Rylie's 1st steps in the snow!

Armstrong & Palmer Christmases

At Grandma & Grandpa Armstrong's

With Uncle Bob
With Uncle Tom

Helping Aunt Amy hand out gifts.

Uncle Rob helping Rylie open gifts.

Cuddle on Uncle Bob

Jen & Sienna's friend Olivia (also Paul's goddaughter)

Christmas Eve before the children's Mass

Christmas Day with cousins Ashton & Makenna

Hard to get shot of all 4 cooperating

Catch up!!!

So some extremely busy wks & I haven't posted for awhile. Sorry Paul :( So this post is some pictures to catch up & then tomorrow I will try to post the Christmas pictures. The girls are often found sitting on the sides of the nightstand between Ry's crib & Sienna's bed.

I was upstairs putting laundry away & thinking it was way way too quite & they must be into something. I was pleasantly surprised to come down & find this :)
Getting Sienna's baby fine hair into a bun for her dance recital was not easy.

Pictures before the recital. Couldn't get video to upload.

Sienna made her own Advent wreath. And idea I got from the blog Catholic Icing.

The finished product.

Then I explained the advent wreath to her. Not sure how much she got, but yr after yr & it'll sink in eventually. Then we lit the appropriate candle at dinner every night & said a little prayer a friend sent me that is great for children. "Loving Jesus, we are getting ready for your birthday. Come into our hearts and give us you love, your light, and your salvation."


These are an angel craft I had the girls send with their Christmas gift to Paul. I did Rylie's as Sienna copied what I did. Other than painting Sienna's hand & doing the halo, she did it all herself. And she did the stars on Rylie's too.

Eval from Sienna's school

Evaluation from Sienna's school that identifies their strongest ability. This will not be a surprise to anyone who knows her. As her teacher said, "The words seem to just flow out of her effortlessly."

Your child has exceptional linguistic ability.

Your child can hear things and remember them easily. They are often advanced readers and learn to talk quickly. They enjoy telling stories. They learn other languages easily. They can generalize how their language is put together in written and spoken form readily.

Some good activities for your child are as follows:

Word games such as scrabble, crossword puzzles, anagrams, spelling games and most of all, reading. Your child will probably start writing at a young age, so have plenty of pencils, crayons, and paper handy.

Sienna's Dance Rehearsal

She's in the front 3rd from the left.

Daddy's video

So Paul made a video of him reading stories to the girls & then we got the DVD & the books he read in the mail. So the first time they watched it after a few minutes Sienna said, "Daddy I wuv you." Then after a few more seconds, "DADDY I SAID I WUV YOU!" A few more seconds, "Mommy! Daddy's not talking to me!"

5 Fat Chickens

Poo Poo

So cute, when Rylie had a dirty diaper she pats her bottom and says, "poo poo." She's been consistently doing this for a couple weeks now. And once even said it before she went. Nothing for going pee yet.

Sienna's excuses

Sienna is standing with her blankie right next to her bed.
Me: "Ok Sienna you need to get into the bed now."
Sienna: "I can't."
Me: "Why not?"
Sienna: "Because I'm too tired."
Too tired to get into the bed when you're standing right next to it?????

Goodbye Daddy :(

So we just got back from seeing Paul & the guys off :( It's always sad, but what made it more sad this time is that tonight Sienna realized for the first time how long he was going to be gone. When he was telling her bye he said, "The next time I see you you'll be 4." She said, Uh! That's a long time!......then whiny voice & starting to cry....."You'll miss my birthday......but I want you here for my birthday." We didn't tell her that when he comes back next time it'll only be for 2 weeks & then he'll be gone for several months again.

Then tonight after I finished rubbing her back & went to leave her room she said, "Don't go!" Me: "Why?" Sienna: "Cause I will cry." Me: "Why?" Sienna: "Cause I want my daddy." It's definitely gonna be harder on Sienna this time.

Was hoping to get the pictures of our trip to Maui & Lanai up before these of him getting ready to leave, but his last week here has been busy & I haven't got to it. I will hopefully be posting those before Thursday.

Rylie floating

Spinning on the swing.

Finally Halloween Pictures

Painting their pumpkins.

Daddy had to show Rylie what to do.

When Sienna was done she decided to take over Rylie's.

All I got was blank stares.

After about 10 shots I finally got some expression.

Rylie still hates the hat.

Now getting very upset.

Ok. A witch without a hat.

Paul's Pumpkin

My Pumpkin

Ponytails & Halloween Art

Rylie wears ponytails for the 1st time :)

Sienna wanted a picture too.
View from the back.

The art we did for Halloween. Well I did Rylie's while she watched & while Sienna copied what I did.

MOMS Club Halloween Party today.

Little Red Ridding Hood. Her choice, which was surprising. Was sure she'd pick a Disney princess, but am happy she picked something different.

An unhappy witch cause I tried to make her wear the hat. She hates anything on her head.

Just finished decorating their ghost cookies.

Rylie digging in face first.

Even frosting up the nose.

Just showing all the curls in the back, since she doesn't have much hair in the front you don't see them in pictures. I hope she keeps the curls, I love them.