Hula Skirts and Leis

Ellie's elementary school had a dance on Friday night - a Luau. Here are a couple of pictures of Ellie with some of her friends at the dance.

Beads, Beads, and more Beads

The Toothaker family spent the afternoon with the Farrah family watching the Mardi Gras parade on Dickson street. After the parade we went to Hugo's for dinner. catching beads
Georgianna, Brooks, Ellie and Erin
Juliette and TraciBobby and David

Tulsa for the Day

Georgianna and I spent the day in Tulsa with Kebra and Baker. We had a full day of playing with Baker's toys, hanging out in a new children's museum, eating lunch in Utica Square and enjoying the sunshine in the Shelhamer's yard. Baker and Miss G

running free in the museum
stand-off with sticks

Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day 2009

Georgianna's class party consisted of decorating cookies, handing out Valentine's and playing.

before the cookie decorating
in progress
enjoying the final product
G showing off her homemade Valentines

Show and Tell

Thursday is Georgianna's share day at school ... so this week, Georgianna took Ellie to be her "share." Georgianna told her class all about her big sister, Ellie. They were both so precious standing at the front of the class and answering questions from the other preschool children.

Ancient Cultures and Renaissance Museum

The Fayetteville GT program had a special exhibit to showcase the work the students made this year while studying Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, Rome, Greece and Italian Renaissance. Ellie has really enjoyed learning about the different cultures. For each period, the students worked on a special project that was displayed during the exhibit.

Winter Wonderland ... (at least for the first few days)

the driveway

front yard ... so pretty before the limbs started breaking and trees falling
Ice Storm
January 2009

Friends from KC

Courtney and Olivia came to visit us for a fun filled weekend. Ellie and Olivia hit it off and played outside for hours. Both girls had their own camera and spent much of their time taking pictures.

Lions, Tigers, and Bears Oh My!

Georgianna was my date to see "The Wizard of Oz" at the Walton Arts Center. It was her first play to see from the Broadway series.

Juliette Strikes Out!

We had a family outing to the bowling alley before school started back. The girls and David had a wonderful time beating me at bowling for the afternoon.

Happy New Year at Big Cedar!

To ring in the new year, we went to Big Cedar with The Shelhamers - Kevin, Kebra, Kylee, Baker and Kylee's friend, Abbie. For New Year's Eve, we grilled steaks and hung out waiting for the fireworks at midnight. Ellie was able to stay up for the festivities; but Georgianna and Baker crashed long before midnight.

G and Baker bathing after a day of playing

Kylee, Abbie and Ellie

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning is very relaxed at our house; we wake up between 7:30 and 8:00am and open presents and eat breakfast. We spend the rest of the day in our PJ's watching Christmas movies and playing with our new goodies.

Note: my Christmas and New Year's pictures were taken in a raw format with my digital camera so I have not been able to edit or enlarge the data.