Pictures with Santa

We went to the Mall at Millenia on Monday and got some pictures taken with Santa. This Santa was the best looking one around that I've seen so far, so I guess that's why we waited 90 minutes to see him!! Allyson's starting to ask questions about Santa. She got to have her picture taken with a different Santa this weekend and she informed me that he had a fake beard so I've had to explain that Santa can't be everywhere at the same time and the Santa's we see at the malls are his helpers. Well she informed me that this one was the real deal because his beard is real! I love these candid shots of her with Santa! Now I just have to decide which one I'm using for our Christmas cards this year!

This one is my favorite!!

Finally

After some major determination, and patience on mine and her part she is finally a bike rider that no longer needs training wheels!!!!! We are all so excited! And don't worry after I took these pictures we ran up to Wal-Mart and got her a helmet so she is all safe now!

And she's off by herself!
A little extra coaching from Dad always does some good!!Look at that smile! She is so proud of herself!

Look at the look of determination on that face!!
On her Christmas wish list now....a new bike that is bigger!!!

Halloween Part 1

**Sorry for funny layout of post!!!***

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

I hope everyone is having a good Halloween so far! At Allyson's school they had a character book parade, and her class did the book There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly a couple of variations from that book. When it came time to pick out characters she ended up picking the cow! My friend that I go to school with is super talented and she helped me make her costume. I think it turned out so cute!!!

Tonight she is going as a High School Musical cheerleader! So more pictures to follow!!

Update

Oh, my gravy! I can't believe it's been over a month since I have posted on here!! There has been so much going on that I haven't had the time to sit and post an entry!

Ok, first thing first, we moved!! After a very loooong 2 month process we were finally approved and purchased a house! We absolutely love it! I unpacked the last of it yesterday so I can finally sit back and relax and enjoy our new house! We have been in the house for 1 week and 2 days, so I'm pretty excited to spend this weekend not unpacking boxes like I did last weekend, and instead just doing whatever I want to do! I have not taken pictures of the inside yet, so I will put that on my to do list for the weekend and share them! Allyson was able to stay in the same school so that was nice that she didn't have to switch schools in the middle of the school year, she only had to switch buses!

Next, my internship, this week was my last week with the kindergarten class. Can you believe it's been 6 weeks already! Time went by super fast for me! On Monday I start in a 3rd grade classroom and am very excited to move up in grades! I went and spoke to the 3rd grade teacher last week and he gave me a book that one of his reading groups are reading and is having me read the book so I can work with that group next week. So I will also be reading "Looser" by Jerry Spinelli this weekend. It's a pretty cute book so far! School itself is going ok too, I'm taking 3 classes along with my internship and really not enjoying them at all. I did get accepted for my second internship which will start in January and then in May I will graduate! Time has gone by so fast!!

Allyson has been doing wonderful in school as usual! I took her to the doctors yesterday for a check up and everything checked out just fine with her. She had to get a booster shot for the chicken pox vacine so she wasn't to happy with that at all! She really won't be happy with me next week when I have to take her to go get blood taken, cause the doctor wants to check everything. I see a new Littlest Pet Shop in her near future!

Alright that's it for now, I will be much better on posting on here! Look this weekend for pictures of the new house!

Days like this

I love days like today! We have no real plans, just hanging out around the house, no schedules to follow, no having to be anywhere at any particular time, just enjoying being at home, or if we want to go somewhere then we will get ready and leave without feeling rushed. We got to get up whenever we wanted to without feeling rushed, Steve and I got out of bed around 9, and Allyson rolled out of bed around 9:30! Right now Steve is outside washing his car, Allyson is watching her new Camp Rock movie still in her jammies and it's 11:30, and I'm doing laundry and some homework.

Disney

This year for Allyson's 7th birthday instead of a party she wanted to go to Disney for the day. In a way I was glad cause then there was no planning and it was just Steve, Allyson and myself going. We had a wonderful time and the best part was that the Magic Kingdom wasn't that busy! I think the longest we waited in line was like 30 minutes. We got to ride the rides she wanted too, and she even tried out a new one, Pirates of the Caribbean. We saw lots of characters so she was happy about that. All in all I think she had a pretty good birthday...now to just figure out what to get her.

1st day of 2nd grade!

Well today finally came, and Allyson started school this year! I can't believe my baby is in 2nd grade already! I can still remember crying my eyes out when she started Kindergarten. This year the school board passed a new rule that there is a county wide dress code, so when we went shopping this year it wasn't nearly as fun just buying the uniforms but I thinks he still looked pretty cute today! She even let me put her hair in pig-tails this morning!

Of course I had to get a picture of her really cool shoes this year! This was the only way she could show her personality at school!