Lady Antebellum

So the girls' favorite song right now is this one that their aunt Reatha taught them. I don't love that they sing it, but it is cute.

On vacation last week, we had our own church service and everyone shared something. Haddie wanted to share this song. She even promised to put something about God into it:) Thankfully, she ended up sharing some of her Awana verses and the Cubbies song instead.

Branson #1

Gone Fishin'

Haddie went fishing with her daddy on Saturday. She caught a fish on her first cast and then was very frustrated not to get another bite the entire time we were out. Our little fisherwoman!

Portraits 2010

We headed over to Portrait Innovations to update the girls' pictures. I decided that it is too hard to keep up with 3 different times to go in, so we will just continue do to them all at the same time. It worked pretty well and I was able to do some group shots as well. They just didn't fit into the collage. I'll share some soon.

Preschool and organizing closets

So, what have the Ulrichs been up to lately? Well, I have begun the massive task of changing seasons/sizes for my 3 girls. Brooklyn was a big help here holding down the tubs. She loves standing up and attention!! She cried when I went away to get my camera.

As you can see from the top of this picture, I have an assortment of sizes out for Brooklyn at the moment. I just hate to miss out on cute winter clothes, so I got some stuff out of my 6 and 9 month boxes just in case she could wear it. At first I was trying things on her to see if they fit, but that didn't last too long. The sleeper she is wearing her is 0-3 and still fits fine. Crazy girl!

Haddie also started Preschool on Monday! She is having such a great time and we are doing it with some of her friends from last year which is great for her and me (I get to reconnect with some moms I haven't seen in a while). We are doing the MTHS preschool, so her teachers are high school students learning more about early education. It is a great program. There are as many teachers as kids so she gets a lot of personal attention and we get some babysitter ideas, too. Plus it is super cheap ($20 for the entire semester, 4 days a week!)

An Introduction to the Ice

We spent a few days this week down in Saint Louis with my parents, and it was a much needed change of scenery for all of us! One of the hilights was spending a day at the St. Louis Mills Mall. It has great outlet stores like Carters, Gymboree, Children's Place, Gap and Old Navy, a movie theater, and best of all, a skating rink. Brendon took each of the girls out for their first spin on the ice, and they both loved it. We are looking forward to coming back and trying it again when the girls aren't so tired.

Sierra posing with the smallest skates they made. We were lucky they fit. Childrens size 8.

Haddie did a great job holding her skates steady. Here dad is demonstrating the finer points. Maybe he should give me lessons, too. I stayed firmly on the ground with the camera this time.

Sierra was a little more wobbly but she still had a great time.

Smiling with daddy. You can't see it but I am taking pictures from the penalty box :) This was a practice arena for the St. Louis Blues.

And when the girls got tired, Brendon gave them each a ride around the rink. We were fortunate to have the whole place to ourselves. Thanks for a great trip, mom and dad!

Christmas Festival

On Saturday, we went to a small town Christmas festival. The girls had a wonderful time. Haddie got a candy cane painted on her cheek. Sierra had a gingerbread man. I was impressed with how well they stayed still.

Afterwards, we went for rides on a shetland pony named Sandy. They did a great job.



And here are our little carolers.

Finally, we took a picture with Santa (and now you can see that Brooklyn was with us, just too little for some of the other activities). I was really surprised at how well they did. Sierra was a bit nervous, but she warmed up with her sister next to her.

My favorite was after the picture when Haddie said "Mommy, santa is really big. Is he bigger than God?" This prompted a very interesting discussion. In case you are wondering, we take pictures with Santa and tell him what we want for Christmas, but presents are from mommy and daddy. He isn't magical or anything.

They also had a balloon man, which was the end of our fun because Haddie received a balloon while Sierra, being 2, was too young and could only have a little plastic whale. This was not a good substitute and there were many tears. Once we got home, we ignored Mr. Balloon Man's safety suggestion and Haddie had to share her balloon with her sister. This was somewhat better, but the balloon still didn't make it through the day. Sigh. Oh well, they had some good times with it before it popped.