Naughty or Nice?

Well, Santa must have decided Stella, Dash and I made the "nice" list this year. We may have had our fair share of meltdowns in the past few weeks, ramping up to the big event, but all in all, we've been pretty good this year. Stella was such a star in her school play last week. Pics are below. On Christmas eve, we went to mass at Sacred Heart church and then headed to Grammy and Grampy's for dinner. Christmas day, Mommy made dinner (thanks Grammy for the ham and cannoli!). We are exhausted, but our bellies are full and our playroom is, too :) Happy Holidays, everyone!

xoxo Violet

Christmas is Almost Here...

and because of the sheer chaos of the season, we have been quite neglectful in our online postings. Many apologies, fans. The past two weeks have been filled with holiday cheer, Indiana family visits, best friend birthday parties and lots of quality time with our new, little brother. Annabel Mae, Sissy's best friend, turned two this past week. We celebrated with a princess-fabulous birthday party, Princess Aurora was there and everything! She might have had a two-bit wig on, but we didn't care... we thought she was tres glamorous! ;) The next day, Mama Vi & Baba Bill came into town to celebrate an "early Christmas" with us. I had a hard time accepting that Santa was not indeed shooting down our chimney that night... it's sure hard to wait for Christmas number 2! Thanks to Mama Vi and Baba Bill for our spectacular new toys and clothes. We love them! Only 6 days until Santa comes (and Jesus' birthday, as Mommy likes to remind us)... we couldn't be more excited. Enjoy the new pics below.

Happy Holidays!
Stella (VV and Dash, too!)

Let me Introduce Myself...

Hello, people, my name is Dash and while I've only been on this earth for 2 weeks (today is my actual 2 week birthday!), I decided it was time to become a contributing writer to this estrogen-dominated web page. From this point forward, I will represent the men in my house. Daddy, this post is for you! Here are some shots of our recent escapades. Most have been holiday related and all have been "firsts" for me. Hope you enjoy and look forward to more from the Dash man very soon.

DPK

A Dash of Boy

Baby DASHIELL PAUL KINNEY was born on November 21, 2009 at 6:15 pm. He was 7 lbs, 11 oz and 19 inches long and wow, what a sweet, bundle of baby boy joy he turned out to be! We love our brother!!! Here are some shots of the momentous day and week.... xoxo S & V

A Little Piece of Hoosier...

came to visit us this past week. Mama Vi & Baba Bill were in town to get some much needed QT with sis and I. It was a great visit. They also got to share in the Daddy birthday festivities, which is always a hootananny. Here are some pics of us in the fine, embroidered aprons Mama Vi brought back from her last trip to Italy. We love it when they come to visit and can't wait to see them again in December! xoxo S&V

It's my Daddy's Birthday!

Dear Daddy,

To quote our favorite literary diva, Fancy Nancy, you are fabulous, marvelous and all things extraordinary and we love you to pieces. May today be the best day of your life and may you indulge in every last bite of our pink, chocolate chip cake-tacular. We love you!!!

S&VV

Halloween: East Sac Style

So, we went through 10 bags of candy at our house, M&D estimate that we must have had some 100 trick or treaters. When we ran out of candy, Daddy promptly turned the lights off and hoped the teenagers that were out past 10pm would stop ringing our doorbell (they did not). We had a blast, though, with our BFF's Lily & Annabel Govenar. We trick or treated for about an hour on our street and then headed home for some pizza and play time. All in all, a wonderful Halloween! xoxo S&V

Happy Friday!!!

Pumpkin Carving...

is not for the wimpy! Mommy almost went into labor last night trying to gut one of our ginormous pumpkins. We had a good time watching her slave away, dissecting the innards of this orange beast. Auntie TT and Grammy also helped with the endeavor. I even got to hold a knife at one point (promptly taken away by Mommy and replaced with a paint brush). VV much preferred the stickers and coloring to the actual carving. Here are some pics of our carving extravaganza.

xoxo S

6 weeks and counting...

so, Mommy is due to have our baby brother in 6 weeks. I know... it's crazy, people! We can't wait to meet our baby brother. In the midst of Mom's already crazy, Type-A tendencies, she is nesting like a freakazoid and therefore taking her anxious OCD to new, higher levels. The baby's room is almost done (minus his tailored roman shades-- coming this week!). Daddy bought Mommy her behemoth Cadillac Escalade ESV yesterday so that baby boy can fit comfortably in his own car seat and not be strapped to the roof of her old car. While all of this bustling was going on, Mommy also decided to take pregnancy/family shots with her dear friend, Lauri Levenfeld of Zoom Photography (http://zoomphotography.net/) as a last hurrah and a precursor to the infamous Kinney Christmas card. This year's will have an added bonus, a picture of baby boy... that is if he's not 3 weeks late ;)

Here are some shots of the past week and some candids of Lauri photographing us :)

xoxo S&V

Mickey, I mean, Minnie Mouse here...

In honor of my second birthday yesterday, M&D threw me a costume gala at the casa. We had 30 kids all donning their best costumes. I was Mickey Mouse... well, technically I was "Minnie," but Mommy and Daddy didn't have the heart to correct me. It was a spectacular day and boy was I pooped when all was over. Ms. Cathy conducted a music class for the group and we had a ladybug there doing balloons and face painting. She may have been off of her rocker, but we didn't care... heck, the weirder the better ;) Here are some shots of my big day. Happy Birthday to ME!!! xoxo V-V

Grammy's Birthday!

M&D hosted the famdanga at our casa last night in honor of Grammy Jo turning 52. That's right... she's now TWO years past 50 and well, if we don't say so ourselves, she looks MARVELOUS. Grammy has been working out and watching what she eats and boy does it show. Go Grammy Go! We love you! Here are some pics of our fab night. xoxo S&V