Losing the Hardware

Brace face.  Fence face.  Metal mouth.  Tin teeth.  No more!

My big girl is now flashing a bright new smile! (and a new haircut that she is super excited about!)

Before:

After:

Needless to say, she is beside herself with excitement!  We celebrated tonight with a fun dinner:

popcorn

corn on the cob

almonds

cheetos

doritos

celery

carrots

milk duds

sticky candy

GUM!

Not so healthy, but fun!

Emma even made us place cards

Fun times!

Ali & Emma's New "Tween" Room

Like it or not, my girls are growing up.  We decided to redecorate Ali & Emma's room for them as part of their Christmas present this year.  We agreed to go with a light blue and brown theme.  Still trendy and girlie, but not pink.  (Emma is not a pink kind of girl and has had a pink room for 4 years now.)  They picked out the bedding.  They got to help paint the walls blue (I hope they enjoyed that because it will be YEARS before they touch a paint roller again!  I'm STILL finding blue paint on my floor.)  After the blue was done, the doors were closed and the rest was a surprise. 

Here are the before pics:

And the after . . .

They love it!  (And so do I!)

What I've been doing with my free time . . .

Yes, I could be uploading Christmas or New Year's pictures . . .   But no . . . we've been on break and I've been having fun with my knitting needles.  This week I made 2 hats (one to go with each coat) and I'm very excited about them.

Basketweave Hat
(to be worn with my black coat - matching scarf is in progress)

Okay . . . the pictures are definitely not fabulous.  The yarn looks like it's a burnt orange in this pictures, but it's actually a deep red.

Iain's Bubble Hat

To be worn with my pink and brown coat. 

I'm sure that I'll eventually get around to a matching scarf.

Now that I've wrapped these up, it's time to get to some school planning!  Only a week until we're back to real life! : )