You can never have too many Pretty Ponies...

Merry Christmas!

What a GREAT day!  The girls woke up early, which wasn't great, but they were great the entire day.  It was nice and relaxing not having to run all over the place and we were home in time to clean the house up and get things put away, which in years past has had to wait until the next day.

The girls BIG gift was a dollhouse that I spruced up a bit.  It took a LONG time but the girls absolutely love it, some railings bit the dust and we'll put those back on within the next few weeks.  I think it will keep them busy for a long long time.

The most amazing part of the day was when Lydia, out of the blue, told us it was Jesus' birthday...what a smart little girl! 

Twas the night before Christmas...

when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.....

Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"

The Crowe girls turn a year older!

Felicity turned 3 on Friday and Lydia turns 2 on January 2nd, so we decided to do a joint party and invite some friends for swimming at Crawdaddy Cove in the Holiday Inn.  We weren't quite sure what to expect since we've never done the whole party thing but it turned out great!!!!   

Christmas picture outtakes

Please tell me it gets easier as they get older trying to get them both to smile at the same time?  These are some of the pictures we got while trying to get one decent one for the Christmas card.

My dad

What a great guy!  Check it out: http://www.madison.com/wsj/media/tree/index.html

Bunk beds!

The girls new beds arrived on Friday afternoon.  Our friend from church, Aaron, custom made them in two weeks!  Totally amazing!!!  The girls really like them...and mommy likes how the ladder can come off so during the day we don't have a bunch of monkeys jumping on the bed.  

Check out the rest of Aaron's work at http://www.rcfaw.com