First Snow

Wow, 3 new posts in one day. All the fun seems to happen in the same week.

We had a little snow fall last night, so I pulled out the winter clothes so Eleanor could have her first real snow experience. It was one of those beautiful snow falls where it sticks to the grass but not to the road and it is still warm enough outside to enjoy playing in the snow. Most of the time it is too cold here to find any enjoyment in being outside once winter really hits. There was lots of fun to be had this morning though. Eleanor was eating snow all morning and was loving it. . . until this mouthful.

Halloween Wreath

I had fun making this tulle Halloween wreath last night while the girls were sleeping. I sat in Aaron's big comfy chair, watched a chic flick and made a wreath. . . yes, Aaron is still in Georgia.
I tried to get a close-up but it doesn't really show what I wanted it to show. I put about 15 pieces of black sparkly tulle that is a little stiffer in the wreath at random places. It gives it a little pizazz. :)

Four!

Penelope is 4 now. I can't beleive it! She is such a big girl. We had a couple of different celebrations for her since Aaron was out of town for her actual birthday.

We had a little birthday party for Penelope to open family gifts on Sunday before Aaron left for Georgia. Aunt Penny's gift was, as always, a big hit, but Eleanor decided the baby lotion was hers and would not give it back to Penelope for a long time. We also had a little pancake celebration on Penelope's actual birthday. FYI: if you put candles into hot pancakes, wax will stay in the pancake. :) On Saturday we had a combined birthday party for Penelope and Kael (a friend of Penelope's). I decorated the garage, in true Grandma Cox style, and we had the party out there. This was an excellent place to have 20 or so little kids with candy and cupcakes. It also provided easy access to the backyard, where we had a costume parade and a ghost pinata. Good thing the weather was mild. I made homemade rootbeer with dry ice. Always a fun Halloween treat.

My cute cowgirl and garden gnome, all ready for the party. Penelope taking a whack at the ghost pinata. The pinata held up pretty good through all of the little kids but once cousins Nicolas and Alex got to it, it was all over.

The loot.