Valentine's Day

Paige was really excited for Valentine's Day this year.  She was up extra early in anticipation for this big day.  She came out of her bedroom telling me exactly how she wanted her hair, what she wanted to wear and on and on and on. With all of this 1st grade girl primping going on, she ended up missing the bus.  Paige NEVER misses the bus!  Riding the bus is the coolest thing ever to a 1st grader.  She told me it was ok because she needed extra time to get her makeup on.  She then asked if she could wear my special lipstick since it was such a special day.  I went with it since it was such a special day :)

Paige posing with a few of our Valentine projects

Papa brought over a stuffed dog.  Paige named it Butterscotch

We thought this was hilarious!  Eva did not like the new dog.

First Sleepover....

was a huge success!

BFF's
 (Claire and Paige)

These two girls are inseperable!  They are both only children and their personalities seem to really click. I had all these activities lined out to keep them busy but they didn't need me.  They entertained themselves just fine.

Showing Signs Of Spring

This past week our Crocus have began to peak out at us.  That means there is hope that Spring will be here soon, right!?  One thing about living here in the valley, Spring-like weather teases us more often than not.  We took advantage of the beautiful weather last weekend and the three of us had a picnic lunch at the park.

There is no school today as it is the end of the quarter.  Paige is very excited to have her very first sleepover tonight, at our house, with her "BFF"!

Happy 2011!

Our family had a wonderful Christmas!  Just watching Paige and seeing that "magic" in her eyes makes it so fun and enjoyable.  December is always such a busy/stressful month.  I really do enjoy the whole process of putting Christmas together but it is never easy.  Christmas morning is when I can just sit back and relax and watch as my creativeness and sneakiness actually puts a smile on someone's face!  It is so worth the busyness and stress!

After Christmas we traveled to McCall to celebrate Curtis' birthday and celebrate the New Year.  We hit the slopes for two days, shopped, swam and ice skated another day.  The weather turned very cold while we were there, dipping down below that zero degrees!

It wouldn't be Christmas vacation without someone getting sick.  Curtis ended up with a head cold on his birthday :(  Overall, it was a great vacation.  We love McCall whether we visit in July or December!  We are hoping to make another trip in February to celebrate my birthday.

Happy Holidays

We had a wonderful Christmas with our families!  There was even some snow on the ground this year which made it feel even more like Christmas.  We spent a few days sledding down the hill into our park.  It was great fun and definitely helped keep our busy little 1st grader entertained.  We will be spending New Year's in McCall once again this year.  Curtis will be turning "36" on December 30th and skiing in McCall is what he always loves to do for his birthday.  We are excited to get Paige back on her skis.  Last year all she wanted to do was go through the trees with her daddy.  We will see what this year brings :)

Christmas at Aunt Heidi's
Paige had so much fun making memories with her cousins
Gavin, Jenna and Eli

Grandma Billie just had to buy these crazy/NOISY hats for
Zakary and Paige

What a December!

So far our "usually" fun preparation for Christmas has not been so joyous.  Thank God for our sweet little Paige who keeps us preoccupied and laughing at all times!

Here's a little recap of what the past 16 days have brought to our home.  We have been very excited to have our furnace and A/C replaced.  Well, this took place last week with nothing but head aches, back aches, smoke inhalation, a broken pipe and holes in the sheet rock.  We are slowly in repair mode which brings a  house full of sheet rock dust and yucky wallpaper removal.  Paige and I have pulled out only half of our Christmas decorations this year.  She has been so busy with her school and after school activities it hasn't seemed to affect her at all.  Phew!

To help get us in the Christmas spirit, we have enjoyed a few holiday festivities.  We love to take part in the tree lighting ceremony at Locomotive Park, watch the Christmas parade in Clarkston and, most of all, listen to Paige sing in her school Christmas concert and dance at her Christmas dance recital.

There are only two days of school left until Christmas vacation.  Paige is not very happy about that as she loves school so much.  We will have Christmas Eve in Juliaetta, Christmas morning at home and then traveling to the Tri-Cities to spend the day with the Fryer Family.  We will then be hitting the ski slopes ! 

Wishing everyone a Very Merry Christmas

The Life of a 1st Grader

Each week we are surprised by our Little Miss Paige.  Thought I would share a couple of funny stories with you.  Last week we had parent teacher conferences and Paige is doing very well.  She is one of the top readers in her class and knows exactly what is expected of her throughout each day.  Her teacher informed us that a boy in her class wrote a story about how Paige kissed him on the lips.  Oh my!  This mama was panic stricken.  No more iCarly for her!  When I asked Paige about it she said, "no mama, I did not kiss him, he kissed me on the cheek, twice".  This boy has liked Paige since the first day of Kindergarten.  So cute!  The other story I am sharing happened last night while getting ready for bed.  She was telling me how she learned a really bad word and didn't know if she should tell it to me.  I thought, ok, here we go.  Up to this point she has seemed oblivious to what a bad word is.  She was nervous and finally said the bad word,  "Big Chunka Stupid Butt".  She was very embarrassed and thought I was going to be mad at her.  How am I supposed to be mad at that?  She is so sweet and so funny.