Steve’s Birthday Bear
Brian had decided back in August what he wanted to give Grandpa Steve for his birthday–his own Build-A-Bear, dressed up as a little fisherman–complete with a little fishing rod and two sparkly plush fishes. He never forgot this plan, and was just so set on it, today we made it a reality. The kids both took this present-making very seriously. They started to argue over who got to prepare the little heart that goes inside the bear before it was stitched up–but then decided,...
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 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...
Read MoreSanta Train, More Gingerbread
Today we made more gingerbread cookies! I’d picked up some Star Wars gingerbread cookie cutters, so we just had to make some of those, plus some more gingerbread boys (and girls! how did we forget the girls during the last round?) 😉 Plus, we had the wrong kind of molasses last time around, so they were a little extra tangy and the color was off (Brandon now knows, blackstrap molasses are for vegan health nuts, you gotta have Grandma’s for baking!) Later this afternoon, we were...
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