Forced hug.

Maddie was forced to let Jordan hug her after she spit tea (through the straw) in Jordan's face.

Clickady.

This is where Clickady and Hippey hang out when Maddie's at school.

It's Monday again?!

Flakenstein.

Maddie's huge marshmallow snowman she added to her gingerbread house's front yard.  She put his arms a little to high so he reminds me of Frankenstein.

Three on the Third

Our pictures for three on the third haven't been too good!  This one is no exception.  It was too cold to be outside for any length of time and the girls always cause some sort of delay whether it be arguing, pranking, or just being crabby.  This time it was pranking.  This was take two, but we went with it because it was so cold outside.  I'm laughing because they're laughing and they're laughing because Jordan has her leg around Maddie's waist in an attempt to stay a bit warmer.

First day back to school.

Picked Maddie up from school so we could make a Target run before picking up Jordan.

Getting ready.

 We decorated for our favorite holiday.  Jordan and Maddie sorted through various costume pieces and tried different creepy combinations.

We were just leaving Target

during a 20 minute downpour.  Wouldn't you know as soon as we pulled out of our parking spot, the rain let up.

Storytelling.

We attended a fun campfire storytelling event tonight at Meadow Farm.  The fire smelled wonderful and the stories were told to us by two Colonial costumed ladies.

One A'maize'ing Festival.

Kicking off Henrico County's 400 year anniversary.  This girls enjoyed making cornhusk dolls, embossing leather, learning how to dye cloth with items from natural (i.e. flowers, nuts, and even dead bugs), and also hand-dipping candles. 
I am totally in love with the hipstamatic app on my new iTouch.

First Middle School Dance.

The thought of going to the dance was more fun than the actual dance was.  They called for a ride home 40 minutes after I dropped them off. 

Taken with my new iTouch loaded with the hipstamatic app.  LOVE THIS!!

Who doesn't love the ice cream man?

Army of snowmen. 354/365

The snow finally melted enough to pack together so now we have an Army of snowmen. The life-size snowman is still in the works.

The weather outside . . . 353/365

Well, it's not really frightful except for the fact that we're unable to pack the U-Haul truck or even back it out of the driveway. This is what we woke up to this morning and snow continued to fall all day long. The girls had fun in it even though it wasn't wet enough to build a snowman. You can see them in the top of this photo making snow angels.

You are Special. 351/365

Maddie left this inside Jordan's school laptop.

5th Grade Presents . . . 349/365

Once on a House Top. This is Maddie performing "Big Red Fella in the Chimney" with the rest of her class.

Little Hoodlum. 347/365

Maddie found a pack of candy cigarettes the other day and had them in her purse. On the way to the mall tonight she asked if she could have "a cigarette". It took me a minute to remember the candy. Then she said, "Mom, you should take a picture of me leaning on a wall smoking." Good thing there were no other people around when we took this photo.

Hugs. 346/365

We had our family Christmas today since we will be packing a moving van next weekend and, as I mentioned before, we'll be in Minnesota for Christmas. Maddie loves to give gifts. Her gift to me was a coupon for "free hugs". So I cashed in on a hug and Pete did, too.

Snow!! 339/365

It was the first snowfall of the season today. This snow has been anticipated for more than a week now. All day today Maddie was watching for snow and when it finally came around 4:15, she found Jordan and they went outside together to play in it, even though there wasn't anything to really play in. We have hopes for tomorrow that there will be more and it will stick!! I wish it to keep snowing so that we can have no school on Monday!

Written By: Jordan

Hugs. 328/365

These are the moments I live for. Jordan loves to hug Maddie, but Maddie's amount of hug time (with Jordan) depends on how much sleep she got the night before. She was done with hugs right after I snapped the photo.