Playing in the driveway....It was all fun! All fun until London got too cold, even tho bundled up, and decided to have a freak fest! But, before she did that, we got to play in the snow and find pinecones to make little bird feeders coated in peanut butter. 
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Look at this stuff! It's so pretty!
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oh yeah! First snow day home from school! It barely snowed, a flaky light snow....but school was OUT for Syd, Mom, & London!
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London wasn't sure what to think of the cherry on top!
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Mom took us to a warm ice cream / dessert parlor after we were out in the cold.......we all split a hot Turtle Cake (german chocolate, not real turtle) A La Mode....
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Posing with the Lighted Reindeer...and freezing our toes off!
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Here we are out at the Fayetteville Square -- in the freezing cold!! The lights out there are beautiful!
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Decorating the tree! (before Thanksgiving....hee hee!)
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Huggin' the Ornaments!
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Sydney played in her first piano recital on Sunday December 4th! She played "Away in a Manger" at her piano teacher's house, Mrs. Bass.
Sydney seems to be a natural tickling the ivories!
Sydney was one of 22 students that played that day.
Earlier that week, Sydney was awarded the "Terrific Kid" Award sponsored by the Kiwanas! There are only 2 students picked each month from each class. The students got to sit at a very special "Terrific Kid" table at lunch time, received a bumper sticker, a certificate, and a free pass to a fun activity at our local "Locomotion" fun park. Terrific kids are noted to be polite, caring, and thinking of others first, among other things! Yeah for Syd!
Posted in: on Monday, December 05, 2005 at at 2:53 PM 0 comments
Mmmmmm....good eats at the Finfrocks! When we pulled up on Saturday to see everyone, London chanted "Mama Rock! Mama Rock!!" (Mama Frock's house)
Sydney with her cousin Brett, the amazing pianist. He said Sydney was doing GREAT on her piano!
Gotta get my GranCarol lovins! We got GranRan love too, but the pictures weren't as clear.
Sydney played her piano pieces for the family and did great!
London and cousin Lauren attentively watched Aunt Marilyn peel potatoes! Who needs Blues Clues, anyway?
Posted in: on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 at at 8:03 PM 0 comments
The Massers loaded up and spent Thanksgiving in North Richland Hills (Dallas), Texas. We stayed with Uncle Tommy, Aunt Liz, and our cousins Will and Nate!
Here, we all went on a crafty field trip....
Sydney working on a painting project at a fun pottery place!
London had her own artistic impressions too!
"Cheese!" It's fun playing in Will's room!
Aunt Liz with cousins Nate and Will.
Cousin Will is cuddlin' with the cute cousins from Arkansas!
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We mourn the loss of a dear friend and companion, Kione Masser.
Kione died on Monday, November 21st, 2005, as a result of her Cushing's Disease.
Kione was 9 years old and was dearly loved by her family. She was always tender and sweet with the children, was always excited to see any of us, and was always right by our side when we needed her. She loved to run and play outside, take walks with us, and sleep as close to us as she could get. When she was younger, she'd play chase with the cat, play "sockie" for hours on end, and chew off our baseboards (oops!)...... She used to go on visits with us to see the elderly, and she brought them much joy. One of the first ladies she met on these visits was a Clara Helms, who was 100 when she met us and a grand 103 years old when she passed from this earth. Kione brought her endless joy!
Kione would give you the shirt off her back if she could and would never complain. Kione would be so patient when those babies and toddlers practiced what it meant to "be gentle" with their petting. Kione would faithfully alert you anytime anything of note happened in the neighborhood (like if the neighbor checked their mail!).
We loved that little pooch and it broke our hearts to watch Cushings Disease eat away at her body and spirit. Medication treatment did little for her. She is likely running the fields of puppy heaven as we speak, and hopefully smiling down upon us as we remember her sweet self.
Thanks for your prayers and thoughts! I didn't know losing a furry friend could be so sad.
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"Cheese!" Says London, trying on old fashioned clothes at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.
"Don't I look marvelous?" Now I am ready to go collect eggs, milk the cow, and hand wash all the laundry, just like in the olden Ozark days!
Sydney is playing "stable hand" in the old timey stables outside at the museum.
We Masser girls attended the fun Shiloh Storytelling Festival, where we got to hear the Bear Lady tell stories about how the teddy bear got its name, among others. She had a jillion stuffed bears to let the kids see and touch! When the girls went to sit down in front with the children at storytime, they were so polite to say "excuse me" as they walked by...... they were even complimented afterward by 2 other ladies! However, the funny part was London completely forgot to say "excuse me" when right in the middle of stories, she passed some gas and yelled out "I tooted! I tooted!" (giggle giggle)......
Ooh, the suns in Syd's eyes! Oops! Here we are leaving the Shiloh Museum. We must come back. It was a fun, free Saturday adventure with stories, outside fun, checkers, a quilting puzzle, and lunch too! THANK YOU to the Shiloh Museum (Springdale) for our fun day!
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Once upon a time there was a lovely Flower Fairy named Sydnalina, who blossomed out of the fall flowers one day. She became a beautiful flying creature who could charm many and spread giggle dust all around the garden.....One day, walking through the garden she met a comical frog named "Schroggy" (which is how London says froggy). They became fast friends.
Together Sydnalina & Schroggy traveled to a party at the watering hole called New Springs. There they went "fishing" and raced for prizes. They did crafts and fun games. They met friends, like the Princess Tanner.
Schroggy got her face painted in a yellow happy face, and Sydnalina got a rainbow!
Sydnalina returned to the garden with a sachel full of chocolate and good cheer.
Schroggy just shrugged her shoulders, rolled her eyes (she does that a LOT), and said, "That's all folks!"
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Welcome to HayDay! This was a fun United Way sponsored event in Fayetteville the other night. We arrived at the festivities...
First we got our faces painted by our friend Debra! Sydney got a rainbow and London got a "duckie."
Sydney got to pose with Arkansas Razorback mascot Pork Chop!
Mom dumped us all off on "Mama Jenn" (as London calls her).... hee hee! No, really, we just all hung out together and rode the "Track Track" (as Jonah calls the tractor pull / hayride!)
Posted in: on Sunday, October 23, 2005 at at 7:36 PM 0 comments
um, so yeah. funny story... last night was kinda tiring...
we're one of those families who don't have the kids sleep in mom and dad's bed....just how we are. never have done it, never want to, really. mostly, we just covet our own good nights' sleep too much! (smile) but last night was different, to our surprise!
it was about 12:30 in the a.m. (yawn) when we were groggily awakened to the sound of little feet pitter pattering in our dark bedroom straight from the door all the way around to daddy's side. we started to try to focus and sure it was the older, sure-footed child, Marshall says "Sydney, what's wrong?" thinking it was a nightmare or something.
next thing we know London has crawled in between us and covered up like she's right at home! She was wide wide awake! (boy, that new allergy medicine isn't as sleepy-producing as the old one). We put her back to bed successfully (until she woke us up again at 2 am knocking on her door), but couldn't help but giggle.
in the morning I asked London "what were you doing last night?" She smirked and smiled and said "Daddy's bed!" Such a silly girl! Let's hope we get some sleep tonight!
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Sydney jumping on the trampoline at her friend Callie's house. She is so cute gigglin' & jumpin'!
The other night London ran in circles around the house saying "I runnin' like Daddy....I runnin' like Daddy!" So cute!
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