It came APRON a MIDNIGHT clear

Since October the Fergy women have been making cute aprons for each of the holidays of the season.  I missed out of Halloween aprons, but joined in the fun for Thanksgiving aprons. 

(Sorry for the poor picture, I somehow lost my copy of this pic and had to steal it off my Sister-in-Laws blog.)

In the middle of November we thought we would be proactive and make our Christmas aprons early enough that we could enjoy them all season. For Christmas we ventured out and made a very cute but much more difficult apron.  We sewed, and sewed, and sewed until midnight. When most everyone, except for me, completed their aprons. My excuses 1. I got an hour delay in starting & 2. I am the most inexperienced in my sewing skills so I had to have lots of help. I , however, did finally learned how to make ruffles; my final sewing goal of the year!! 

Look at all the cute aprons that go made that night and in my case the next day: 

Charisse & Michelle

Amber x2 (the first apron is hers, the second is for Megan)

Mom & Me

Even Dave who is just a girl wanna-be joined in on apron making, unfortunately he has NO SKILLS so this  was the apron he could come up with.

Rockin' Around the House

When my brother was a new born, my Grandma&pa Hogan got him a little wooden rocking chair, it then was handed down to me when I was old enough to sit in it. I loved this chair, especially because the little feet of the rocker was attached to a little music box that played as you rocked back & forth. Since then, however,  the music box has fallen off, but still our children have come to love the little rocking chair.  Everyday, several times a day, Cami can either be seen laughing while nicely sitting & rocking or being naughty and standing in this chair to reach higher objects around it.

Afton's First

In the middle of November we celebrated our Afton's, our little niece's, 1st birthday. She was really excited for her party as you can see.

Phoebe was just really excited about these "Winnie and the Pooh" hats.  We have tried to tell her Winnie the Pooh is one person several times, but she insists that Winnie and Pooh should be 2 people.

Two Dates in One Day

In November Cory & Phoebe went on a double date with one of her BFFs, Cassie and her daddy to Disney on Ice.  I can not even tell you how excited Phoebe was for this, especially when she found out that she got to take the "train" to the show.  We have never taken Phoebs to anything special like this because she doesn't seem to stay still, but Cory said from the second the lights went out and Mickey stepped onto the eyes she was glued to her seat.

The show was broken up into 4 separate Disney segments. The first act was The Lion King.

The second act was The Little Mermaid.

The third act was Lilo & Stitch. This show didn't really excite Phoebe since we have never seen this show.

After the 3rd act it was intermission. Phoebe now can tell you what a Zamboni does. After watching the Zamboni clean the ice for a bit, Daddy treated Phoebe to some pretzel bits, something she now asks to have for lunch all the time.

The fourth & final act was Peter Pan.  Phoebe loved how the characters actually flew over the audience.

After Peter Pan, Mickey & Friends came out once again again to say goodbye.  Phoebe  thought it was funny how Goofy kept falling down & she has told me about it several times. After the show it was back to the train to come home.

After the show it was time for naps and that evening it was Mommy and Daddy's Date night. This month's theme: Drive-In. I have to say this turned out to be one of my most favorite dates all year. We started by putting the kids to bed and then giving the baby monitor to our neighbors for a couple minutes while ran to sonic.  

I chose this returant because you can order from your car like you were at an old fasion drive in. We then returned home and pulled in the garage where we laid down the seats in the back of the van, cozied up with blankets, ate our yummies and watched Oceans 13 on our laptop.  Once again we both fell asleep before the movie ended, but this was still one of my favorite dates because it took NO effort to put together& it was really something different while still being at home.  It was just fun to eat yummy food and cozy up with my hubby. I am just sorry I got no pictures of it , but oh well, this date will definitely be on the list to do again next year!  

Ya gotta watch 'em like a hawk...

What to you get when you have a toddler in the bath and two screaming babies??? A lot of bubbles!!!

Phoebe took my distraction time to open a new bottle of princess bubbles and dump it all in at one time.

Cami is our resident climber.  She climbs everywhere and get stuck in a lot of places too. She has even figured out the concept: if you're not tall enough, get something stand on.  

One of the places Cami has taken a liking to climb to and gets stuck on is Phoebe's bed and up until last week the only way she could get down in just fail herself off, she now has the whole climbing down thing so I don't just have to catch her before she tumbles down anymore.

Note the horns Cami constantly sports. These are the remnants of pig tails I put in her hair previously after she has ripped them out, this horn-due can last for days. Also, my child usually starts the day off with pants however many times she either takes them off during nap somehow or just crawls out of them during the day.

Thankful Turkey Time

Every November while Cory was growing up the Fergy clan always made a thankful turkey.  This tradition is now the 2nd year in making for our growing Fergy clan.  It is something Phoebe loves to do.  Phoebe got to  to trace her hand, cut paper and glue things together, all her favorites!

While we were busy making the turkey, the twins helped by finding the scrap paper on the floor and eating it, playing with and knocking the trash on the floor, and finally with some direction playing with some more safe sanitary toys.

The kids all love the thankful turkey and new everyday we write and drop in the thankful turkey one thing we are thankful for and then on Thanksgiving we will read them all over dinner.

Shutterfly Party

 

In the beginning of November I was lucky enough to be chosen to host another houseparty.com party, this time for Shutterfly. Unfortunately, many could not make it, but those who did had a fun time making their free 8x8 hardback books, 10 free cards& and putting together their own Christmas countdown.  We had plenty of food to snack on and plenty of laughs while my sister-in-law Amber tried to click her heels together something in spite of all her efforts still cannot do.  I hope to be a lucky host of another party soon & where more can join in on the fun too!!

These cute trike pictures are from when I was setting up for the party, Josh & Phoebe decided to play nicely together on Phoebe's new trike she received from grandma/pa Potts for her birthday.  At times they can be so cute together playing nicely, I just have to remind my self of that now and again