From Tennis to Italian

Saturday was one busy day.  Whew...I don't know that we could have crammed in one more activity.  We met friends for breakfast and then the girls and I went to watch Wayne in his tennis match, yep he thinks he is John McEnroe now.  After the match, we jetted home to eat lunch, then headed back out because Red had a birthday party to go to.  A pony party to be exact, which she was so excited about.  She loved riding the pony, as did her sister.  Don't tell the girls, but they have horses in their back yard, that they show absolutely no interest in.  Go figure. THEN.....we came home and put Red down for a nap, because it would soon be time for the grand finale of the evening, Santa!!!!!  After her nap, we got them dressed in their Bell Bell originals and headed out to see the jolly fella.  Els promised she was sitting in his lap and would tell him what she wanted.  After waiting in line for over an hour, I sure hoped she wouldn't disappoint.  I was concerned at first because she wanted Hadley to go first, but she didn't hesitate when it was her turn.  The only way to end the evening was with Italian, but after waiting in line for so long we were all REALLY hungry.  Ellison was so hungry, olive oil was flying and she got it all over her new dry clean only holiday dress.  Yep, not gonna stress about it...MEMORIES!!!!

 

I got this!

"Are you ever going to blog again?"  So asks the man with his feet propped up on the desk playing bejeweled.  Seriously....Yeah, he got the stank eye.  I have accepted that blogging will not be as frequent as it was before.  It is, what it is and I'm going to have to deal.  My primary goal is to capture events, check mission accomplished.  So Curls had a part in her school play, the first picture totally sums it up.  She was cool as a cucumber, home run out of the park this one.  One day after she has kids, those crazy memory skills she has will be a thing of the past.  Enjoy it while you can sista!!!!

 

Birthday Boots

These boots are made for walking and that's just what they are going to do.  Hadley is really starting to have an opinion on style and loves her some boots.  Ellison, well she has had opinions on her style since she could talk and she loves all shoes in general.  She really doesn't discriminate.  So when the girls "Great" Aunt MoMo, got them boots for their birthday's (MoMo let Hadley open hers really early), the girls were more than a little excited.  Here they are stylin' and profilin'.

 

I absolutely can not get over how big Ellison looks in this picture.

 

 

 

I Am Three Years Old

 

Ellison Ann Harper, aka The Red Head

 

I thought our family was complete as three, little did I know that we were missing this red headed force of nature.  She truly does complete our family.  Seeing the world through her wondrous eyes, really makes you realize how much you had missed before.  She finds joy in absolutely everything, even a box.  Her energy keeps us moving and although it causes a few grey hairs, I think it keeps us alive.  She is extremely compassionate and doesn't like to see anyone upset.  One of her teachers told me that in all her years of teaching she hadn't had a child as compassionate as this little lady.  Tears....of all the character traits to be known for, makes this Mama's heart HAPPY!!!  We are so grateful for a wonderful three years with this Angel.

The color of the day...PURPLE

My third celebration for my 3rd birthday.  We went to PawPaw and BellBell's house the weekend of Thanksgiving and had Ms. Ellison a celebration with family and friends.  When we asked her what kind of party she wanted the only thing we could get out of her was a Purple Party.  Purple, Purple, Purple!!!!!  She had the best time, this girl loves a good party!!!!