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Hello everyone!We are moving our blog over tohttp://theprewittfamily.wordpress.com/Enjoy our continued story there :)

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One thing that Lola had on her list to do was to go FiShiN. Aunt Gigi brought the poles and we picked up some worms. It was pretty windy so the bobbers kept just blowing up on the shore. Lola and Daddy managed to catch a couple little guys though. On the way back from the lake we stopped at this field of daylilies to take a few pictures.

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Since we were in Kentucky, we decided we should let the Doll ride a pony. At the horse park they had a number of horses to look at and Lola had her heart on riding a full sized horse. But we had to break the news to her that she was only big enough to ride the ponies.... She liked it but we could tell she was a little sad. After the horse park we met Adam and Adam to play some golf. She ran all

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Well, sort of .. Lola had the flu :( She was not a happy camper. We managed to make it to church and have the Easter bunny's basket ready. But the rest of the day Lola was in bed. Poor thing. It was nice having everyone together for Easter dinner.

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Come on Granny, Let's go get some eggs! What a treat to go to a wonderful egg hunt. Lola loved spending the time with her Granny. She was especially happy to have the candy inside the eggs :)

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What a nice day to get in some golfing. The Doll liked putting when we would get to the greens.

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Growing up in the city our daughter has missed some country lessons that her parents experienced. So she had a great time visiting Aunt Gigi one afternoon. She was very eager to try to catch frogs and butterflies. She loved being chased by the dogs. She became so frustrated at the cats hiding under the porch. She picked a ton of flowers whether wild or not. She was brave about removing garden

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So being cooped in a car for three days for a three year old can be like bottling energy for a spaceship. The Doll was so ready to be out and running around. She gave kisses to Granny, Papaw and Soccer the cat and headed outside. She helped Granny 'replant' some herbs. We also went downtown and had lunch with Adam. We took some cute pictures at the horse fountain downtown Lexington and at the

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Lola wanted to know if we were still going to Granny and Papaw's in Kentucky. We said yeah.... She was able to see the Arch in St Luis and she has had her fill of McDonalds happy meals. She is collecting the dragons..... We don't mind because she's been sooo good. She'll read some books and watch a little tv, listen to the radio, and watch the scenery. Mom had plenty of time to work on a pair of

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After spending 10 hours in the car crossing Arizona, New Mexico, the panhandle of Texas and half of Oklahoma, we stopped at Grandpa Randall's to see him and the doggies. Lola really enjoyed her brief visit. She couldn't believe the dogs wanted to go to bed but it was like 10 pm their time. She was such a trooper during the day. At one point we had to stop for a potty break and we just happened to

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Yes, it was somewhere along 1-40 on the Arizona & New Mexico.. .What was it doing and where was it going?... We have no idea. But it was cool to see it on a flat bad truck flying along the highway.

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Deciding to drive from San Francisco to Kentucky ..... whose idea was that again? .... We decided that driving would give us a chance to see more of our family instead of flying. So we headed out the week before Easter and kept a little travel log along the way. We were both impressed on how well the Doll did on the trip. The first day we drove down the state of California and headed east across

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We had a sweet little picnic at the park one nice spring day. Lola wanted to put the towel under the tree and enjoy some sun.

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Feeding the ducks when we go see Lola's girlfriend is one of her favorite things to do. We save bread heels to take over for the fun of it. The girls sure are growing up.

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Lola has her own sense of fun. She mixes it up a bit, Mommy never knows what to expect. She's a fun girl.

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Awwww. Little Amelia is finally here! We were able to stop by and see the new baby after falling into the ocean earlier. She is so sweet. And her two big sisters are so proud. Lola had a good time playing with the girls while Mommy held the new baby.

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Sea STARS! We saw several seastars this trip. What a great way to learn about sea creatures first hand. If you haven't been to see the tidepools at low tide you are missing out. They are so wonderful to see wild sea exhibits in fresh sea air. The aquarium is great but the ocean is so awesome to experience with a 3 year old. At the end of this visit Lola and I were hopping over pool, well, she was

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No trip to the bay area is complete without a trip over to Monterrey to see the Aquarium(.... Again) We sure had a good day!

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For one of Lola's girlfriends we made some homemade bean bags for her birthday. The trouble with making gifts for her friends, is that she wants the same thing. So Mommy has to make two:)

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Lola has always liked helping in the kitchen. She's giving the guacamole some lime juice. Sometimes she'll eat the dip after she makes it and sometimes she says its for mom and dad.

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Lola's boyfriend from church came to play one day. They had a good time pretending to cook in her little kitchen. Cuties

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One of our friends had a new baby and mommy made her some cute things. A diaper holder, a cap and some booties.

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One Sunday after church we met up with some friends for some wakeboarding lessons. Daddy had a few tries then Mommy took the rope. She did a pretty good job. On Monday morning they were both sore from the tumbles.

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check out the llama, follow the yellow brick road, Hello little piggie, and Look at me and snow white!

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We found this stuffed dog that looks like our old dog. Lola has been taking it everywhere. She goes back and forth calling it Tator or Abby after the dog Grandpa has. We visited the river otter and bobcats. Then Lola had fun playing with some magnet toys.

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A Giant Cupcake Cake was fun to make for Daddy on his birthday. Lola liked adding the chocolate sprinkles and poking all the candles in the top.

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Aunt GiGi and Uncle Brian gave Lola a bunch of little critters for Christmas. She loves playing with them in her doll house.

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Love of Ocean life..... We really do love going to see the mysterious creatures of the ocean from the tiny tiny sea horses to the great grey whale. Daddy took half a day off and we headed down the coast to visit the aquarium.

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We love watching throwdown with Bobby Flay. Once he made this german chocolate cake that we've been wanting to make ourselves. So we collected the ingredients and then read the whole recipe... It turns out the cake takes 3 hours to make... And it did! We were up until 11 oclock Saturday making it. So after church on Valentines we watched the Daytona 500. We cooked dinner then had some of the CAKE

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Mommy went to help at school on Valentine's day party. It was fun watching her make a necklace of fruit loops. She had never had them before so when she saw everyone else eating them, she thought she would try them too. -Interesting piece of info... she likes sugary cereal... She painted her hand print that she made for daddy and had a fruit parfait for snack.

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We've been trying to get out and ride her bike everyday. It's amazing how much better she is doing in just a week or two. We take her shovel and pail and stuff her 'purse' with a little critter and head to the park. The tassels are a distracting piece to have but she's starting to get use to them too.

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Here she is holding our friends new baby Emma. She is a cutie. Lola asked if she could be her sister. It was soo cute. She read her a story and checked out her toys. Baby Emma kept trying to look where Lola's voice was coming from when she was walking around her room.

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We like to try to show the Doll about different cultural celebrations and at our library they had a special story time and crafts to share about Chinese New Year. Lola liked the stories, but really liked decorating the dragon puppet with Daddy.

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The mirror at dance is a distraction sometimes to the Doll. She will get caught up checking herself out and forget to dance. They were doing a toe heel step across the floor here.

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Magical! Ever since we moved to the Bay Area we've been wanting to go on a whale watching tour. So we finally pencilled one in while Eric was visiting. The grey whales are migrating to Mexico to have their babies so this is the time to go see them. Inside the harbor we saw a lot of marine life; sea otters, seals, and some jellies. We were lucky enough to see a pod of Risso Dolphins that feed on

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We headed down to Monterrey when Eric came for a quick weekend. Pelicans were a highlight at the old Fisherman's wharf as well as the crazy old pirate man who basically threw a parrot on our daughter.

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It's hard to enjoy our sunshine sometimes when everyone else we know is covered in snow. However, we had a great visit at the zoo. We spent a lot of time watching the honey pot ants and checking out the different frogs. And of course we enjoyed the carnival rides afterwards.

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Notice how my girl is wearing her dancing ribbons as a crown while all the other girls are dancing with theirs. She sure has a mind of her. :)

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We've been enjoying going to this fun place where the kids can play and play on a rainy day. They have a huge jungle gym thing the kids can play and climb on while the moms can chat. Lola really loves going there.

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Going to Dance and Gym once a week is such a treat for Lola. She had her end of semester show where they did a little hula dance and showed their skills on the gym stuff. She was not in her usual class because of a cold so she was a little nervous at first. We sure love watching her do her performance.

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The water fun section at the kids museum is so mesmerizing for the kids. Lola could play there all day. They have cyclones and water fountains and waterway play. Her boyfriends met us there one day. They had fun painting their faces like whales.

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When our old neighbors had their baby we found out it was a girl-Yeah!- so we made a cake to celebrate. Here's a baby Emma Cake!

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In preparation for the coming Chinese New Year, we made some homemade fortune cookies. The hardest part was coming up with some fortunes. Lola's favorite was "You are a hotdog on a stick" Inside joke of course.

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How exciting to buy our girl her first Bicycle! She was at the store when we picked one out and her only criteria was that the bike needed a purse. She helped daddy add the training wheels with the wrench. And made sure the 'purse' was on just right.

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Loving the fact that my little girl is so into animals and that she is not squirmish around reptiles or amphibians. Here's a snake we both like to check out at the local refuge, the San Francisco garter snake :) She looks forward to petting the boa during the animal show. Another fun thing to do here is play at a pretty awesome park and for some reason there were about 20 Turkey Vultures lurking

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Cuties!

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Sand in your toesBreeze in your hairGo girl GoWithout a careSee the birdsCatch one Catch oneRun- jump- flyFun in the Sun!

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Running through the sand on the beach is never boring for my three year old. When Grammy came to town the weekend after her brothers, Lola was very anxious to take Grammy to see the ocean and ride the historical carousel.

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Grammy came to visit for Mommy's birthday. We had a fun Fun time at the aquarium. Check out these really cool things called Sea Pen. Grammy loves going with Lola because Lola tells her all about the exhibits. Lola liked showing her the room where the waves come crashing over your head. Grammy really liked the sea horses too. And of course finished the Monterrey trip off with an ice cream cone

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Lola's girlfriend from school came over to play and went for a hike. They had fun taking turns pulling the wagon. They found some cool mushrooms. They went tree house hunting .... It was fun then later Lola pretended to go to bed while she read her a story.

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Love of a boxNo matter the amount of toys ones hasNo matter the amount of room there is to playGive two kids an old cardboard box and they will have fun all day!

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Lola helped make Momma's Birthday cake with Daddy and helped blow out the candles. Momma loves her new dress from her favorite store. And loved going bowling too! Thanks for all the birthday wishes!

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Sunshine! Sunshine! Whohooo! With half of the boardwalk closed for cleaning we still had a great time! Lola took her brother's on the carousel that you throw rings at the clown. We found a whole sand dollar, played in the sand and chased the surf. It was such a beautiful California Day! (finally...)

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The Christmas Tree on the Pier 39 looked so beautiful. We ate dinner downtown and then strolled around the fisherman's wharf for a while. There was a guy singing behind her that she really wanted to hear that's why she is turned the wrong way in the photo. Adam took Lola on a ride at the carousel too.

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Open space is a real gift if you live in a city so we like to take a stroll through some once in a while. While the boys have been visiting it's been so rainy and we finally had a break in the showers so that Lola could take her brother for a 'hike'. She stopped and drew a map in the dirt with a stick at one point- it was so cute. She took her stuffed bat along in the stroller.Then, like the

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Dress up is still one of her favorite things to do during the day. We never can guess who she'll want to be, but on New Years she wanted to be Pocahontas.

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With the fabric Grammy sent for the Doll's Christmas present ( to go with the child's sewing machine) Lola and Mommy whipped up a cute little night gown. Lola was so proud of helping cut them out and sew them herself.

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Cheers! Lola wanted to be a part of the party. If you notice the clock says 10:30- well, she was wide awake the whole time. She stayed up until Midnight, none of us could believe it. We played Seinfeld Trivia and watched the New York City count down. Welcome 2010!

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On New Years Eve we took the boys downtown to try some Tasty Salty Pig Parts. They were delicious. It was a nice day to be out. And as we were leaving downtown there were people lined up outside this bar to get in for later that night. Crazy.

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Since the weather won't seem to give us a Sunny Day we headed down to one of Lola's favorite places, the Monterrey Bay Aquarium. Lola made sure her brothers didn't miss a fish. They even had to pet some sea stars and sea cucumbers. She's practically capable of being a tour guide herself. Then we went for a sugar fix at the Ghirardelli Ice Cream Shop. It was sweet. mmmmm

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Finding an indoor activity since it's been raining was a must. We went to play bocce ball at this place a few miles away. What's Bocce ball you might be wondering...? Well it's like bowling sort of and it's very distracting for a 3 year old to watch, because she wants to take the shiny little ball and play with it herself. It was pretty fun and we had lunch there.

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All the fun places we usually go are so fun to share with the Bubbas. Lola was so excited to take them to the kids museum. The boys happily played along. The rode the old fashioned stage coach. Let her make them pizza at the kids cafe and Eric helped her make a dragon cat puppet in the art center. Afterwards we walked downtown to eat and came across a carnival that had rides from Michael

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Lola has just realized that she can take the clothes off her princesses and barbies. She gives them baths and trades their clothes, then of course comes to momma to help redress them.

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New RecordsNew BootsNew PrincessNew YoYo

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Making something homemade for our little doll has been fun this year. I knitted on this blanket once a week for an hour while she was at dance. I liked having her ask "is that for me?" I 'd always say yeah, but it's for Christmas. Modeled after Lola this doll was my first attempt to make a waldorf style dolly. Very fun and sweet, and now I'm ready to make many more.

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We think Lola was slightly more excited about her brothers coming to visit than Santa bringing her Presents. She woke up the morning after Christmas and asked are the bubbas here! So we had to show her the flight tracker to show her where their plane was flying from. She dressed herself and even put her shoes on, she was sooo excited.

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Merry Merry Christmas! How wonderful it is to have a little one to see the awe of Christmas morning. She loved her new puzzles that Uncle Brian and GiGi made. She was sooo excited about her new 'sewing' machine that Grammy sent. And she wouldn't take off her new tights and shirt that Granny and Papaw sent from Kentucky that had Princess Tiana on them. Also you can see her new tent that Santa

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On a chilly night we ventured over to Oakland to see the zoo lights. Sadly, It was more like a donation to feed the animals rather than to experience the amazing lights.... We all enjoyed the night time train ride though.

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It's been a rainy week or so and we finally had a chance to run around outside.

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Every morning and night we talk about how Christmas is coming. In the morning we eat our chocolate and at night we add a wooden figure to our Advent calendar. She is so excited this year. If we forget to open the chocolate in the morning she'll remind us at lunch. What an adventure.

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Since we didn't have a dance class because of the Christmas break, Lola and Momma invited the girls over for some cookies and tea. fun, fun, fun, fun. All the girls wore a princess dress. The gals all made a sugar cookie and a bracelet and played Christmas Bingo. Mostly they just liked running around playing with each other. It was a nice way to spend the afternoon.

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Lately we have been throwing a handful of rice crispies out the back door to watch the birds eat. Well, one day there was this squirrel that was poking around looking for what we assumed were some nuts... So we threw a few pistachios out there and the next day they were gone. So then the next day we saw this cute little critter out there again, practically knocking on the back door. We tossed a

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Sporting a homemade apron from Great Granny Fothergill, Lola helped make some homemade pizza. She is always eager to eat the food she cooks. We let her make one that was just her size and she gobbled her's all gone.This is her "look" when she wants to make ya laugh by the way.

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Ice art is sooo coool! The children's museum had ice art for the kids in the little wonder room. I've read about projects to do so the kids can experience hot and cold, but I've not really looked into Ice art. This project was using droppers to drop color on the ice and watch it melt and combine with other colors to make holes on this big chunk of ice, also they had glitter they could sprinkle on

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At Lola's school they did a book exchange at their "Holiday" party. They made snowmen bread for their snacks. She liked the book she received, one about the Fox and Hound. Momma thought we had it to watch, so when we didn't we made a trip over to the old Walmart to pick it up. Luckily, it's not in Disney's VAULT right now.

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Very rarely do stores give something away for free, so it was a real treat getting to go make a princess mask one night. Daddy helped the Doll make one while momma grabbed a few things for her to have for Christmas. Then they read the new Princess and the Frog book. She's pretty excited about the new movie.

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Oh this girl... Here are the shots from our Christmas photo shoot at home.

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Carefully the Doll decorated her tree. She's been very fond of her tree in past years but this year she is pretty proud of how she decorated it. She even picked up a pair of glass slippers to show for her year of hard work in ballet.

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Crunching the fall leaves under her boots is nice. She enjoys taking her stuffed toys out for some fresh air in the afternoons. She also enjoys painting her face like different animals. So if you noticed the blue around her eyes... I think she was doing a raccoon or a beluga whale..

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One of our friends from Denver was in town for Thanksgiving so we met her and hung out on the pier for the afternoon. Lola loved getting to ride on the carousel and taking home a teddy bear bread. But she was surprised to see Santa sitting in the Boudin Bread factory. She had a turn to see him and asked for a Princess game for Christmas. Santa asked her if she brushes her teeth and goes to bed

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What fun we have had with our season passes to 6 flags. They had a winter wonderland event where there was a snow hill to ride sleds down. We all had a nice time. Lola was a little upset when one of the 'fancy' girls came to sing to daddy during the chorus show. They were singing Santa baby and put a Santa hat on him. She still talks about how she didn't like it. They had a huge Christmas tree in

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Christmas tea time is so fun. Lola practiced her manners as we had a nice tea at a fancy little tea shop. The girls wore cute dresses. They passed the sugar and used their napkins. It was such a nice treat!

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Lola wanted to help make the Turkey and everything that went with it. She buttered the bird and helped set the table, but by the time it was eat time she didn't want to have anything to do with it. Funny Girl.

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After watching the movie Tarzan, the doll wanted to dress up like Jane. She wore the floppy hat and proper gloves. Then wanted a pink satin blanket to wrap around like her dress. It was so cute. We even went out in the woods and found a house she could live in like Jane.

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The card process has begun for this year's Christmas Card. Since mommy's been so into fabric and sewing this year, it was only natural that the cards would reflect that a little.... Cutting and sewing felt trees this year was a fun project because Lola enjoyed helping decorate all the little trees, she added all the angels too! We would do a few a night to make enough for our friends and family.

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House full of friends equals a good time. The Doll's friends came for a family style dinner. The more the merrier mommy says... The kids had fun making some turkey's for thanksgiving and later putting on their pj's and watching some tv.

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For the fun of it, we went to walmart and picked up some foam rollers and rolled up the Doll's hair. She thought it was so fun. Then the next morning she had some curly locks. :)

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We've enjoyed picking up the fall leaves and making leaf people.There is such a variety of shapes and colors.

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Slipping away for an afternoon of fish gazing was just what the girls needed, so we captured Daddy from work. We went down to Monterrey to enjoy a beautiful fall afternoon. We saw several fish that we hadn't noticed before one was this http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/AnimalDetails.aspx?enc=LeWQvjcLBGS+vsO6xgIjKA==another was this that is related to an octopushttp://

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Here's Lola after the TRick orTReatin

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After spending a week or so sewing up the costumes we were ready just in time for Halloween. Lola wanted us to dress up too. AND it turned out to be so much fun. Happy Halloween & Happy Anniversary!

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Searching for clues around the zoo to work the scavenger hunt was a fun way to earn a goody bag... We took some of Lola's friends from church along for the fun. It was a little foggy most of the day so you can't tell that Lola is wearing a sleeping beauty dress. The zoo gave free ride tickets to all the kids in costume. They picked the train to ride. Fedex was giving away these little flashing

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Imagine if the Doll had her Daddy's thick black hair... She has been enjoying wearing the halloween wigs of our past.. She really liked the long black hair.

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We made it to a fun story time @ the library. Lola is doing ring around the rosies with her cat pickles. We try to check out as many books that will fit in our bag and one movie once a week. We read them over and over until it's time to take them back.

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Lola had mommy and daddy come to school to meet her friends and play at her party. It was fun to see all the kids dressed up as the different characters. mommy and daddy made some little ghost apple bites (using a tulip cookie cutter). They made some cute picture frames with halloween stickers. They also went on a parade around the playground to the monster mash song.

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Sugar season is upon us! Cookie's and candy and more candy!!! We had fun making some sugar cookies with our halloween cookie cutters and some candy when one of the Doll's girlfriends came to play. The girls had fun making some felt pumpkins and bracelets too.

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Doll picked out the fabric and Mommy made her a cute little Halloween dress. She was pretty sleepy one morning before school and mommy had made the dress while she was sleeping. So when she woke up with an 'I'm not getting out of bed look" mommy was sure that saying I've a surprise for you, would doo the trick.. And it did. She set straight up and said what is it.?? She wore it to school and was

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