6 on Saturday

This week's post will be a 6 on Saturday instead of 5 on Friday due to my being out shopping all day yesterday on Black Friday (one of my favorite days of the year!).

So, this week, here are 6 of the reasons I'm loving my girls:

1.  First, speaking of Black Friday, yesterday Campbell asked Robbie first thing when she woke up: "Daddy, can I go shopping like mommy and Aunt Sara?"  I'm raising my girl right!  Here I am with 2 of my sisters and our coffee mugs that say "Eat, Sleep, Shop" courtesy of my mom just for our annual shopping trip!

2. This week we got to celebrate Thanksgiving with our wonderful family.  We were so blessed to have my friend Amy LaFontaine (who did our family photos a couple of weeks ago) come and take some family pictures of all the Hoppers.  I've just seen some sneek peaks, and now I can't wait to see all of them.  I love watching the girls with their cousins and I hope they're making memories as special as the ones I have from growing up!  Here are just a few of the shots...I can't wait to share all of them!

 

3.  Rock Hill finally got a Krispy Kreme and we of course had to check it out!  The girls loved getting fresh donuts!

4.  Robbie and Campbell took some time on Black Friday to practice her bike riding without training wheels.  She did so great!  Check out the video (and please disregard the too-big shoes and helmet...it was a spur of the moment practice when they were at my parents' house and they had to make do).  I'm so proud of her.  She fell off several times and just kept getting back on.  She is so resilience!  She even told Robbie "I'm so proud of myself!"


5.  I love this time of year!  Our Elf on the Shelf (aka "Tinkerbell" aka "Elfie") is back!  She started off making mischief by dumping out the girls' pajamas to put her gift of new Christmas pajamas for the girls while we were at my parents' house for Thanksgiving.

Campbell, especially, has been waiting for her to come back and is really excited about her elf.  The first night, she was wondering what Elfie would do during the night and said "I bet she'll eat the rest of our cake."  Sure enough...this is what we saw when we woke up:

6.  Maggie is so sweet these days.  She loves to cuddle and is very concerned about others. It's even sweeter seeing this side of her when she is normally so headstrong and opinionated!