Christmas

Christmas is finally here! Santa left all of the stockings lined up on the window bench. There were even ones for Charlie and Cali.

The presents before the chaos...
Here comes chaos...
Santa brought the girls a Barbie house and a new Barbie for each of them! They were very excited!
Hannah trying on some of her new stuff.
Lindsay must have been a very good girl! A new laptop.
A new book, read to her by Nana and Papa!
Taylor trying on Emme's new pink hair.
Emme hard at work at playing with her new Barbie and house.
Another hit with all of the girls. A new Barbie airplane from Aunt Danielle and Uncle Rob!
After opening presents and having nut roll for breakfast, we went over to Auntie Cheri and Uncle Frank's house for Christmas dinner.

The girls in their fancy dresses.
Hannah with her new hat, made for her by Aunt Patti. Just adorable!
Family photos.
With Gramma and Gramps too!
Cathy, Gramma, and I with silly Gramps!
Fun times with family!

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve at home celebrating with Gramma and Gramps and Cathy (my cousin) and Kurtis with their girls, Taylor and Lindsay.

Gramps (enjoying Joe's famous homemade egg nog) and Emme.

Gramma and Gramps with Taylor, Lindsay, Hannah, and Emme.
Kurtis, Cathy, and Taylor relaxing pre dinner.
Lindsay was playing Santa Claus with the girls.


Family picture...with Charlie the reindeer.
A group shot before dinner.
Hannah writing leaving a note to Santa. "I hope I been a good girl"
Emme's turn.
The finished plate...all of the girls wrote their own note to Santa.
And then bedtime to await the arrival of Santa...

Hannah's Ballet and Holiday Assembly

We are a bit behind on posts, but we'll try to catch up...

After Hannah's last ballet class of the session, the children put on a 45 second dance to the theme of the Grinch.

Hannah's in the middle...


The one little boy in the class played the Grinch.

The girls danced around the Grinch...and Hannah got the giggles. It was pretty cute.
Hannah and her friend, Anna.
And then last week, just in time for Gramma and Gramps arrival, Hannah's school had a holiday assembly. Emme being silly with Gramps while waiting.
It was very hard to see Hannah and even harder to get a picture, but she's the one with the reindeer antlers on her head.
And now onto Christmas festivities...

Hoedown and Open House

Yesterday was Hannah's kindergarten hoedown to celebrate the end of their Farm Unit at school.

Hannah and classmates...

All 3 kindergarten classes sang a couple songs followed by 2 dances.
And after their 2 dances, they invited all of the parents and siblings to come and dance with them. Hannah and Emme dancing.
After the hoedown, we were all invited back to their classroom for a tour of what they have done in the farm unit. Hannah with the barn. Each of the children had a checklist of what they had to show their parents. It was a lot of fun and probably Hannah's favorite part was checking off each item (a girl after my heart).
While Hannah showed me around, Emme and her friend Lili played in the vegetable stand.
Hannah and "Moo", the classroom's cow.
Hannah with "Buttercup"
And while leaving the school, Emme fell down the concrete steps and got a fat lip! Poor girl!

Zoo Lights

Yesterday, the girls and I went to Zoo Lights at the Stone Zoo with a few friends. The zoo opens up at 5p and is filled with Christmas lights!!


Sophie, Thomas (Hannah's crush), Hannah, and Kayla.
All of the kids all bundled up.
Emme.
After walking through the park, the kids all rode on the carousel. Hannah and Sophie.
Emme and Anna.
Ready to head for home!

Amelia's 2nd Birthday Party

The big birthday girl!

Gingerbread houses for everyone!! Emme's finished house.

Hannah and Anna...most of the candy that was to go on the house made it to Hannah's mouth first...oops.
Amelia hard at work.
All the kids working on their houses.
Hannah's finished house!

Such a fun party