Where have we been?!?!

You've probably been wondering where in the world we've been. So have I! As it turns out, there seems to be virtually NO down-time when Bob is on the road. (Go figure!) We've been good, but it's been just a tad bit busy as Christmas is coming and we've been getting all set for the big day! Danielle asks almost every morning how much longer till she can open presents, Ashley has decided that it's fun to test Mommy's rules about not touching ornaments on the tree, and Mommy, well, Mommy has been everywhere in between.

Last weekend Bob was home and we were able to try to take our family Christmas picture. This is how it went:

 Trying to get everyone set up....

Wiggly worms....

...letting the kids take a break....

....letting Daddy take a break...

....everyone takes a break....

Ashley is NOT happy....

....and she's off.....

Wow! Everyone in one shot!

Finally!  A GREAT ONE!!!!

What a ham!

...trying for a sisters picture....

....not too excited for a sisters picture....

....and she's off again...

....and again...

Sisters take 2? Nope.

....and that's as far as we got!!

More playdoh!

We've been having fun with playdoh.  Thought I'd share some more pics with you!

....getting started!

 ...concentrate!

....making stuff!

 ....more concentration!

New dresses!

Well, technically speaking, Ashley's is just new-to-her, but who's counting?

 Thank you, Grandma Sweetie!

....um, yeah, Ashley likes accessories...

 Smile!

 Silly face!

Sisters!!

Fire!

Grandma Sweetie treated us to firewood!!! Yeah!!  It was especially great the other day when it SNOWED!!!!  It didn't last, but it was beautiful! 

 Warm, cozy, thoughts!!

Um....thank you Auntie Beth and Gramma Carol?

Yeah, the pictures should sum this up.  For those of you who missed it, Beth and Carol had fun planning my birthday party this summer.  This is what Danielle likes to do with the 'decorations'!

....yes, she also has a tutu on....

....can you say diva?

....and of course, my absolute favorite!

Discovering PlayDoh!

So, Ashley's never played with playdoh before.  I figured that I'd try to be brave and see how she liked it.  This was a big deal because she likes to eat everything.  Amazingly enough, she LOVED it (go figure) and didn't put ANY of it in her mouth!! 

 ...breaking it into little bits....

.....creating animals (that Mom had made, then she pulls apart and re-creates!)

...the octopus looked fun....

....horsey is being put back together!

Grandma Sweetie plays Angelina Ballerina!

The latest rage in our house is playing Angelina Ballerina....courtesy of Aunt Linda finding it!  Danielle talked Grandma Sweetie into playing with her (which really wasn't hard at all), but then Daddy found the camera.....

 Showing off the moves....

 Balance!

 So cute!!

An angel and a bunny

So we had fun dressing up for the harvest party on Saturday and trick-or-treating last night.  Danielle picked out her angel costume and Ashley agreed to be a bunny.  See how cute they are!

 Coming home from walking around the neighborhood!

 It was DARK by the time they got back!  And Ashley insisted on walking the WHOLE way by herself!!

 Kind of showing off the bucket of candy.....kind of not wanting Mommy to see how full it is?

 How beautiful are those eyes?!?!? (I might be biased....)

 Such a pretty girl!

 ...and I must confess, the cutest part of the costume!

Ithaca Waterfall

So Bob's been on a business trip.  We miss him.  He misses us.  He's only three hours away.  So we packed up and went and visited him for a day!  We had a great time, and decided to go waterfall hunting since people told Bob that there were some great ones right there in town.  We managed to get lost and drive all around Cornell (beautiful campus!) and then got our bearings and started finding some of the falls.  I only remembered to take pictures of the last one, but there were others that were great, too!

 So the map said that you could see the falls from this park, or you could take the footpath.  After some looking, we found it on the right....

 It led us here, to a little tiny hill....

 ...and just over baby hill was THIS!

 Pretty cool!

 Wow! Two of my favorite people!!

 ....even got one in with my girls!

 ...and my honey!!!

 Just me.

Yeah!  My three favorites!!!

 Danielle had a blast jumping on the rocks!