Saturday, December 27, 2008

Holiday Time




Ok, now that I've recovered from the holidays, I will give you a run down of the last three weeks. Isabel was having a small recital and I was a volunteer mom. I opened my big mouth and said I was creative, so one of my big jobs was to help with the back drop. I was a silent worker, and many of the other moms had their own ideas, and I just wasn't willing to "go there"! :) I decided to just do the work and let them be creative. It all went well and I think the backdrop looked cute. The recital was about 15 minutes long and all the kids did a great job. Mine, of course, was the cutest one there!!
We had a few Christmas parties to attend, too. We had the best time at our friend's "gift exchange" party.

Having the girls home is nice in that I don't have to get up until they do, and sometimes not even then. The older they get, the easier it is. Sleeping in is the best!



I spent a day in Isabel's class helping the kids with their ginger bread houses. That was fun and the kids had a very good time. It was messy, but they had fun and that's what counts. Their houses looked great!

Overall, we had a good holiday. The kids got lots and lots of stuff and they loved everything. I think they got too much, but it only happens once a year, so...

Speaking of once a year, Reanne is now 9. Wow, 9!! Where has the year gone. We took her out to dinner and had a nice time. We'll have a party later as I would like to give her her own day.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Christmas Pictures
































Ok, so Christmas is here and we all know that means it's time for more Christmas pictures! Yay! Something my girls have no problem pulling off. We spent the afternoon at the park, which is one of my very favorite places to take pics. The grass is always so green and the girls had a great time running around in their fancy dresses, feeling the cold grass on their bare feet!


Thursday, December 11, 2008

Ballerinas have to cook, too!




Isabel and her dad spent some quality time together making banana bread.
She loved smashing the bananas and miraculously managed to not get even a drop of it on the ballerina outfit she insisted upon wearing! She said, and I quote, "Ballerinas have to cook too, mom!". Can't deny a ballerina who wants to become domesticated, now can I?

It turns out that this ballerina and her daddy made some of the tastiest banana bread I've ever had!