A loose tooth!!!

Ella came running up to me at breakfast today yelling that she had broken a tooth and couldn't eat her breakfast!!!! I looked in her mouth and asked her to show me, she began wiggling her tooth, I explained about loose teeth and how they fall out and she gets to leave it for the tooth fairy, she was so excited!! She called her 6 year old cousin right away to tell her the "fantastic news". Happily, her cousin was satisfactorily excited for her. Ella had me take a video and insisted I share it with "the WHOLE FAMILY" so here it is, Ella's first loose tooth.

roller skateing!

On Saturday we went roller skating with Mom and Dad, the kids had a blast! When we first started, both the kids were too scared to try, but after a while they got the hang of it and Ella was having a blast. She fell a lot, but kept on trying. Wes never got steady enough to skate on the wood floor, but managed to do very well on the carpet while holding my hand.

Christmas tree lighting

This year Ella and I went to Bridgestreet to see them light up their big Christmas tree. Ella had a blast playing in the "snow" dancing to the live music and meeting Santa Claus. We also got some free hot coco and s'mores bread pudding from a restaurant and bought some brownies from the brownies. We finished out night by window shopping and Ella bought herself a little toy at one of the stores. I had such a nice time with my little girly!

Doppelganger

On Halloween, at the Parkway place mall, Jon found someone who looked very familiar...

Family pictures

Today was the day I finally decided to do our family pictures. I really wanted to do them at Bridgestreet to get that clean, crisp feeling I get there. The kids were moderately well behaved. Ella was a stellar model, Wesley was, well, there. I did get some great shots of both of them and some good ones of the family too. Now I get to get started on the Christmas cards!
The whole family







Kids and Grown ups.





Ella
















Wesley