potato skins. The girls helped me make cocoa Krispie footballs. Even though the girls love to eat, I think the highlight was picking teams. Daddy and Joiner were routing for the Colts and wore blue T-shirts. Carly and I were going for the Saints ( we love an under-dog story) and Carly wore her old yellow soccer jersey. I didn't have anything yellow, so I just pretended.

You can see we are a house divided until the dip comes out.

Dinner time. Eating in front of the TV is the ultimate experience when you're 4! For that matter it was for Daddy as well:)

Andy with his focused commentary

Carly with her dinner all over her face!

Joiner was so excited that she actually looked at the camera!

After dinner, the girls wanted to take pictures of each other. Here is Daddy and Joiner in their Colts' solidarity.

Joiner taking the rest of us. Don't miss Carly under my arm!

Carly and Mommy! Go Saints! Too bad mommy didn't put any make-up on for our party:) At least our team won! Joiner was so bummed the next morning when she found out.

We turned off the lights to enjoy the Who and the halftime show. Carly couldn't help herself and was up and dancing. It is a bit hard to see even with the flash.

We had a great time, even without a big TV!

Snowy Weekend

Apparently North Carolina is having a crazy snowy winter. It started last Friday night and by Saturday morning we had 7 inches on the ground. It was less than the storm in December, but still impressive. The bad thing was by Saturday morning the snow had turned into sleet and little tiny ice balls so it wasn't nice to be outside. So, because I wasn't going to miss a workout, I started a DVD downstairs. The girls came down to check out what I was doing and they wanted to do it as well. So both girls did the entire 45 minute kickboxing workout with me. As you can see from the pictures, they are topless. They noticed that all the women in the DVD are in sports bras and since they don't have that, they just took off their shirt. So funny.

After nap time the sleet had stopped, so we bundled up to go out and investigate the snow. It was about 5pm, so we didn't have long before it was dark.

This is pre-game picture.

Backyard winter wonderland

Belle grew up in PA and she loves the snow. She runs around and gets covered. Then she eats snow until her body temp is so low that she is shaking.

Both girls feel a real need to uncover all their toys when it snows. This takes a lot of effort, but it is fun to them.

Now Zoie did not grow up in PA and she does not like snow. In fact, she really, really hates it. I don't know if she just doesn't like it or it is the fact that she is blind and doesn't know what is going on, but she is miserable. The worst part comes from the fact that she is so furry and gets these snow balls in her paws that you have to crush out.

Now we are uncovering the picnic table

We kept seeing birds coming to our feeders that were emtpy, so Andy got out the seed to fill up the feeders to help the poor birds out. I actually haven't seen any birds so far, but it was a nice thought.

More uncovering

Sunday was very cold in the morning, but much nicer overall. We did a Yoga DVD, again topless, and then we headed outside after lunch. I tried to walk to church, but I had been coughing all night and Andy was adament that it might mean a divorce, so I didn't go. I am glad, because it turns out that only one couple came, so I wasn't needed.

Our first mission was to clean off Daddy's car.

I love how they walk in the snow; very purposefull and important. Stomp, stomp, stomp...

All our new landscaping is covered up!

Look how covered the roads are. There was a sheet of ice beneath the snow and it didn't fully clear up until Wednesday.

Stomp, stomp, stomp

We are walking up to the main road to see if it is any better; it wasn't by much.

After we got up the hill, both girls just dropped down to make snow angels.

Daddy had to join in! I almost joined them until I realized that he had on our only ski pants ( my pants) and I was in cotten leggings. Now that would have been a cold bottom.

Homeward bound

School was cancelled until today, and unfortunately it is cancelled again for tomorrow, Friday. They are calling for a big ice and snow storm tonight through Saturday morning. I have to say I hope they are wrong. We are tired of being inside and we do not want to lose power. Ice and old trees are not a good mix. Please pray we get very little and stay warm!