The Princess and The Ballet
Today was a special day for Kendall! We started out by going to Build-A-Bear to get her new Princess Celestia all fluffed up. Brian got to stay home with Grandpa Roger–good thing, it was certainly a zoo in the Build-A-Bear on the day after Christmas! Hoo boy. But, it’s worth it, Kendall’s new friend is certainly quite special. Thanks, Nana! Later, we all packed ourselves into the van to go attend the Carolina Ballet’s performance of the Nutcracker. Grandpa might...
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Here’s a digital version of our 2014 Christmas card! I hope you all enjoyed it....
Read MoreChristmas Day 2014
Merry Christmas! We started bright and early with the kids. They came downstairs to the Mameshiba Christmas song–we now have a complete set of the plushie beans they love so much. 😉 We had our Christmas stollen for breakfast, and then it was time for presents. The first thing they noticed was the Tauntaun sleeping bag. 🙂 The kids got the things they asked Santa for when we rode the Santa Train–a Bitty Baby book for Kendall, and Clone Wars Lego sets for Brian. (Among about a...
Read MoreChristmas Eve 2014
It’s Christmas Eve, and the kids are predictably over-excited and bouncing off the walls! Well, who can blame them. 🙂 We had holiday donuts thanks to Nana Rosemary to start the day off with a sugary bang. Both kids had new holiday character shirts to wear. Once everyone was dressed, we worked on some crafts together. Brian made a Viking shield out of paper, and Kendall and I made a My Little Pony sticker picture together. Before long, Nana and Sytse were here for our Christmas...
Read MoreRandom Holiday Fun
Monday and Tuesday of this week, I’m home alone with the kids while Brandon works the last couple days before the holiday shutdown. They’re running me ragged (no surprise there!) but we’re fitting in a lot of fun. Today we played with our Lego advent calendars, built custom creations with Duplos, made sticker pictures and various decorations, and Brian drew a very nice picture of a gingerbread man and his house. (Brian corrected me, the orange on his man’s face is...
Read MoreCookie Decorating
Today the kids had a sticky, crazy good time, decorating all of those extra gingerbread cookies we made yesterday. They liked the icing colors on the Star Wars ones, but I think the sprinkles on the gingerbread boys and girls were their favorite! They also enjoyed some starfruit that came in our Produce...
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