Ho Ho Ho...Meeeeerrrrry Christmas

It has been a good morning in the Dojo, we have a sniffly babus but other than that it is smooooth sailing.

1st thing you should know about the dojo is do not, under any circumstances, mess with Raimo's toys.

Krista got a ton of lotion and a pasta maker this year.




We're playing one of Riley's new games, sequence for kids. This is the face of someone who has just "bumped" their momma's chip!



Jason received a bunch of Duck schwag!





Gnome! Socks!

There was lots of present opening...

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!

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Coloring

Riley said she colored this picture for Gramms, Gramps, Mimi, and Papa.

Christmas tree!!

We are finally ready for Christmas. We decorated the tree today. Riley was a big help, as you can see from the bottom of the tree.





Also put up Grandma Betty's stockings. Love these :)




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Riley's Grams and Gramps bought a Birthday / Christmas / Valentines Day / every event from now until your 10 present. Then, the work began. Not so bad, took about 16 hours I guess, over 2 weekends.

Here are two 'hamming it up' shots of Riley on the slide.







The swing area, as you can see I do still have some work to do on the wood chips, probably 1 more load next weekend.


Live action shot of the slide.....





Here's the full tour.

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Location: The new playset

More Gymnastics Stuff

We have trampoline stuff going on, swinging, some balance beam. She is all over the place. And now it is a challenge to get her to NOT run full speed through the kitchen, slam into the couch while trying to flip over it.

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Trick or Treat

We heard there was some candy being handed out over at the Joelton Baptist Church so we bundled up Snow White and headed down to check it out.

Who wouldn't want to give this princess some candy.






I don't know if you can fully appreciate the vast size of this trick or treat line, I couldn't get it all in one shot. The church's parking lot, 4 rows with trick or treat stations on both sides, tons of candy.



We tried to capture the excitement she was displaying. She was yelling at people, you may notice that the candy goes into the bowl and then she just says "trick or treat thank you".

Even Santa was out there with, Frosty, the Gingerbread man and the Grinch were all hanging out with Rudolph. Riley waved....from a distance.



Exactly how much candy do you get at one of these things? That big bowl, that's how much.



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Fun with the Shark

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Gymnastics

Riley is in gymnastics - Olympics here we come!

She loved her 1st class, had a great time, met some new friends and she hasn't stopped climbing over the couch since Friday. The way the class is set up they don't let us out there to get any good pics. :(

Riley is there on the RED one, getting ready for a forward summersault. Avery is over on the blue one doing a backward summersault.





Riley in the back right, just stretching it out, just stretching it out.


More stretching. Exciting stuff going down at gymnastics.




Waaaaaay back there, I assure you that is Riley on the balance beam. :)



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Peas

Maybe Grams can work her watercolor magic on this picture. I call it.......


Peas, why did it have to be peas?





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Joe's BDay

One of Riley's little buddies had a birthday today, so we trecked down to McD's to celebrate.





The hit of the party was the balloon. Give her a balloon and off she goes.











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All the pretty hair clipy's

Riley has really gotten into her hair, pony tails, braids and most of all....."hair clipy's". She wants them all in her hair, all he time.

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Bowling Trip

It is McKenna's last weekend so we headed on out to bowling. McKenna got her 1st strike without bumpers, we're all very proud.

Riley, of course, just HAD to dance!

We also got to play over at circus world for a bit. McKenna did very good at the mini golf, her car kept stalling in bumper cars but it was an all around good day.



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McKenna, hamming it up

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Funny what I find on my Ipad

McKenna had a sleepover with Stephanie. I noticed I had a few extra pics on the camera roll.

Isn't she BEAUTIFUL???????
















McKenna and Stephanie together, I think this must be some kind of horror movie scene.






At Nashville Shores the girls got matching hello kitty tattoos.






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