Silly Christmas!

For part of November and most of December, Mommy has been sick and it finally got me and I have been in bed on-and-off with a sinus infection for two days. Well Nana was gracious enough to take Alex to school as well as take me to the Dr., and pick up Alex and take her home with her so Mommy could rest. When we picked up Alex today, she had to tell us about all she did and since I didn't pick her up at school on Monday I didn't see the cutest thing! All the kids had their reindeer hats on. So cute and silly! So here is Alex the red-nose reindeer!

Noodles!

This is a little late, but I had to include these pics. So every Thanksgiving since I have known David, it is a family tradition to make homemade noodles. They are a part of our meal, that's just it! It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without noodles!

But someone has to make them, so David and his cousin Jon (or affectionately-Bubba) decided they would do it. Alex had to help and of course I had to take pictures. What cheeseballs they are! Put up a camera and a cheesy smile comes with it! I didn't know Bubba had it in him, but Alex I know is well trained of course!

It's Snowed in Houston!

For the first time since Christmas 2004, it has snowed in Houston. Today it was just cold enough to let us enjoy some snow flurries. Alex went outside and caught snowflakes on her tongue, she said they tasted good. Like sugar!

Also, today Alex had her Christmas program at school. She did such a great job! It was her third year of this type of show, and all the years before she is picking her nose, checking out her friends, waving to family or blowing kisses. This year she did great, paid attention to her teacher and did all the appropriate hand gestures and sang! It was great! How great to be 5!

December.....So far!

We just received Alex's school pictures, and although she looks very cute in them. I just can't get past the background. But I thought I would share them with you.

We are trying to get in the Christmas spirit here. The tree is up and some decorations are out. Hopefully, the spirit of the holiday will fill me up soon. Just not there yet. I am sad that this weekend in Long Beach, I will be missing another Belmont Shore Christmas parade. I remember going to watch it in front of my dad's barbershop and always having a place to go to the bathroom. What a luxury!

Congratulations to Chastity and Jarrod (and big bro Mason)! Jude Emerson was born December 4th, 8 lbs, 18" long. He's too cute and can't wait to meet him in person!

Until I write again!

Cheer Camp!

I am so excited to post that Alex is attending a cheer camp tomorrow for the first time! She is so excited to go, learn cheers, stunts, tumbling and perform. I will post pics and hopefully a video. My little girl is getting so big! Wish us luck! Go Team!

Update: Alex loved cheer camp! I am so proud of her. She wanted to try something new and she has seen mommy cheering before in videos, so it was very intriguing. She was a little nervous about performing in front of everyone. But as you can tell from the video, she did great! I gave her a little tip, if she forgot a move all she had to do was smile. No one would notice! We asked how she liked it. She said she loved it! We asked her what her favorite part was.....EVERYTHING!

My Sweet Girl!

On Tuesday, David and I will be celebrating our 8 year wedding anniversary. Alex has thought that it is a great idea to have a wedding anniversary party for us. Any reason to have and plan a party! She is my girl! It is so sweet of her to love us that much to have a party for us.

We keep telling her that in 2 years on our 10 year anniversary, that is the big one. We will be going somewhere tropical and celebrating.....we hope!

P.S. To my wonderful husband - Happy Anniversary Sweets! I love you!

UPDATE: Alex did a wonderful job on our party. She made the cake, planned the menu, did the decorations, made the guest list. Really if she wasn't 5, and had money and could drive, she could have planned the whole thing by herself. But she did need Nana and Granny's help. She did get very angry with forgetful mommy when I forgot to bring her fancy dress with me, so she could change. I improvised and took some jewelry from Grandma's jewelry box and dressed her up. Complete with a fancy pin, bracelet, and clip-on earrings. Excuse the picture of the old married couple. We used to be so much cuter!

Happy Halloween 2008!

This year Alex chose to be a fairy. This isn't the first time she chose a fairy. I admit I do try to persuade her. Last year, she got really excited to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz (partly because of me and the thought of red sparkly shoes). But since she had been a fairy 2years prior, we decided to change it to a different type of fairy. She had talked about being a Rose Fairy Princess, whatever that is! But mommy and Granny made sure that she became a Rose Fairy Princess, complete with roses and a crown of flowers. It's so great that Granny can sew costumes for us! We love her for that and so many other reasons!

UPDATE: This year we followed tradition and went trick-or-treating with friends. It is so great watching the girls run up to every door with such enthusiasm and running back to tell us what kind of candy they got. This year Alex thought some of the houses were spooky. I don't quite understand that considering everytime we go to Walmart or Lowes or any other store that carries decorations we have to look and find all the spooky things. But another great year of trick-or-treating! Can't wait till next year!