Enjoying the new year!

The last 2 weeks have been so wonderful! Alyssa & Blakely went to my mom's on New Year's Day and stayed for 5 days. This is the 1st time I've been away from Blakely, so needless to say, it wasn't easy leaving her. However, I needed the break, and it was good for them, too. I knew she was in great hands with my mom and sister, so I didn't really worry. Blakely did just fine. The only trouble Mom had was getting her to go down for her nap on the first day. She cried and asked for "Syssa" a couple of times, but that was all. Alyssa also had to adjust to sharing her Nanna with Blakely. She was fine, too, after being reassured that Nanna has plenty of love in her heart for both of her grandaughters.

Chris and I really enjoyed our time together without the kiddos. We went to grab breakfast and shopped at Target on Saturday...it was so nice just to take our time without chasing kids or having to worry about getting back to them. On Sunday, we went to lunch at Macaroni Grill and to see the movie "The Blind Side." It was so good! Definitely one we will buy! Monday when Chris went back to work, I got busy giving the house a deep cleaning and was excited about the fact that it would stay that way for a couple of days! On Tuesday, Joanna asked me to go to Fayetteville with her to do a little shopping and to go to the Razorback vs. Texas game that night. It's been years since I've been to a Razorback basketball game, so it was fun to go...especially since we were playing Texas. I expected them to crush us, but the Hogs played a really good game until the last 5 minutes when they seemed to just give up. But besides the loss, I had a great time with Joanna! We always have fun together, so add shopping at Mason's and some Razorback sports in there, and it's a guaranteed good time!

After the girls got home, a STRONG cold front came into the state. High's have barely been reaching the 20s over the last few days! Since it's been way too cold for the girls to play outside, we've been doing a lot of coloring, watching movies, and baking cookies!!!

Silly girls!!!

This is what Blakely did one day while Alyssa and I made peanut butter/chocolate kiss cookies. She was reading to her babies and watching Elmo!

Unwrapping kisses! Alyssa pretty much made these cookies by herself with only minimum supervision! She's so grown up!

Blakely's first pigtails!!! She would NOT be still for me!!! That's why she looks a little like Pippi Longstocking! Ha! Her hair still needs to grow a bit more before we can do this again!

Decorating sugar cookies! She had so much fun frosting and adding sprinkles!

Blakely really enjoyed them too!