Homecoming Week - Day Two

Today's theme was "The Outdoor Channel.

Homecoming Week Craziness

This next week is Homecoming Week at school. The kids are supposed to dress according to a designated TV theme every day. Tomorrow's theme is "Let's Make a Deal" which Gracie has never seen. I told her people basically just dressed up in crazy costumes and tried to get on the game show by looking the silliest. While we were scavenging through her closet, Ella got in on the action. Thus, the blond bombshell/gymnast below.

This was the finished product. Gracie is very excited about her crazy outfit so she will have fun tomorrow, for sure!

Overheard Last Night

While Gracie and Ella were taking their bath last night, Brent and I were in the hall talking and this is what we overheard.

Gracie - "Ella, I wouldn't trade you for a million dollars. Your face is cute and you look a lot like me."

Ella responded with, "Your face is cute too, Gracie. I wouldn't trade you for a million dollars either."

What a sweet moment. Those are the moments I want to share and blog about so that I can remember them forever. Not the 10 minutes prior when they were about to tear each others faces off! :-) But seriously, I wouldn't trade either of my monsters for a million dollars!

Who is that Masked Girl?

Tonight the Girl Scout's had their annual cookie rally. Gracie came home with her face painted like a butterfly and a tummy full of this year's new Girl Scout cookies. She is very excited to be selling cookies again. Last year she sold 280 boxes of cookies. It was a lot of work, but she learned quite a bit in the process.

A Giraffe for a Day

Back in October, when we first began discussing Halloween costumes, we started wondering what happened to the giraffe costume that Gracie wore when she was 2 years old. I couldn't find it anywhere. Well, fast-forward to today....I pulled a tote of clothes Ella should be growing into out of our storage closet, and guess what was on the bottom of the tote? Yep. A squished giraffe costume. It will only fit her for a few weeks, but Ella squeezed into the costume and wore it everywhere she could. She even fell asleep in the costume and had to wear it when I went to get Gracie from school.

Gingerbread Houses

Wal-Mart had their Gingerbread kits 70% off today, so we bought a kit and let the girls each decorate a section. Gracie thought it was a fun activity. Ella was quickly bored, so I had to finish hers. They were both very excited to eat their work, so it was quite disappointing to discover that it tasted horrible! Gracie tried to eat it like it was good, but you could tell she really wasn't enjoying it. After a small piece she never asked for any more!

Gracie's creation

Ella's creation with my finishing touches

New Years Resolutions

Last year I did a pretty good job of keeping my resolutions, so this year I am going to add a few more to the list.
1) Read through the Bible in a year. (I have done this before, but it has been a while.)
2) Continue with my exercise routine. I try to exercise at least four days a week.
3) Complete four 5k's this year. Last year I ran in three.
4) Get Gracie's scrapbook caught up to her 3rd birthday.
5) Get Ella's scrapbook caught up to her 2nd birthday.
6) Clean out my recipe box (and pile of recipes I have under the recipe box) by trying new recipes each week. Weed out the bad ones, and keep the good ones.