Amira's 3rd Birthday at Home!

Amira woke up to decorations and balloons on her birthday. I luv birthdays!

Here she is opening her box from one Grandma and then listening to a musical card from another Grandma. Check out the princess slippers and crown that were in the box! The priority mail sticker was a big hit too.

I really enjoy these days when the small things make their day. I hope these days last a LONG time!

Riding with the windows down!

It was about 70 degrees here today so we rode with the windows down. Amanda was having sooooooooo much fun I HAD to take some pics and videos!

Amira FINALLY received a STICKER!!

Ms. Nicole has started giving out stickers at day care for the days when the kids behave well. Monday she didn't get one for telling a story. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday she had to be told to do something more than twice. But Hallelujah on FRIDAY she pulled it off!!! I was gettin a little concerned that I had the "bad" child at day care:)

We made a BIG deal about this doggone sticker.....we danced and sang all the way home in the car and talked about it over dinner and then she got two treats after dinner......a peppermint stick and some fruit chews!! She went to bed HAPPY on FRIDAY!!

We hope she can get more than one sticker next week.

Amanda's First Time with Bows to Bounce!

This is the first time I put Amanda's hair in "pony tails" so she had never had bows to bounce when she hopped. She was really excited about having her "big girl" hair do.

Thanks Grandma for the matching dresses:)

Amira and Amanda's First REAL Snow!

We got snow in NC on inauguration day so we all ended up at home playing in the snow. Here are some pictures from that day/evening.


Here is our silly dog Annie letting the girls bury her in the snow.

Then Amira proceeded to try to bury her Daddy in snow.

THE MAKING OF THE SNOWMAN!
HERE IS THE FINAL PRODUCT! TOO BAD HE DIDN'T HAVE A HAT!

Amira's shout!

Here is Amira clowning around like she's shoutin'. It's not one of her "for real" shouts but it's funny anyhow. She stops at the end and tells her Daddy he needs to go get some "instruments" which means the tambourine:)

Ring around the Rosie with strollers

Opening Gifts on Christmas Morning at Grandma Leggett's house

Unfortunately, I didn't get many pictures on Christmas day. Here are the few pics I took and some videos. The girls have on their boots with their pjs but it's Christmas Day and they didn't have houseshoes. I thought it was a cute lil get up myself (although I'm slightly biased:)

Amira luvs puzzles!

Here is a video of Amanda praisin da Lord for her Elmo.....hilarious!!!

My Amira wanted to be so mean to Elmo for some reason?!?!

Memphis Zoo Trip

Here are some pictures from our trip to the zoo while we were in Memphis. Aunt Salama joined us on our excursion.

Lots of pics went into your Christmas card! Merry Christmas!

Here are some pictures of the girls during my efforts to get some pictures for a Christmas card. The last three are the award winning shots most of you saw on the Christmas card.

Click here to see the scrub pics that did not make the cut!

Amira's FIRST Dance Performance!

Here is the big performance that they talked about for weeks before it came. Amira is on the left side of the screen.

You can see it here in small but better quality or click here for a larger but less quality view.




A BIG Thanks to Ms. Nicole for working with them and teaching them the dance!!! They did AWESOME!!

THE DANCERS!

Photo Shoot at the House today

Thanksgiving in Miami

Amira and Jasmine in Memphis

Here are some pictures of Amira and her cousin Jasmine when we visited Memphis a few weeks ago.

Amira's Ribbon Dance Class

Here we are headed to class:


Amira got a lil frustrated in class since some of the girls wouldn't pay attention and the teacher had to stop and give more instructions.

You can tell from these videos that although this is a 2 year old class she is ready for the next level class. Come on Ms. Natarsha!!