Cookie Decorating Party

Every year (when I was growing up) my sisters and I would decorate cookie during the Christmas season.  They are very fond memories (especially of eating them)!!  So with the help of my sister-in-law and my niece, I invited a few friends over and we got busy!

We had a great time!  Some of our friends had to miss but I'm sure we will do it again.  The cookies were yummy and the kids were great!  Thanks Cindy and Jesi for everything!! 

4 year olds nativity

Check out these cute kids!

You didn't know there were kittens at the nativity...

Yes, there were 3 cats at this nativity!  Audrey's best friend K was one of them!  I'm so glad I didn't have to make a costume and that it fit over her cast!  Oma and Aunt Cindy were able to come watch.  I can't believe how well these 4 year olds did with their speaking parts!

This is one of Audrey's teachers!

Sing, sing, sing

Did you know my kids love to sing??  Audrey loves to make up her own songs!  Paxton sometimes sings a deep, gravelly voice!

Miscellaneous...

Here is a new use for playdough in case you were getting bored with it!  Obviously, you do need a sliding glass door!  Thankfully, it comes right off and the residue wipes off easily!

Cold and wet makes it hard to play outside.  Before this batch of cold weather, the kids were insisting on playing outside pretty much everyday, sometimes for an hour or two.  Mostly just in the driveway, front yard, sidewalk!  They would then accost every dog that walked by!  Now they are stuck inside!  And trying not to watch tv/movies all day long!!

Oh yes, we did...

So Saturday after dinner, we are playing around the house and having a lazy day.  Then John David picks up his cell phone and listens to a message from earlier in the afternoon.  It was work.  My husband accidentally brought home some keys that they need at the (post) office.  He needs to bring them up there now.  So before the call, our children were wearing their favorite dress-up clothes.  Paxton was wearing his Spiderman outfit and Audrey was wearing her most favorite of all pink princess dress.  Our kids love riding in the car and it's a treat to go somewhere.  So I said "We should all go for a ride to return the keys to Daddy's work."  The kids said "Yay!"  Audrey put a jacket on and we all put shoes on.  After returning the keys, John David says he wants to run into Target because we are totally out of wipes and we can't survive without wipes in our home!  So there we are-me, my husband, and Spiderman and Princess at Target!  Audrey had to take her jacket off so people would see her dress.  When someone called her Cinderella, she corrected them.  Unfortunately, the picture of Sleeping Beauty that used to be on the front of her dress has completely worn off!  At least he was gracious about being corrected!  I held myself back from explaining to everyone that we did not intentionally bring our children out to run errands in the costumes!  Yup-Paxton only had a diaper on underneath!!

These are the super-special dress-up costumes!!