Thanksgiving FUN!

Granny came from SC to visit us all in CALI!! We love when Granny comes...it means lots of play time, lots of love, lots of good food, decorating and of course, shopping! Cali has a few more stores than Georgetown and Mom took advantage of that...it got me in trouble, too:)





We had so much fun decorating for Christmas and moving my whole house around. K.C. left for about 2 hours, came back and we had the whole house rearranged. My Mom and I were literally carry couches and chairs and tables up and down my stairs...what other Grandma is hauling furniture up and down stairs? I asked my Mom what in the heck I was gonna do when she couldn't do that anymore?? Wait, she shouldn't be doing it now, but she is stronger than I am...she can handle it!!


K.C. and the girls made a craft... Thanksgiving turkeys on Thanksgiving morning. We had so much fun. Thanksgiving dinner was full of NO traditional food!

We had Southern pulled pork BBQ, stone ground grits and jalapeno cheddar cornbread! YUMMY! Thanks Momma for a wonderful meal!!




My Mom took the girls to Build a Bear for Christmas. They have been begging to go there for the last year, so now Gabi was old enough to enjoy it and they did! Their favorite parts were putting in the heart and of course picking the outfits...Liv has passed her love for fashion on to Gabi. Thank you Granny for all the fabulous gifts!!





My Mom and I took Olivia to the Tree Festival. She was entrawled by the dancers and singers who performed. Amongst all the fun crafts and activities for the kids, all she wanted to do was sit and watch the dancers and especially the girls singing. Good thing because she just got asked to do a solo for the Christmas party at Church! She is so excited and I'm feeling a little stressed! 2 weeks to memorize an entire verse!!

Olivia & Gabi...isms!

GABI


Gabi has been saying the most hilarious things...there are already so many I have forgotten, so I just have to write some of them down so we don't forget them all!!

Her lastest thing is calling K.C. her "baby." All day her sentences go something like this..."Momma, where did my baby go? Baby? Baby?? Where are you? Oh, there is my baaaby! Come here baby. Daddy my baaaaby." HILARIOUS!

Olivia has been sick, so Gabi came up to her today and said, "Sister, I so sorry you sick. I love you so much. What you need sister?"

In the car this morning we were saying a prayer before we left. Olivia wanted to say the prayer and when she was done, Gabi yells, "Sister, you not bless me or you. Do it again!"




OLIVIA

Olivia is just like a little Mommy to Gabi. We have been trying to get Gabi potty trained and Olivia is such a big helper. "Gabi, you can't go potty in your panties, you have to just hold it till you get to the potty like I do. I know you can do it Gabi...I am just so proud of you! Great job, Gabi!"

Gabi went through a stretch of not wanting to take a nap. Olivia said, "Mom, just let me handle it, I'll go lay with her and put her down for her nap." She would then take Gabi up to her room, lay her in bed and lay beside her for about 5 minutes, get up, put the blanket on Gabi and kiss her goodnight and close her door on the way out. One day Liv went up and read Gabi 2 books, and left the room to come eat her lunch. Gabi just kept calling for her, so Olivia looks up at me and kinda rolls her eyes, smiles and says, "I guess I better go back up there. Gabi must need me. That little stinker!" Then she giggles and runs up to read Gabi "one more book."

The other day she came up to me and asked me why her 2 friends from school don't go to Church. I said, "How do you know they don't go to Church, they may go to another church." She said, "Well, I will have to ask them because they have to know about Jesus." SO SWEET! My little missionary!

My sweet friend Breklyn traveled from Utah with her 2 boys ALONE to come visit and we took the kids to Ventura Beach where their shoes got stolen by a BUM! I mean, what?? Well, they were devastated! Olivia said, "Mom, why would someone steal our shoes?" Me.."Well, honey, I don't know. It isn't a nice thing to do. Some people don't have anything or any money so they must have needed them more than us." She said, "Mom, if they don't have any money, why don't they get a job and stop stealing?" And there is a perfect explanation from a 4 year old. I LOVE THIS CHILD! Maybe she should go into politics!

Primary Program

Olivia is in the Sunbeam class at church with 4 year olds. The whole Primary class did a performance during Church on Sunday and Olivia had a huge part! She had to memorize 3 long sentences and say them in front of the entire church at the podium! She did fantastic! Not only that, she sang so loud every word to every song! It was hilarious...people would get up to do their solo's or duo's and she just sang right with them...as loud as she could! I was dying! The chorister came up after and said, "I had no idea she had so much courage...she is getting a solo next year...I wish I had known to give her one this year!"

Halloween Pics...FINALLY!

This is halloween night...we went around the neighborhood with our friends across the street and then off to meet a family from the Ward to hit another special "Halloween Street" and the girls had a BLAST!

Gabi was all into the decorations and kept saying, "I not like that witch, Mommy, she mean." "Mommy, why can't we go upstairs and see that white ghost?" OVER AND OVER AND OVER! Then Olivia would give her the practical side, "Gabi, that witch is just a decoration, its not real." "Gabi, its not a real ghost, its pretend. We can't just go in other people's houses and get it dirty and they are strangers." Lookin' out for her little sis!








We had our Ward Halloween Party at church and it was so fun. They had a spook alley and a carnival plus a fun presentation! YAH! We all dressed up and had a good time. Charlotte came with us, too! Liv was a beautiful Jasmine and Gabi was a fairy ballet princess!

Liv also had a Halloween Parade at school...so fun! We found Gabi in the library room chilling on a blow up couch reading some books. That girl is just funny!