Happy Halloween!!

The Sears family had a fun fun fun Halloween! First we went to our neighbors house for a kiddo filled party. Then we headed out for some trick-or-treating. It got cold and windy really fast so Meggie and I headed home leaving Chris and Ellie for some more Halloween fun.

Chris was a vampire gorilla, Ellie was Thumbelina and Meggie was a princes. Meggie was suppose to be a monkey but she refused to put on the costume so we had to improvise.

Sami the pirate, Ella the bumble bee, Angela the cat and Roman the train conductor!

  

Baby Dejah with her parents, Jessica and Davin.

Meggie enjoying her Halloween cupcake.

More Halloween cupcake!

We hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween! We sure did and now we are all tired and ready for bed (well... Mom and Dad are anyway!).

Silly Girls!

I have to admit, I don't remember what we were doing when the girls and I took these pictures, but they are still silly!

  

Papa, This One's For You!!

We just finished carving our three pumpkins. Ellie narrates the back story from the perspective of her pumpkin, named "Ellie". She explains how the "Daddy" pumpkin ruined the earth and has some killer tendencies. Meggie mostly stays behind the scenes, but does add some scary sound effects and later does a little camera work before her sister takes over. Happy Halloween everyone!

Meggie and Ellie's Sunday Recap for 10/18/2009

Meggie and Ellie make a quick web cam video about our Sunday trip up to the apple orchard in North Georgia. Marti was doing a photo shoot for a friend there so we decided to make it a family outing. Aside from some Google Maps problems, it was a fun little trip. Daddy took the girls to the petting farm/zoo, we saw them shooting apples from an air-powered apple cannon (pumpkin chunkin-style), and the girls helped pick 39 apples.

Meggie Playing in the Kitchen with Daddy

Meggie and Daddy are playing in the kitchen. Meggie is very interested in the camera, wanting to watch the screen instead of being recorded. We talk about animal sounds, we say hello to all our grandparents, we mess with the cat, and we play with a rubiks cube and a hula hop. If you listen carefully, you'll hear Meggie say "nilk", "see you later", "button" and "collar" (which i think she just learned on the spot). The best part of the video is Meggie's camera work.

Ellie Video Interview for 10/11/09

Ellie tries to explain that we went to Stone Mountain Park today. We "hiked" to the top of the mountain and then back down, all without Ellie needing to be carried. We saw the red and blue skylift cars going up and down the mountain. After our hike, we went to the playground. Later, we went to QuikTrip for sodas. Mommy and Meggie are in Columbia this weekend, so Ellie and Daddy holding down the fort.

Rainy Weekend

Another rainy weekend in Atlanta. Ellie helped me pick tomatoes off the vine after the abundance of rain helped ripen them. We have spent a lot of time inside, enjoying each other and a chance to relax. That said, I would like to see the sun again!

 

Day at the Zoo!

Chris took us girls for a fun morning at the zoo. The weather was beautiful and the girls enjoyed seeing the animals.

There is a new Parakeet house. You can feed the parakeets with little sticks of seeds. It was really neat to be able to see the birds up close.

The Museum School of Avondale Estates

Chris has been working hard with a group of local parents to get a charter school approved in Avondale. Today was a fund raiser for the school. It was at the local Waffle House Museum (Waffle House originated in Avondale Estates, who knew?) and included a children's musician, Elvis impersonator, hot dogs and lots of drinks. We had a great time. We got a tour of an old fashioned Waffle House lead by local kids.

Ellie in her Waffle House hat on the tour.

Meggie in her hat, she was SUPER cute!

Meggie found a friend to wave at through the glass.

Ellie enjoyed the hot dog and chips, what else does a girl need to be happy?

Ellie Turns 4!!

It is hard to believe that my little baby is 4! It really seems like we just brought her home from the hospital. We celebrated with a family birthday party (and noodles) on Tuesday. Today we had a party with two of her friends from school. We had pizza, painted faces and make necklaces. It was a fun time, Ellie enjoyed her first birthday celebration with friends!

Ellie had a Barbie cake (or cupcakes).

Ellie and her cute friends from school!

I Heart Faces: My Favorite Face Photo

The category this week is "My Favorite Face Photo." I love the photograph below because it is me and my baby girl. I took it in the mirror on Saturday when we were playing together. Her happy, chubby little face is one of my favorites.





I am submitting this photo into the www.iheartfaces.com Blurb Book photo contest. I am granting I ♥ Faces permission to use my photo in a printed version of a book for commercial use and possibly advertising of a photo book on both the Blurb and I ♥ Faces web sites.

A Mama, A Baby and The Camera

I often lament that we do not have many pictures of me and the girls. I am usually behind the camera, not in front of it. Today Meggie and I had some time at home all alone so I went to see if we could get some mirror-assisted images. I thought some of these came out pretty darn cute.

Me showing Meggie how to push the shutter button.

 

My sweet baby checking things out.

Another sweet baby girl moment.

This may be one of my most favorite pictures ever! I LOVE it so so much! 

Meggie and Her Cupcake

We had dinner with some friends, Avi, Allison and Baby Devan on Thursday night. Allison totally spoils the girls and always has cupcakes for them. Here is Meggie, post cupcake! She had it everywhere (ears, eyes, hair, etc.).  But, boy did she like it!

Soccer Saturday!

We started off our weekend with a soccer game for Ellie.

In classic Ellie fashion she was interested for the first 15 minutes then decided a warm blanket was more fun.

Go Stingrays!

Ellie and her cute friend Luke decided that playing on a muddy hill was much more fun than playing in the game!

Ellie is so silly!

And super cute!

Maybe next weekend she will play....maybe not!