BUSTED!

Tonight Ted went into work (printing for church for tomorrow) and I was cleaning house... I was just about to head to bed when I heard something in Addison's room. I went to the door and she was dressing up and had set out a TEA PARTY! for I am not sure WHO! She had on tights, a skirt, my t-shirt that Avery sometimes sleeps in, high heels and a crown!!!! IT WAS SO FUNNY. I took some pictures. She was thrilled to see me and probably thought I was just in time for the tea party... I could not help but giggle and go grab my camera.

I wanted to share.

She is now in bed... we'll see how long that lasts. It's already 10pm and she doesn't seem the least bit tired!

I took one picture with out the flash so you could get the full effect.

SO MUCH TO BLOG ABOUT TODAY - this is my 4th entry

PEYTON MANNING'S LITTEST FAN

I must admit we are totally hopping on the "fan wagon" for the SUPER BOWL. Peyton Manning played for UT (University of TN) and since we live in Knoxville, we are automatically Manning fans. I really didn't know who he was - except for those Verizon commercials until LAST SUNDAY when I watched the game .... then.... I BECAME A TRUE PEYTON FAN. Ted filled me in on his football career and I AM SO ON BOARD. I really dig this guy!

Our neighbor "lil" Mac left his Colt hat over here and Addie has been wearing it ever since.

SO ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS
GOOOOOOOOOOOO
COLTS!!!!

Go Peyton!

BOWLING!

PICTURES FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

1. Me and My Addie

2. Avery bowling

3. Addie bowling (I think the ball is behind her head)

4. The kids waiting on the ball... they thought that machine was so cool.

5. Mack Card, Ted, and Ronnie Batchelor

6. Me bowling

7. NO PINS LEFT!!! YIPPPEEEE

8. The guys in my life!!! Ted and Aidan

We went bowling today to celebrate Tyler Card's birthday (see post below). The kids have never been bowling before and we haven't been in years!!

The kids LOVED it. The place we went is SO cool. They give you a time limit but you can bowl as many games as you want in that time. We didn't even keep score... we just bowled and bowled and bowled. It was fun. We did pretty good... OK so the bumper things were up for our kids.... maybe that is why we did so good.

We got to bowl for 2 hours. There were lots of good snacks there (Cindy is a great party planner!). It was a real fun time!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYLER

We went to celebrate TYLER CARD'S 16th birthday today at the bowling alley at UT. We had a great time! Tyler turned 16 earlier this month and his parents threw him a surprise party today. His mom and dad (Mack and Cindy Card) are good friends of ours.

The kids had a great time at the party... we did too. I have not bowled in YEARS!

Cute Pictures

I don't have any big news but I wanted to post a few cute pictures I took today. Addie is approaching her 3rd birthday - it will be here in a few weeks. I haven't even thought about her birthday party yet... not sure what we will be doing. We will have one though. Aidan just got this shirt that says "Monkey see, Monkey Do, Monkey get in trouble too". Which is perfect for him.

No pictures of Avery tonight but I will take some soon and post them.

The weather has been pretty yuck over here. We had some sunny days but it's been grey today. Today is the first day of Winter and I hope it goes by VERY fast. I am already ready for Spring. Tonight we went to Target and they had all the Spring clothes out already. This is not my favorite time of the year (winter)... I do like to have fires in the fire place though. AND I LOVE THAT IT IS TIME FOR AMERICAN IDOL!!!!! yay!

Locks of Love

Click on picture to see it better.

My dear friend, Becky, and her two daughters, Annie Beth (left) and Maddie Grace (right) cut their pony tails off for locks of love. Becky's mother in law, Helma Mazon, was diagnosed with Breast Cancer just over a year ago.

I hope to make this same pony tail sacrifice soon. I am growing my hair out (it seems to grow SO SLOW) for locks of love. I'd love for Avery to do it as well... we'll see.

I'll let you know when we do!

Addie's in the BIG GIRL BED

SO we've been playing musical beds over here at the Ancelets. It started with Addison throwing

a fit at night. We were trying to figure out what to do about it. We decided to have Avery sleep in the room with her since there are 2 beds in there... well, a crib and a bed. So we tried that for two nights. Aidan lost his room mate but he was fine with that because he was able to sleep on the top bunk... so he was just fine. But last night it was a MESS. Avery fell out of the bed 2 times... so she came in to tell us. Aidan lost something so he came in to tell us... 2 times... and Addie started crying at 5am and would not go back to bed... so tonight we went back to the way things were.... Aidan and Avery in their bunk beds.... and Addie in the room by herself. She tends to talk a lot in the night. BUT instead of putting her in the crib to sleep, we put her in the bed and SHE WAS SO EXCITED. She didn't cry at all when going to bed. She was glad to go to bed because she felt like such a big girl sleeping in that big girl bed!

OUR PRINCESSES

Avery has such a sweet group of friends here in Knoxville. She gets to play a lot with them. These pictures were actually taken on New Year's Eve. I didn't take any of the adults but the girls were all down stairs in the basement playing with their polly pocket dolls. They love to pretend and dress up their dolls... TOO CUTE!

SNOW WAY!!!

It snowed today! YEAH!!!! Finally! It was short lived though. It was snowing some of the biggest snowflakes I have EVER seen! It was beautiful. By lunch time though the sun came OUT to SHINE and it was gone. But it was fun while it lasted! The kids went outside and played in it. They had fun... they weren't out too long before they realized it was COLD.