Cookie Monsters

We decorated cookies after Christmas this year.....they still tasted the same!

The GOOD sprinklers.

A promotion to "froster" this year!

The rookie sprinkler.

BUSTED!

And then there was this cutie!  Positioned as an observer...no frosting...no sprinkles...(except for the stray ones that rolled away from his sister)....until........

.....nope...his reach was just a little too short....better luck next year Brody!

Christmas Prep

Molly's clever Kindergarten teacher sent this home...

She was very excited to put it outside.....

The weather could have been nicer....but we managed.....she was worried about the cloudy skies since it was raining....so we decided that it was a good thing that Rudolph would be along to provide the extra light.

Then we got ready for dinner and Christmas Eve Sundaes!

Build your own!

Yum!

Then we had to frost a few cookies for Santa.

She's such a rookie!

Ummmmmm....that's a little too much!!!!!!

Santa is a lucky guy!

Excited on Christmas Eve.....

OK, girls....let's try to take a group picture.....

Up here girls....Lacey stay there.......

Come on.....Morgan sit down....Lacey turn around.....Molly sit up ...Taylor just sit there, please!

Seriously girls......one picture....Molly you are messing up your hair!

Ok...where did Lacey go?????

Taylor go find Lacey....girls look at mommy!

Good Gravy...close enough!
Merry Christmas!

Good Morning!

The kids were all up by 6:45....which wasn't too bad.  Taylor had been up at 5 am the morning before so I was prepared for the worst and was pleasantly surprised when I rolled over and saw a 6 on my clock!

So the girls were ready to go by 7.....presents were distributed...Lacey was already pushing around her new stroller and babies...which are all currently named 'tori' (in honor of the addition to our daycare family who is a 3-month old dolly as far as Lacey is concerned)

I was very excited when Santa gifted the girls dolls.  We have been reading Kit at bedtime so the girls were excited about getting their dolls.  Taylor's was named Kit and Molly's was named Riley (after her 2nd grade reading buddy)

Taylor wanted to dress like her doll right away so she changed Kit into her pajamas and robe and then got on her own robe so they would match.  When it came time to dress for the day she had to wear a white ribbon just like Kit.  Molly was enjoying her doll too.  When I tucked them into bed at night they both dressed their dolls back into their jammies and I had to tuck them into bed with them.  However, Molly was found with a pair of scissors and a lock of brown hair the day after Christmas....so Riley is on vacation for awhile until Molly convinces me she is "old' enough to have a "big girl" gift.  But on to happier times...........

Morgan was excited about everything ~ which is one of the great things about 3 year olds....She loved her cookie matching game, her instruments, her puzzles, her beads, and her new outfit and shoes...she loved the shoes....what a girly girl!

Two-year olds love everything too!  Especially anything having to do with Elmo and friends.  She was gifted an Abby dolly by her godmother a week ago which she sleeps with now and she was gifted a bus with lots of Sesame Street friends in it that she's been playing with a lot.  When her babies are sleeping of course......

We had a busy day.  Brunch at Grandma Sue's, late afternoon and evening at Grandma Dar's.

Live.Laugh.Love

I can't spell naughty.........

I was doing some shopping at Old Navy this past weekend.  While I did some wandering Taylor and Molly were coloring at the table they had set up.  The paper was letterhead for a Dear Santa letter.  On the way back to the van Taylor was reading her letter out loud.

Taylor:  Dear Santa, You are a nice man.  Do you like the milk and cookies that I left out for you last year?  Am I on your good list or your nasty list?

Molly:  It's not a nasty list, it's a naughty list.

Taylor:  I know, but I can't spell naughty so I wrote nasty instead.

chuckle*chuckle*chuckle*

More Tooth Fairy Action.....

Molly lost another tooth today......but in case you missed it...she lost her first one just a few weeks ago eating an apple....so classic, right!  So today we were driving to church and we stopped to get breakfast at McDonalds...so she was eating...and we were listening to the new x-mas CD I bought yesterday.  She announces from the backseat that her tooth just fell out....guess what song is playing?  That's right..."all I want for x-mas is my 2 front teeth"....how funny is that!

Blizzard of 2009

Before I get into this post I need to throw my husband under the bus (as promised)...you see my DH was not thrilled about my insisting that we get our tree on the Sunday that we did...(see next post)...I promised we wouldn't have to decorate it or anything yet...I just wanted it cut down and at the house.  Wisconsin weather can be a bit unpredictable and we had a relatively nice November so the shovel pictured above was just a matter of time.

This is that time...though very pretty to take pictures of and watch from the warmth of the house this is not ideal conditions for tree hunting....OK...I'll move on now......

This was one of my trees....that's right...ONE...it split right down the middle and fell in the shape of any 'X' under the weight of the snow....17 inches of snow!

This picture wouldn't be that crazy if it were an accumulation of a few weeks of snow...but this was less then 12 hours...impressive!

It was a snow day!  For most of Wisconsin.........

We built a snowman.

And the temperature then dropped to wind chills of below zero....brrrr!  So now Frosty is as solid as a rock and will probably be living in our front yard until July! *sigh*

It was very good packing snow...wet and heavy!

So our last adventure for the day was to build a snow fort...which is now also as solid as a rock.

Hopefully the temperature will rise a little over the weekend so the kids can actually plan in the winter wonderland.

*So glad we got that tree!*

Find the Tree.......

When to get a Christmas tree????.....Saturday I worked all day until 4...and it's dark by 5...so that was rushed...Sunday looks full too...guess we'll wait until next weekend....But....Sunday is beautiful....seriously too good to pass up...so with a little creative scheduling we all met at the tree farm....no snowpants or boots needed!

Hats and mittens were even optional!

So we checked out our choices in the 'display room' (garage) and the girls decided they wanted a fir....the needles were short and soft.

Let the search begin!

The girls ran from tree to tree and we finally decided that this one looked the best....

Family picture...the tree was a keeper!

After Tree Treat

Decorating a tree.....

We had to wait a few days to decorate...it was a good behavior incentive ; )The kids...especially Taylor and Molly are super excited to rip open all the carefully packed ornaments...so with a deep calming breath I let them have at it.....

For the most part, they did a very good job for as high as they could reach.....there was just one trouble spot......a bundle of ornaments......

And this was the culprit!

Tree decorating done.......check!