Farewell to Libby Lu

Lindsey, Dylan, Kaleigh, Christina, Jordan, and Ellie at Libby Lu... The before shot. This was Ellie's first and last trip to Libby Lu. For those of you that don't know, Libby Lu was a store in the mall that did makeup and hair for girls and sold lots of fun girlie girl items. Unfortunately the store is owned by Sacs, which due to the bad economy is closing down. Therefore... Goodbye Libby Lu! Ellie's cousin Kaleigh has always wanted to take Ellie to get makeovers done together, but I thought we would wait until maybe Ellie was old enough to remember the experience. Then we found out that they would be closing and we just had to go. Meghan set up a fairwell to Libby Lu party and asked two of Kaleigh's friends to come and bring their little sisters who are friends with Ellie. This is the before photo of the girls... Ellie dosen't get whats going on yet.... she doesn't look very amused, does she?

Ellie's frown has miraculously turned upside down! She's starting to get whats going on. They let the girls dress up. They chose to be sparkly.

Here the girls are picking out their hairdo.

Ellie loves to get here nails painted.

Here goes the makeup....

Now the hair... Look at that Smile. She is in heaven.

Ellie kept making these really funny faces.... I like to call them her "I feel so pretty" face.

After finishing their hair the girls got fairy dust sprinkled in their hair so that they could make a wish.

This is how the finished do looked. Dosen't Kaleigh's hair look beautiful?

Kaleigh and her friend Lindsey admiring their new look.

Ellie and Kaleigh... The joy in their faces... This is what made the whole trip worth it.

My little Superstar!

The finished look. It is so much fun to have a girlie girl who loves to dressup and paint her nails. They got to take the makeup they put on home with them. Ellie loves it, plus I don't have to chase her away from mine anymore. Ellie also got fairy wings, a wand, and her very own fairy dust. She loves it all. I had so much fun watching the girls... they were all just so happy.

Too Much Fun, Not Enough Sleep

Yes, that is a purse on her head. I guess this is what happens when you are sleep deprived and only four years old.

New Year's Eve

What makes celebrating the New Year so fun? Playing a good game with family and eating yummy food. This year we went to my Parent's house to bring in the New Year. We had lots of fun things to eat, such as, pizza, meatballs, spinach dip, taquitos, guacamole, and root beer floats. The adults enjoyed a couple rounds of Carcassonne. My cousin Katrina and I were a team and successfully kicked everyone's booty the first time around. However, Brian made it in time for the second game and well.... he ended up the winner.

This is the board during our second game. My people are the green ones. Carcassonne is a really fun game to play. It got pretty cutthroat at times. Who knew my family could play so dirty! It was tons of fun. Yay for Meghan and Danny for owning such a cool game!

Yes... I let Tanner stay up the whole time. He is very wired. No evidence of tiredness is there?

Ellie enjoyed taking pictures of everyone. She loves camera's.

This is one of Ellie's photos... Looks kind of artsy to me. Maybe she has a future in photography?

Christmas

On Christmas Eve Brian had to work so Ellie, Tanner and I went to my parents house to be around family. We took our annual Christmas trip to my Uncle John John's house. Afterwards we enjoyed our traditional Clam Chowder soup along with a new soup made by Meghan that was really yummy. We then read the Christmas Story and sang songs. The children also dressed up. Ellie was a wise man and Tanner was a not so angelic angel. Then we opened presents.

Christmas morning Ellie woke to a wonderful surprise. Santa brought her music... and it even had all her favorite songs already on it!! She was so excited she wore her little MP3 player all day. Santa also brought her lip gloss and eye shimmer. What more could a girl want?

Tanner still doesn't quite understand what is going on....

Hey Cars!! Santa stuffed his stalking with cars. His favorite thing to carry around.

Brian sister, Eileen, made us great gifts. This is Brian's Grilling apron. Yah... ! I got a pretty purple Pansy apron. Ellie received a kitty smock, and Tanner got his name done in wooden blocks to put up in his room. Thanks Eileen!

Tanner acting like a crazy man on Grandma and Grandpa Humann's staircase.

Sam got these pajamas from the Hunt's. It suits him to well.

Ellie favorite gift was probably this Princess Game for the WII. She absolutely loves it. Especially when her cousin Kaleigh spent the night and played it with her.