masterpiece

here is aftie's final unicorn drawing!!!

she worked so hard and it is beautiful!

what a difference a week makes

 

 here are two silly girls who love to dress alike

on the trampoline last week

 ella is spotting miss lil on a backbend

 and here she is with miss mol

just this morning!

who says you can't jump on the trampoline

in the snow?

Happy Snow Day #2!

this oughtta sum it all up

 when you become a heim middle student,

it's very important to decorate your friends locker when it's their birthday. 

we learned that from afton a few years ago.

this was ella's first locker decorating for her friend molly.

aren't these the cutest girls? 

they've been friends since kindergarten!

 my wonderful friend, Cynthia invited me to make fairy books with her.

she set this whole display up with fun tools to work with!

we've been slowly but surely working away and having so much fun!

 afton has been taking art lessons from our friend, Mallory

who is a senior in high school and is a fantastic artist.

she comes to our house once a week and works with aftie on a project.

this is the first one they've done.

the photo above only shows the beginning stages.

afton's learned all about shading

and has made a trip or two to the art store for her own professional supplies!

 miss belle had her 3rd set of tubes removed a few weeks ago!

here she is in recovery.

that can of sierra mist woke her right up!

 the girls had a fun Friday night with

friends and trampoline-ing!

they have both made such good friends.

we love them and love having them over to play!

 here's ella and princess, our houseguest.

princess belongs to our friends, who were out of town for a week.

she is a hypo-allergenic yorkie

and the cutest dog in the world!

we were so sad to see her go home to her real family!

 in other news...

we made ella into a rodeo queen for Halloween

this horse applique turned into an amazing belt buckle.

at least I thought it was amazing.

lil and elle weren't nearly as excited about it as I was.

 I think it made the outfit,

and obviously the judges did too,

because

ella and Lillian won best group contest at the middle school Halloween party!

 

 afton's feet were cold one night,

so she solved the problem by using hair ties to enclose her little paws.

 not only can she warm her feet-

she is learning to tickle the ivories!

 and look!

ella learned to unload the dishwasher

 we went to glen park one day and took pictures.

this was a cute one.

 when ryan was out of town last week

I took pictures of the girls waking up

and being mad at me

just so he wouldn't miss us too much

 we partied with our neighbors on Halloween!

they are so fun!

afton trick or treated for

3 hours

with friends and then went to a fun friend party til midnight.

it was sorta hard for ryan to stay awake til she got home.

I think I fell asleep around 10.

 the other day the girls had school off.

so we made a day of it!

nail salon, brunch, shopping.

heaven on earth.

 my friend molly wanted to see if you could really win things on the radio.

so she texted the number they said.

and she won!

she shared her winnings because she's such a nice friend.

we got to go to a special lunch and mini concert with

Ingrid michaelson!

I'm laughing in this picture because

Carolyn

was hoping Ingrid would come home with her

and be her best friend.