Christmas Tree

The day after Thanksgiving, we continued our tradition of heading out to the tree farm to cut down our Christmas tree. This was definitely the coldest year yet (consequently, it was our shortest time at the tree farm). We waited until it warmed up to 14 degrees to head out and cut down our tree. Needless to say, Callie was not too happy to be out in the cold despite her two pairs of gloves and socks.

She was doing ok at this point.

This was one picture too many for Callie

And this is the finished product of the tree in the living room.

Videos of Callie

We had our first big snow about a week ago. This is a video we took of Callie walking in the snow and eating a little bit off of her play slide in the back yard:


We posted this video on Charlie's facebook. This is a video of her dancing to LeCrae's new song called background. Every day (multiple times a day) she asks if she can dance. This means she wants to play music and this is sometimes the response that we get:

Minnesotan Girl

Callie is a Minnesotan girl. She plays outside even when it's cold. She even sports a skirt with leggings and boots!

She wraps up in a blanket and drinks her coffee (don't worry, not really!)

She eats snow.

She even got to vote for the governor

Maddux's Birthday

As promised, here are pictures from Maddux's birthday party. Samm did a great job with the party. She had little games for the kids to play complete with little prizes for them. It was a great time.

Maddux is the bumble bee. Annie is Little Red Riding Hood. Callie is a ladybug, and Evey is a pumpkin.

Callie, Annie, and Josiah "digging for jewels!"

Our little ladybug!

Around the House

We havn't had a lot of excitement going on lately. All our visitors have left. We did have Maddux Poteat's "costume" birthday party. Callie went as a ladybug. We'll be posting from that event soon. These are just a couple of pictures we've taken around the house lately. The first is a picture of Callie next to our hibiscus. I had to take this picture of the hibiscus because it had so many beautiful blooms on it. Normally it just has one or two blooms on any given day, but today it was beautifully bloomed out. It's kinda nice to have a bright, cheery plant in the basement. I have to bring it indoors every winter. Plus this plant has kinda become my "pet" plant. Charlie and I bought it right when we moved up here-right after we got married. I know it's silly but its just kinda special to me!

There is certainly a story behind this picture. First off, Callie loves this clown. I know its kinda strange b/c sometimes clowns can be a little creepy. Actually our neighbor gave her this clown along with a bunch of other gently used toys. Because I don't want a ton of clutter, I was actually weeding through some of the stuff and thought about sending the clown to goodwill. Before I could do that, Callie became attached. She lugs him around all over the place. I will say, as far as clowns go, this one seems to have a pretty sweet disposition. He isn't scary at all. Anyway, if you look closely, you can see a little black mark above one of the clown's eyes. Callie is allowed to look through my make-up bag as long as I am in the bathroom with her. She is not, however, allowed to open up any of my make-up tubes. The other day, I was in the bathroom with her, so technically she was allowed to look through the make-up, but I was in the shower and wasn't watching her closely. When I got out of the shower I realized she had in fact opened up my mascara tube and strategically placed some above clown's right eye. Now, she had disobeyed by opening the tube, so I couldn't openly laugh like I wanted. But it was pretty humorous. I was kinda impressed though. I thought she nailed the placement of the mascara.