Fun stuff with GiGi!

Thursday night Bea spent the night at GiGi and Grandpy's because I had to work and Bea didn't have school the next day. Beatrice and my Mom made homemade ornaments AND sugar cookies! (I'll have to get the sugar cookie pictures from my Mom and post them later, they are hilarious!) Here are some of the pictures my mom took of Bea making ornaments. She sent them to me while I was at work. I missed all the fun. But I did get to help a little with the sugar cookie process!

I had hoped to decorate the house this weekend for Christmas, but it looks like it's gonna have to wait for next weekend. I was commissioned to bake for a friend's birthday party this evening and I was also asked to make some bows for a friend of my mom's so I've been busy this weekend! I did manage to see the movie The Blindside though. It was very good! It makes me want to watch football! HA!

Next weekend I hope to decorate AND get our Christmas tree! I can't wait to see Bea's face as she runs around on the Christmas tree lot to pick out her first Christmas tree. She's already enjoyed the few Christmas lights that are up in our neighborhood and Gigi's neighborhood. Izak actually surprised me on Friday and had our lights up! Beatrice was thrilled. I think this Christmas is going to be very exciting for Bea. Now that she understands more. She's already talking about Santa.

I hope to post more pictures soon.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We got up 'early' and headed to Gigi and Grandpy's to help make pies. Below is Beatrice helping to take the stickers off of the apples. She then tried her hand at peeling the apples!
My mom has pictures of her actually stirring the pumpkin pie mixture. Bea and Grandpy made her, her own little pumpkin pie. She couldn't wait to dig into it!

Hmm... not sure if she likes the whip cream better than the pumpkin pie.

And of course, a Thanksgiving tradition playing Slamwhich! You're never to young to learn...

Here is a video of Beatrice enjoying her pumpkin pie!

Funny Girl

Beatrice is so funny! My mom and dad were over on Sunday and Bea walked out of her room looking like this:

Earlier that day Izak had bought Bea a turkey cupcake and we let her have it after dinner that night.

"Meal"

When you ask Beatrice where her baby sister is she'll say: "mommy's belly." She's even crawled up on her old crib and peaked inside in the hopes of seeing Camille sleeping in there. Bea even has a nickname picked out for Camille she calls her 'meal.' Maybe by the time Camille gets here Bea will have a different name for her??

Below are a couple of silly pictures of Bea.

Beatrice playing around with her winter hat. She thought it was better over her entire face then just on her head. She also enjoyed trying to walk around like this.

We had Grampy over for dinner tonight and he and Bea were trying to build a house out of legos.

Want That!

Beatrice and I were watching Dora the other morning while eating breakfast and a Barbie commercial came on. She pointed to the t.v and said, "Want That!" Uh-oh! She's already starting her 'want' phase!? I'm in trouble!

In the Pink!

We had a very full day today! We all got up early and then Beatrice and Izak went to get doughnuts. Then we all jumped in the car and went to Target, Cost Plus, Lowes and Pier 1. We mainly went to all those places because I decided to decorate a pink Christmas tree just for Bea's room. We were at a craft fair yesterday and they had this little tree there with pink disco balls and a pink star as a tree topper. She kept pulling off the pink disco balls. So I was on a mission to find pink ornaments. To my surprise I didn't have much luck. Until I was told that Wal*Mart had some pink ornaments. So after lunch we made the trip to Tulare (because I hate our Wal*Mart) and guess what!? I found the pink disco balls and more pink ornaments! I was so thrilled. So Bea's tree is almost done, I just need to get more hooks for the ornaments. Below are some pictures of Bea helping me decorate her tree.

Pink glittery snowflakes from Target.

The pink glittery star is from Target as well!

A pink Christmas light ornament and light pink balls with crystals from Pier 1.

While out looking for pink ornaments I found this cute little pink piggy bank at Pier 1. I thought it would be a good learning tool for Beatrice. I also picked one up for Camille.

Bea's tree is almost done!

Before dinner Beatrice and I started to work on our Christmas cards. We only got about six done. We have a lot more to go!

Beatrice making our Christmas cards:

Whenever you ask Beatrice what kind of birthday she wants to have she says: "PINK!" So I've been brainstorming pink birthday ideas. I bought her the Pinkalicious book at Target today and she LOVES it! This week Stacey is coming home so I hope to enlist her in brainstorming ideas for the party and favors - since all of Bea's friends are boys! I hope to get a good deal of party shopping out of the way before Camille gets here. I figure that way it will be done and I won't feel stressed about having to go out with Camille or without her while she's still so little.

Ready to hit the road

Here is Beatrice trying to drive my car... I couldn't get her out of the dang thing. Izak went out and tried to get her out too and took some pictures in the meantime.