Caterpillar egg carton craft!

``Mommy, when Alexia goes down for her nap, can we please do a craft``???

Olivia`s favorite activity, especially 1 on 1 with mama. Today we made wonderful egg carton caterpillars!!! Check it out!

Olivia - very focused!!!

Rock the Arts Puppet Show

I was able to take the girls to the Rock the Arts puppet show earlier this week. It was a small group, but the girls really seemed to enjoy it!!!

Olivia and Alexia dancing pre-show!
Watching the show...

...the snow fairy puppet - Olivia`s favorite!

More puppets!

Setting Goals For 2011...

2010 was a high stress emotional year for me (and my family). With treatments hopeful now behind me I am committed to making the year 2011 ``my year`` and an excellent year for my family. I`ve been doing alot of thinking (soul searching) and am in the process of coming up with some goals for this new year. Goals for me, goals for our family, etc. Goals on a number of different levels...

I found an excellent link that I thought I`d share in case anyone is interested:

Setting Goals

We wish everyone a wonderful year in this 2011! Love the O`Neils xo

FLUFFY SNOW

The hair...

...is short and wild an has no control but oddly I actually don`t mind it!

I hope in the next few weeks I can actually get a bit more of a shape or style cut into it...or maybe number 4 on the clippers will do the trick...hahaha!

I AM a fan of the wash, shake and go...ESPECIALLY since the girls are so small and time for myself (or my hair as the case may be) is limited!

I think i will sport a short do for a while instead of wasting time going through all the annoying phases of growing it out! Ahhhhh...hair freedom!!!

Elle Firecracker!

PUZZLES PUZZLES and more PUZZLES

Olivia and i did alot of playing today while Alexia had a very long nap!!! She is very into puzzles right now (when she isn`t begging to play barbies or making us reenact scenes from Annie)!!!

Those O`Neil Girls...

Alexia is almost 14 months old now and is a total firecracker!
Olivia is now three and a half and quite the little lady (most of the time...the rest of the time she thinks she is a teenager...)

The girls at the Science and Tech museum!

MORE Holiday Favs!!!

Happy Holidays from the O'Neils
Sisters - clearly olivia has been into the Rum and Eggnogg...

Sweet pea...

Peanut...who clearly was also into the rum and eggnogg...

SISTERS!!!

Some of our fav holiday pics!

Sisters getting so excited for the week of Christmas!!! We opened presents all week - best to spread it out at this age I think...
Moms birthday celebration chez O`Neil

Alexia with Santa!

Olivia with Santa and being soo brave!

The next generation of cousins all dressed up in the holiday wear!

Cousin Molly and Alexia!

Alexia terrorising Nanny and Grampa`s house...

Olivia posing by Nanny and Grampa Jim`s tree

Daddy and Alexia catching a quick cuddle...

Mommy and Olivia reading a new story!

A Christmas celebration with pops before he had to go back up north :(

Our prettiest tree yet...2010!

Merry Christmas from the O`Neil`s

The warmest Christmas wishes from the O`Neils. It has been a CRAZY year from us with lots of ups and downs but we have survived and look forward to a new year with new adventures!

Mommy went through daily radiation treatments the last four weeks but did finish right before the holidays. We are spending some great quality time together this week. New pics of our family to be posted very soon!!!

Again, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from our family to yous xoxoxo

ALEXIA....?

..nope...thats her mama (Dec '76)...

October & Nov Favs!!!

November 14, 2010 - A very Happy Birthday to our littlest princess Alexia James!!! She is one year old now!
Alexia eting her bday cupcake...

Singing happy birthday

Grandma with alexia and Sydney

Our oldest princess...

Happy birthday baby girl!

Mommy and Olivia

Alexia's lady bug cake and cupcakes! Thank you Nadia!!!

Alexia - So Proud

Olivia and mommy making crafts...

Todo and Dorothy checking out their halloween loot!

Getting ready to trick or treat!

Carving pumkins!

Group shot! apparently shirts were optional!

Pumpkin carving is serious business even when your almost 1!

Olivia is not too sure about pumpkin slime...to be honest, mommy is not too sure about pumpkin slime either...

Playing in the dora ship...

First snow fall, first snow fall:

Dorothy and Todo...

Pretty girl:

More crafts!

Cousins!

Cousin Molly!

Fun in the leaves - Thanks grampa Jim!

The O'Neil's

Playroom fun!

Crazy girls...

Where are your pants kid!

Olivia LOVES puzzles!

Matchy matchy...

Runnin a muck...