Fun at the zoo

Back before we had Lydia we made a trip to VA for the weekend. While we were there we went to the zoo and these are some of the pics I took.:)

Sparkle the Elf

Day 1--Meet sparkle 

She is a crazy little elf that comes every year in Dec to watch over the kids. Then she reports back to Santa to let him know if they have been naughty or nice. She first showed up at our house last year and the boys loved her. Even tho she is suppose to stay in her shelf she likes to get into trouble. 

Keep watching to see what else this naughty little elf gets into. ;)

Day 2---And it looks like sparkle was the winner!!! Yay!!! Sorry caption maybe next time.  

Day 3---Watching Eli's fish 

Day 4--She made a zip line last night going from the fan to the window.   

Day 5--Well now we know why she was watching the fish. She was trying to choose which fish she wanted.

Day 6 -- It would seem that Sparkle is wanting to be stingy with the milk 

Day 7--  Sparkle does not know how to wrap gifts -_-

Day 8--- sparkle is sick :( poor girl hopes she feels better tomorrow.

Oh Christmas Tree

Every year either Thankgivings night or the night after we put up our Christmas tree. Mom, Nita and I put up the tree itself   And fluff out the branches. After we get the tree up everyone helps put on the ornaments. We have a few very special ornaments that have to go on the tree plus some plastic ones that Eli and Lyd get to help with. Putting the tree up together helps everyone get into the Christmas mood. I just loves watching Lyd's face light up when we turned the lights on.

After Christmas everyone will pick out one new ornament to add to the tree next year. Doing this is just one of our traditions. What are some traditions that you and your family do?

Our nut cracker waiting to save his ballerina.

The ever dancing ballerina

Nita's beautiful humming bird.

My newest little dancer

Thanksgiving supper

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We spent lunch with Josh's family and supper with mine. After supper we're gonna watch a movie, play some games and put up our Christmas Tree 

Halloween night