Christmas Day: P.M. Edition

After opening presents at Grandma and Grandpa's house and getting all over our loot back home...we packed up our sleigh and headed over to Grana and Grandaddy's house.

Grana made some lovely Christmas tree cookies, which were artfully decorated by Grandaddy. I especially liked this one. Wonder why?

War Eagle!

Anyway...the girls opened more presents and we enjoyed more family time. Aunt Beth is helping Emma open up some new clothes, while Sara appears to be pouting in the background.

With all the new toys and art supplies, the most popular present seemed to be the bubble makers. It's not even new technology or anything. Just a tube of strange smelling goo that you put on the end of a straw. Blow out of the other end and you've made your own plastic bubble!

I'm pretty sure we went through five or six of those little tubes.

Sara showing off her new bicycle...complete with bell!

First trip down the road!

Emma usually would rather ride the tricycle but maybe she suited up to ride her bicycle too.

I really thought I took more pictures but my memory card tells me that I did not. Oh, well. It was a wonderful Christmas even though it went by too quickly. We are all going through Christmas withdrawal at our house. I must admit that I'm already looking forward to this year's Christmas celebration!

Christmas Day: A.M. Edition

Merry Christmas

We woke the girls up so they could discover what Santa left for them! Yes, you read that correctly...we woke them up. Guess they weren't the only ones who were excited!

Daddy is helping the girls unwrap their new jewelry boxes. As of right now, the boxes contain Sunday jewelry and Silly Bands.

Someone is excited to see her new Princess bicycle...complete with a bell!

Here's a group shot before we left for Grandma and Grandpa's house. Even McDuff got in on the picture this year.

Sara is wishing James a Happy 1st Christmas. Not sure how he felt about the whole thing but he looked so cute in his Santa hat.

I stole this picture from Grandpa's Facebook page.

Christmas Day: P.M. Edition is up next!

Christmas Eve 2010

Here is our 2010 Christmas wrap up! Christmas Day will (hopefully) be coming soon!

Happy New Year!

First Christmas present of the season! Grandma and Grandpa got the grandkids a huge floor piano...that, thankfully, stays at their house!

A sisterly hug before Santa comes!

Merry Christmas Emma!

Merry Christmas Sara!

Walking Field Trip

All seven Kindergarten classes went on a walking field trip to sing Christmas carols at a retirement center.

The walk wasn't too bad even though it was really chilly!

Each class made cute wintry t-shirts. Emma's class made penguins using their feet! Here is Emma and her friends getting ready to sing!

After the concert, the classes continued walking to Po Folks for lunch. With 130 children to feed, plus 7 teachers, 7 paraprofessionals, and too many parents to count...they really got the food to us quickly!

Here we go back to school...Kindergartners as far as the eye can see!

Here's a little sample of the concert!
Remember to press pause on the music player to the right before watching the video.

All I Want For Christmas...

is my lower right incisor!

Emma has had a loose tooth for a few weeks. Last Saturday, she asked me to pull it. I was moving it back and forth and was able to get my fingers on it when she pulled her jaw down...out popped the tooth! The "big girl" tooth was already coming in behind the baby tooth so I'm glad it finally has room to come on in.

Christmas Comparison

All the Kolmetz girls are home from school today. The little ones are sick and the older one (I'm not going to say bigger one) is taking care of them. They are busy watching Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas while I'm drinking coffee in an effort to stay awake. To keep my mind busy, I thought I would compile a "Christmas Comparison" on our blog. Here it goes!


Disney Christmas Trip 2009

Preschool Choir Christmas Presentation 2009

Disney Christmas Trip 2010

Preschool Choir Presentation 2010


I'm in the process of trying to upload the video but I'm having problems getting all the electronic devices to cooperate!

Happy Thanksgiving

We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving...

spent with family and lots of food.

We are thankful for our family, our health, our country and, most of all, a loving God
who sent Jesus to die for us.

Oh...and peace on earth!

War Eagle!

Disney, Pow Wow and Home Depot

Just a few pictures for our faithful readers! Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Marcus!

Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party!

Emma's Kindergarten Pow Wow was really great. It was only about 20 minutes (which was perfect) and each class would alternate singing or reciting a poem and then sing together. It was quite an accomplishment to coordinate 7 classes into such a streamlined presentation!

After the Pow Wow, Sara and I made a trip over to Home Depot to finally buy a gallon of paint for Emma's room. We used up the small sample size and haven't done anything since. I want to get the room painted and put back together before Christmas is here. Sara was very excited to see this inflatable Santa and had to have her picture taken with him.

Now I have to get to painting that room!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Fall, Ya'll!

October Review

Aunt Leveda was right! It has been a while since I've updated our blog. We've been busy so here are the pictures to prove it!

Field Trip!

Emma went on her first "big girl" field trip. It was quite a deal! All seven of the Kindergarten classes went to the Fire Station, ate lunch at Bonefish Grill and had a stop at the Pumpkin Patch...all in one day! Parents were invited to join everyone for lunch.

Here is Emma and her classmate (and our neighbor) Conner at lunch. I don't think we ever ate out for lunch on one of my field trips!

Each child got to choose one small pumpkin at the patch.

I would guess that the highlight of Emma's day was riding the bus. We live too close to the school for her to ride the bus...and I don't think I'd let her even if she could...so she was thrilled to ride the "cheese wagon."


Pumpkin Patch Hayride

Sara got to go on a mini-field trip too. Our preschool hitched up a hayride down the the pumpkin patch in the church parking lot. I had to stay with my class so I don't have any pictures from the pumpkin patch but I did get to see Sara's class ride by my window. They were all dressed in orange and had huge smiles on their faces...kinda like the one Sara is sporting in the above picture.

Guess who?

Adult Field Trip
Marcus, Beth and I took a trip to the loveliest village on the plains...Auburn, Alabama!

In the stadium cheering on our team! Please excuse the weird face wrinkles. Guess Marcus should have used a wide lens on that one.
Watching other people roll Toomer's Corner!


We're gearing up for a family trip to the Pumpkin Patch this afternoon and I'm putting the finishing touches on the girls' Halloween costumes. I feel like one of the designers on Project Runway! We'll see if their Jessie and Woody costumes stay together long enough for the Fall Festival at church on Sunday!
Costume preview!

Soaring Eagle!

Our Emma was featured on WFUN this morning because she was selected as a Soaring Eagle for August/September! We found out last Friday and Emma has been looking forward to it ever since! She received a Soaring Eagle magnet for the van, a free buffett at Golden Corral and a certificate (suitable for framing!).

Emma after her TV debut. Don't even ask me what Sara is doing in the background...I have no idea.

Making sure my camera was functioning correctly while waiting in the library.

I've spent over an hour trying to get the video to load using three different applications and haven't had any success. Hopefully I can figure out another way soon.