Chloe's grocery list

What does a 5 year old put on her grocery list?

waffles milk
blueberries
drumsticks
bread
pesto
drink yogurt
spaghetti sauce

Letters to Santa

Letters to Santa. (aka Mom's shopping list)






Note that Sam requested one of the presents for his Dad- a Wii game, of course.


We visited Santa in WI. Chloe was very shy and a little concerned that Santa wouldn't know what she wanted for Christmas since she didn't speak to him.


Sam and Jackson didn't have any problem talking Santa's ear off. The photographer told me I could only take one photo! I took ten and Jeff took video.


Here are letters to Santa- to leave next to the plate of cookies and milk.


See the snail- that's in case Santa is a fan of the game Plants Vs Zombies.


Sam wrote all of this on his own!


Chloe wrote this in the style of those people who write one long sentence email- with no punctuation.

We had an early Christmas in Seattle before heading to the tundra (Wisconsin) for real Christmas. These are the toys that were too big or messy to bring.




Doesn't every little boy want to excavate a set of dinosaur bones out of a hunk of plaster? Just like a real paleontologist...



Sam hard at work





The next morning, the great dig continues.





Jackson continues. See the T-Rex in the front.




Meanwhile, Chloe creates her pastry Easy Bake masterpieces in the kitchen.



Cookies and cakes



Finally... The wooly mammoth is completed.

Chloe's ice skates

Inspired by her new book, Chloe decides to make her own ice skates.





You just take some ballet slippers and a few crayons...




Add a little tape....




Voilà! New ice skates.




Frustrated by the ice skates' performance, she decides to roller skate instead. And if course, a costume change is in order.

First blog from phone

It would be cool if this works.


The first snowflakes begin to fall. Time to put in our snow gear.




Sam




Me, Anna (Chloe's friend from school) and Chloe




Jackson

Halloween

1. Here's a photo from Sam's 1st grade class. Sam is on the left. He was originaly going to be Darth Vador, but then decided it wasn't cool to be the same thing two years in a row, so he made his own Batman mask from paper and he's wearing it in this photo.
















2. This is Chloe's friend, Delia. She came to our Halloween party dressed as a vampire, but then she and Chloe decided to try on the dress up clothes, so now she's a vampire bride.

3. Here's Traci and Chloe. Chloe's original costume was a scary bee- which included a bee costume with green face paint and red painted hair. But then after she wore it to one party, she decided she needed a new costume, so she's got on one of her princess dresses for our party.

4. Here's Jeff in his home-made pirate hat. This hat was one of the costumes for his very elaborate treasure hunt.

making cookies

Chloe loves to bake- especially cookies!

Here's what happens when I tell Chloe that we have to put the cookie dough in the oven and cook it before we eat any more of it.

Here's what happens about 30 minutes after Chloe eats cookie dough.