I've been tagged

What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was a junior in college, getting ready to work at Wachovia Bank during the summer. I was trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life :)

5 Things on my to-do list today
- make jello jigglers for Ainsley's pj party
- nail down swim lessons for Ainsley
- vacuum the house (again- it's on the market)
- determine whether the much-delayed Easter Egg hunt will be held tomorrow (rain...)
- play with my girls

5 snacks I enjoy
- chips of any kind (though when I'm pregnant, I really love bbq corn chips)
- hummus
- cheese and crackers
- apples and bananas mixed together
- goldfish

5 things I would do if I were a billionaire
- hire a nanny :)
- start a foundation
- buy a vacation home to host friends and family
- buy a boat for my husband
- travel more (once the kids get older)

5 bad habits
reality tv (especially all those bravo and tlc shows)
avoidence of conflicts
laziness in regards to kepping my house clean
procrastination
not updating my blog often enough :)

5 places I've lived
Raleigh, NC
Florence, SC
Winston-Salem, NC
Venice, Italy
Washington, DC

5 jobs I've had
lifeguard
Pizza Hut employee
YMCA worker
retail sales (Casual Corner)
photo shop employee

And now I'm supposed to tag 5 people- but I'll have to get back to this...

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Ainsley's Fourth Birthday

We had Ainsley's birthday this past Sunday- her princess and pinanta party in the park, and a good time was had by all. We also got to host Stripes over the past weekend, the pet zebra of her mother's day out program, and grammy-grams and big pop-pop (my parents) were here too, so it was just an exciting weekend!

Emma continues to be infatuated with the pop-pop, starting her days by me walking into her room and Emma announcing "I want to see the pop-pop" and ending with rocking with him. She surprised us though, insisting on grammy from time to time as well (much to grammy-gram's delight :)). She certainly knows her mind!

Ainsley had a great time- though she was a bit overwhelmed by it all. We miss ya'll and love you and hope to catch up soon.

Long time no write- exciting news!

So I'll just go ahead and admit that consistency is one of my flaws... and move on.

We have exciting news in the Foca family. We are expecting our third child in September of this year. This has taken up a lot of our time in the past couple of months, but with our house on the market and the first trimester morning sickness behind, we're looking forward to the next couple of months! Ainsley is very excited at the prospect of being a big sister again, though she insists that it must be a boy because "she already HAS a sister..." hmmm... that one should be interesting

Emma's Birthday and Ainsley's Christmas concert

Well, time has just flown. We had a great Thanksgiving at Uncle Andy and Aunt Kelly's house~ Ainsley adores Jacob and Payton (and they are very patient with both girls) and both Ainsley and Emma love baby Hannah as well!

We also celebrated Emma's 2nd birthday with friends in Knoxville by visiting the Children's Museum. The kids had a blast, the dads got to chase them through the water and puppet rooms, the train set-up and play with them in the lifesize dollhouse (though the doorbell got rung many MANY times according to reports) and the moms got to visit for a while in the party room (he he!)

All in all a good birthday- confirmed by the amount of cake on Emma's face!

This morning was Ainsley's Christmas concert for school. She did great and looked adorable~ and gave Chris and I very explicit instructions on how and when we could wave to her while she was onstage... while other children were literally hiding in their shepherd's costumes, she still loves the limelight and stage (which is a little scary).

We are looking forward to the opportunity to see family the next couple of weeks...

More fall fun

We have been having such a good time enjoying the beautiful weather the last week!

We went to Dollywood with Ainsley bfitwww (best friend in the whole wide world) Alex, and rode all the rides we loved!

We're hopeful Emma can grow a little taller and ride more next year... but we're not holding our breath (due to the fact that she's in the 10th percentile in height...) but we love Dollywood at any rate!

Ainsley has also been really busy practicing riding her bike. She's getting to be really good pedalling on her own, we know next spring she'll be off like a rocket!

Fall Fun

Ok so I wanted to provide a couple of pictures from our fall fun. Because even though I didn't get a chance to post, I've actually been better about taking pictures.

This is one of my favorite pictures of Emma from the fall. She has donned a friend's goggles (refused to take them off all afternoon), found an old shoe and put it in a wheelbarrow, which she carted around the neighborhood.

Gotta love it!

As you can see, Ainsley has been busy trying to learn how to skate. She's getting better- this is from early September when big pop-pop came to visit. She can kind of walk on her own in them, and is learning how to actually skate as well!

Lastly, guess what Emma's been starting? Ok, not really so much, but at least I got her to pose for pictures! There's lots of potty talk around the Foca house... I'm hoping soon to be diaperless (soon being in the next 6 months:))

Ok, I guess that's all for now... more to come!

Trick or Treat

Ok, so it's been forever... Mom and Dad Foca have been to visit, fall happened, Chris and I went to Europe... but my mom had a great idea- don't worry about what you've missed, just stick some pictures up of Halloween!

So I'm taking her at her word and sharing some precious pics. We had a great Halloween- Ainsley was a cowgirl (which she wants to be because when she grows up she wants to ride a horsie) and Emma was a horsie (who was running from Ainsley much of the time when Ainsley wanted to ride her). Our first Halloween party was October 19th, and we had something almost every day for 2 weeks, which is why you see slight cosume changes in some of the pictures.

This picture is from Halloween night on our neighbor's steps... before the crazy trick or treating started! Ainsley had a blast, she informed me this morning that she wanted to have Halloween again today!

This is one of my favorite pictures from the evening... at the end of the night walking back home (notice that Ainsley's basket is so full she can barely keep it from skidding on the ground).

After going trick or treating, Ainsley elected to stay up and give out candy (go figure). Unfortunately, we missed most of the trick or treaters, so there was a lot of sitting and looking at the stars. At one point, she looked at me and said "This is serious" and went running down the street to gather trick or treaters to come visit.

All in all a great Halloween...