A "Great" Time

This evening, Zoe came in from swimming class and I asked her if she had fun. She said she had a great time. She let go of her bar-bell & the lifeguard had to jump in.

Hmmm...A great time when she had to be rescued by the lifeguard. This apparently also involved filling out some paperwork on Tony's part, as anytime a lifeguard gets wet they have to file an incident report. Apparently, I missed an exciting swim class...

Shannon & Emily Come & Visit

Shannon & Emily stayed with us Saturday - Tuesday. The girls had a great time playing together & we even went and saw the Veggie Tales movie: Pirates who don't do anything.

They are seen here wearing their new matching PJ's, enjoying some candy hearts that Kathy sent for them & getting ready to watch the mermaid Barbie movie.

Splash Universe

To "celebrate" MLK Jr. Day, we went to Splash Universe. Zoe had a great time!!

Salon Mère

This evening Zoe went to the exclusive Salon Mère to have her hair cut...

Not too bad for my 1st hair cut - plus the price was right...

Bluffton Christmas Parade

Waiting for the parade to start...brrrr!!

No parade is complete without a Buckeye "float" with an inflatable Brutus.

Santa & Mrs. Claus on the fire truck.

Cookie Day

Over 100 dozen cookies...

Go Bucks!!

Today, Ohio State defeated Michigan & Zoe apparently picked up a few things from the cheerleaders...

Tea Anyone...

Zoe decided to host a tea party today using her princess dixie cups. She is expecting 24 very skinny people (& yes, each cup has "tea" in it).

OSU-Illinois

Tony & I went to the disappointing Ohio State & Illinois football game today. It was cold & sad...darn that Juice Williams...

Zoe's New Dress

My mom made this cute dress for Zoe...

A little bit of drama...

This evening Tony & Zoe had a disagreement over a sweater.

At dinner, the conversation went like this:

Zoe: "Daddy hurt my feelings."

Me: "What did he do to hurt your feelings?"

Zoe: "He broke my heart."

Her 1st broken heart -- at only 3 1/2 -- over a sweater

Trick-or-Treat

Sleeping Beauty (with a Cinderella necklace & Tinkerbell wand)

Trick-or-Treating with 2 cool cats (Emma & Mary)

Zoe's & Her Loot
(you tend to get lots of candy when you just keep taking pieces when someone offers you the bowl - Zoe would take about four pieces instead of just one)

OSU-Penn St Game

Tony & Lew travelled to Penn St this weekend for the football game. Go Bucks!!

Halloween Ballet

At ballet this week, the girls dressed up in their Halloween costumes. (Apparently, Zoe's tights were a little small) Sorry for the bad camera work - I was laughing...

Halloween Tap

Carving Pumpkins

This evening while Uncle Ben was staying with us for a night, we picked pumpkins, carved & lit them.

Happy Birthday Emily!!

Uncle Tony also helped celebrate Emily's birthday this weekend.

Check out the cool mermaid cake...

OSU - MSU game

While in Columbus for recruiting, Tony just happened to attend the Ohio State - Michigan State game. Through a friend of Jason's, he was able to get a great seat...Go Bucks!!

Ford Recruiting

While recruiting for Ford at Ohio State, Tony & his group met, OSU president Gordon Gee.

"These are my new sisters!" (Zoe)

This morning, we went to Jungle Java so the girls could run around and have some fun. While I was signing in, Zoe told the person at the counter, "These are my new sisters." I just had to laugh. Zoe is having a great time with 2 little people to play with all of the time.

"These are very tasty!" (Shannon)

Sunday night, we made cupcakes to celebrate Shannon & Emily's visit. The girls each got to decorate 4 cupcakes (1 for each day they were here).