New Year's Eve

NEW YEAR'S EVE =party at our house!

Taylee was in charge of the kiddo entertainment for the evening. I helped her come up with an activity for every hour, counting down to midnight.
She decorated the bags with the time and the New Year's Time Square ball dropping each hour.

First activity: cupcake decorating!

It was fun to have the Clawson's visiting for the week.

Maliah thinks that frosting is yummy.

Kyrick and Treyson concentrating on some serious decorating.

Audrey and Abree

Katelyn

Maliah, Micaela and Taylee

Jackson doing some sprinkles.

Daisylyn having some snacks.

Lots of family, lots of snacks, lots of celebrating.

Sterling

Levi

Let's get a cousin picture... ya, right.

Took several, but never managed to get everyone looking the same way..at the same time. :)

Da boys.

Levi says "Get me out of here!"

These 3 little cousins were like popcorn bouncing up and down and all around.

Atleast one is looking at the camera.

Ahhh.. Sydney and Maliah.

One of the activities Taylee had planned was a "photo booth" with dress-up props. She took pictures of all the cousins dressed up and looking silly. Here are a few...

Abree

Micaela

Katelyn

Micaela???

Audrey

Abree? and Kyrick

Cool Ky

Micaela...again?

Some other activities included; dancing with the strobe light, playing games and making shaker noise makers to welcome in the new year.

Tyrel brought fireworks, that were lit as the new year came in.

HAPPY 2012!

Nice Combo!

There's a phrase we use around our house... it first came about when Rylee was little and was becoming more independent and started dressing herself.

She came up with some doozies!

Instead of saying, "That looks funny" or "Try again" or "You don't match", we came up with the phrase, "Nice combo". It basically means, "That looks funny", "Try again" and "You don't match", but maybe a degree nicer... or at least a little more light-hearted.

During RED RIBBON week at the middle school, they had several dress-up days. One of these days was what Taylee referred to as, "Mis-matched" day.

Taylee went all out. I'm guessing she could have won a prize with her combo!

Button-up shirt with a lacy vest, sports shorts and leggins, boots and dress shoe footwear, scarf around her neck and mis-matched ribbons in her hair.

Nice combo Taylee!!!

After school, she informed me that it was actually "mix and match" day.... but basically the same thing as "mis-matched" day in her book.
Another day of the week was "Celebrity Day". She dressed up as Napoleon Dynamite.

Check out those boots. Aren't they awesome?!

Jason and I are impressed with her bravery and desire to dress-up and be so unique... at middle school!

Go Taylee!

Summer Crazies

Look what happens when kids get bored over summer break. . . . . .

They get a little crazy with the dress-up. (Notice the handcuffs...hmmm.)
I think this may be called the Tongan look?

Taylee and Treyson kept telling Abree, "You have the hat on backwards, that's why the hair is in your face." She didn't care. I think that was a planned part of the look.

Slightly sad note: This all took place the first week they were out of school. Oh boy, we may be in for a LONG summer break!