Football Game

The girls got to go to their first Auburn football game on Saturday.  It was Auburn's Homecoming so we went in hopes of getting free tickets.  It took us thru first quarter to get tickets, but it worked out great because alot of the people around us left at halftime, so we had plenty of room to enjoy watching the game after that.

We parked off campus and rode the bus to the stadium.  Emily was super excited to ride the bus:

 At first, the girls and I stayed near the stadium while Joe walked around trying to get tickets . . .

 

but he wasn't having any luck.  I told him he needed to walk around with the girls because people would be more likely to offer tickets to someone trying to get kids in to see a game.  So we tried that for a while and Joe even changed to holding up 2 fingers for he and Emily to go.  About the time we decided to give up, a guy walked up to Joe and gave him 2 tickets and said enjoy the game.  So Abigail and I started walking towards a deli to get a sandwich and as Joe and Emily were walking towards the stadium, a young guy and his girlfriend gave Joe 2 more tickets to get in.  So we all got to go!

 Cutie Patootie!!!!!!

 Pretty good seats . . .

 Abigail enjoyed crawling around on the bleachers . . .

 It took Emily a while to get comfortable with us being up high.  She has inherited her dad's fear of heights so after she excitedly walked up the steps to our seats  . . . she wasn't too happy when she turned around and saw the vastness of the stadium.  So I had to hold her tight for a while.  She got better after watching the band and by 4th quarter she was sitting next to us shaking her shaker and yelling Go Auburn Tigers over and over.  I knew if we gave her enough time she would get comfortable.  It just takes her a while.  Having the extra room once several people left helped a lot.

 Emily enjoyed looking for Aubie so we got this picture of him when he came to our side of the stadium:

 When we were leaving we ran into my sister's family!  We found out that Nathan had managed to get 13 free tickets BEFORE the game started to get his extended family in . . . so Joe and I decided we were walking around with him the next time we want to get into a game : )

 After the game we went to the new Arena.  They had a display of Aubie:

 and the 2010 Championship rings . . .

  . . . . the beautiful Championship trophy:

 and the He|sman trophy:

 We spent the evening with Grandma and then enjoyed going to Homecoming at the church where we used to attend . . .

A very fun weekend!

Party Girls!

Yesterday the girls had their Thanksgiving parties at school. 

They sang some songs for us and then recited Psalm 23:

Abigail with her party friends.  Of course when I got in there she only wanted me to hold her and wouldn't go sit back down . . . that's my Abigail. 

 The teacher said they had a song for us, so I peeled Abigail off of me and told her I wanted to hear her sing with her class.  She plastered herself up against the wall with a frown on her face and when they started singing she puckered up her lip and then started crying . . . .crazy nut!

So I took her to Emily's class with me and she enjoyed playing with the big kids:

I'm going to have to hide during the Christmas program in the hopes that Abigail will actually sing and not cry thru her classes songs : )

Dance Class

Today the parents got to sit in on Emily's dance class:

 Abigail did a great job watching:

As the hour went on she got out of her chair and tried to follow along with what the class was doing, so the teacher asked her to join in on the stretching exercises:

This is what participating in dance class will do to a 2 year old who skipped her nap today:

We enjoyed getting to watch Emily's class today!

This weekend my friends Bonnie and Rita came for a visit.  Friday night we enjoyed a dinner out with just the girls and Saturday enjoyed visiting together.  Thanks girls for the visit!

New Bears

Yesterday we took the girls for a special treat.  I've always wanted to take them to the Build a Be@r place but didn't want to go on the weekend.  Joe had off work yesterday and I found a coupon on the internet so off we went!  Emily enjoyed it more than Abigail (which we figured) but it was still fun to watch both of them pick out their bears:

 You had to pick out a heart for your bear:

 Then you placed the heart inside the bear and then it was stuffed:

 Then you took your bear to the cleaning station to wash them:

 And then you filled out the information for their birth certificate.  Emily filled hers out herself.  She named her bear Anna.  I asked Abigail what she wanted to name her bear and all I could get out of her was letters from the alphabet.  So we named her "Bea" since the letter B seemed to be her letter of choice yesterday:

 Emily wanted to pick out some clothes for her bear so Abigail and I went to look at some shoes while Joe and Emily picked out an outfit for Anna.  Here are the girls before bed last night:

Emily wants to go back during her birthday to pick out some shoes for her bear : )

Trick or Treat

The girls had a blast trick or treating last night.  Here we are about to head out:

 Meeting up with friends . . .

 Once they all got started it was hard for Abigail to keep up:

 She gave it a great effort but then Joe and I decided to split up and one of us keep up with Emily while the other helped Abigail go at her own pace:

Every now and again we would pick her up and jog to catch up with the rest of the clan.  By the end of the evening Joe and I had our workout.

The girls picked out some candy at home and Emily enjoyed passing out candy to the kids that came by our house:

A successful evening!  This morning Emily asked me if she could have a piece of candy before breakfast : )