Ice Skating Fun

One of the Poole Family traditions, since we have moved to the East Coast, is to go ice-skating at the Sculpture Garden in DC. We all started out with grand visions of how fun this would be. I only lasted 10 minutes, due to a foot injury, Ashley lasted about 45 ( complaining the whole time of how bad the skates hurt her foot), Bethany lasted until Tim knocked her over, and wouldn't stop teasing her, and Carlie and Tim almost went the full 2 hour session. We are thinking that this is a tradition that may be on the chopping block.......

Gingerbread Fun

Last night, we had Carlie's Girl Scout Troop over for a Christmas party. The girls had a lot of fun decorating Gingerbread houses, which turned out so cute. They also had a round robin gift exchange. Some of the girls, had a hard time believing they could "steal" the present from another girl. Others had no problem with this idea. All in all it was a fun night.

It's Snowing in Maryland

December 5,2007

Today we had a beautiful blanket of snow cover our yard. The kids even had enough to make a snowman! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.....We also have finished decorating and now get to sit back and enjoy the season! Enjoy the snow pictures.

Christmas is Coming

Christmas is one of our favorite times of year. We celebrate the birth of our Lord and the sacrifice He made by coming to earth. We also love the transformation the house makes as it puts on its holiday apparel. For all of you out there who love decorating, baking, and organizing it all, I have found a great website to help keep you on track. It is calledhttp://www.organizedchristmas.com and has fabulous trackers, planners, printouts, recipes, and ideas to count you down to Christmas. Just thought I would share this, hope it helps you have a more organized Christmas.

Trip to Hershey

We had a great time in Hershey this past weekend. We had some friends follow us up and hang out with us, at our annual haunts. We started with the usual meal at Cracker Barrell, always exciting to get a chance to look in the gift shop! After full bellies, we headed into York, and went on the Wolfgang Chocolate Tour, hence the hairnets. The good thing is everyone looked dorky together. We got to watch chocolate covered pretzels being made, and sample at the end. We always enjoy watching the process. Due to rain on Friday, we spent Saturday at the park. Our girls have all decided that roller coasters are fun ( it has taken a while to get to this belief), and so we had a blast riding the various ones. We left the park around 11pm and by the time we got home it was 2:30am. Let's just say Tim ate a lot of sunflower seeds and drank a lot of Coke to keep him going. All inAll in was a fun time.

Annual Halloween Party

Halloween Party 2007

Each year we let the girls have an annual Halloween Party. They each get to choose 3 friends to come and sleepover. We do have friends that we know don't celebrate Halloween-so please know we respect your views, and we try to choose from friends who are okay with a Halloween Party. We just love dressing up and having a fun time with it. This year Carlie is the "White Witch from Narnia", Bethany is "Elizabeth Swan-Pirates of the Carribean", and Ashley is a fairy. We made some fun crafts, had some fun games, and ate lots of yummy treats. For breakfast we had pancakes in the shape of pumpkins and bats. It was a lot of fun.

Grand Opening-"Bethy & Becca's Salon"

Okay, all you men out there, who never can find a great hairstylist...your worries are over! Announcing the GRAND OPENING of "BETHY & BECCA'S SALON". Two new hairstylist are bursting out in the Lexington Park area, as the HOTTEST place in town to get a do. As you can tell by the look on the man getting his hair done, he is so overcome by emotion, that he can't contain himself. You also can experience this type of elation. Call up the salon to set up an appointment for your one of a kind hairdo. Appointments taken daily, after school.