Let It Snow!!!!

We woke up this morning to about an inch of snow... I know it's not much to most people but last year we didn't even get this much.... so this was a great surprise to wake up to! Steffie went out to play with her brother Justin and lil Austin and Hannah.










A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

Today was a drop and run kind of day..... Steff and I went with my Mom for dinner and the local Christmas parade.... and if this lil hick town does anything right it's a parade! I didn't get any pics... I was just trying to keep Steffie from running out in the road to grab candy and enjoying the parade. I've been to quite a few small town parades and this lil town I think holds the best one so far... it lasted for over an hour. Steffie got a couple of handfuls of candy and a balloon and she was tickled to death to see Santa going by. We didn't stick around for a Santa visit because our toes were numb from the cold... but hopefully we'll visit with Santa another time.

We might go to another parade in one of the nearby towns tomorrow... we haven't decided yet... there are 4 to choose from tomorrow night... so we'll see. It would be great if everyone didn't do them on the same night... we would be able to go to more. But Steffie does love a parade... so we'll get to as many as we can. It would be so much better if Adrian was off work and could go with us... just wasn't the same without him.

Oh and we might get a few flakes tonight.... we'll see.

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

Christmas Countdown Art Project

We did an art project today... Steffie and I made a paper chain Christmas Countdown to hang on her door. She had lots of fun... but then what kid doesn't when it involves glue and glitter?

First we made a Christmas tree and decorated it with glitter... I didn't get any pics because my hands were too busy trying to keep the glitter under control.

Then we glued our paper strips to make a chain... we had to include purple because it's her favorite color

Showing off her work...

She was singing while she worked so I had to get it for posterity....

Counting the links...

Then we attached the links to our tree and hung it on her door

She can remove a link each night until Christmas. She was soooo excited when I explained to her how it worked.

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

Wordless Wednesday - A Christmas Past...

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

Wordless Wednesday - A Strawberry Girl...

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

Halloween Cupcakes....Mmmmm

We did our last Halloween project for this year.... cupcakes! We didn't do as many projects as I had hoped we would but I think Steffie had fun on the ones that we did. Tomorrow is the big day... she's really excited about trick-or-treating. I'll be sure to take pics. Let's hope it's not raining!

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

Pumpkin Carving Time!

We finally carved our pumpkin today. I didn't want to do it too early because I didn't want it to rot before Halloween.... but it's soooo hard to wait. Here are our pics....

Daddy and Steffie... cleaning out the goo....

Steffie showing off the lid....

All done...

All lit up...

Steffie likes her new friend...

Happy and proud...

The kitten kissing Mr Jack... you have to click on this one for a bigger pic to see it better

Baby sitting on Mr Jack's head....

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

It's A Boy!

I took my sweet lil daughter-in-law to have an ultrasound today and it's confirmed that she is having a boy! He is due on March 16. So lil Austie will have a new baby brother and lil Steffie will have a new nephew. How sweet is that?!

Of course that means that I will have a third grandchild.... how can that be???lol... I'm a granny...

It also means that now we can start baby shopping :)

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

Wordless Wednesday - Kiss The Cook!

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

All About Kids - Happy Birthday Justin and Jordan!!!!

What great timing on the new meme created by Stacie at Super Mommy To The Rescue. If you would like to participate as well just click on over to her blog and grab the button.... then add your own blog to the list.

Yesterday my boys Justin and Jordan celebrated their 20th Birthday!!! Now of course they are not kids anymore.... but they are still *my* kids.... lol.... and Steffie had an exciting time making their very small and simple birthday party. She is all about the birthdays! So we made them a cake.....












And of course licked the beaters.... bowl... and spatula!












And TADA!!!! We have a cake!


Now of course I had to be tricky and buy the candles that relight after you blow them out... right??!!... Cause that's just the kind of Mom I am... ;).... and yes they were suspicious... they always ask me if I did that and I never have before... but this time I really did it.... of course I didn't admit to it....

Here are Austin and Steffie practicing singing Happy Birthday....



And here are Justin and Jordan blowing out their candles and the kids singing again... Jordan is in the plain shirt and Justin is in the stripped shirt...



Happy 20th Birthday Justin and Jordan!!!!

A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~

All About Kids

I wanted to participate in the new meme created by Stacie at Super Mommy To The Rescue. If you would like to participate as well just click on over to her blog and grab the button.... then add your own blog to the list. I thought starting out with these lil videos of Steffie would be fun.... and I promised them yesterday... so here goes...

As promised here are a couple of short videos of Steffie singing and dancing along with her favorite Stevie Nicks song I Need To Know. She was about 2 years old and used this baby rattle for her tambourine. Notice how intently she watches Stevie's movements on the tv and tries to copy her. It's sooo adorable :) At the beginning of the Stevie concert her father comes out and says "Please welcome my daughter Stevie Nicks" and for the longest Steffie called her "my daughter Stevie Nicks"... it was sooo cute!





A Lil Enchanted,
~LaShan~