Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Projects

Megan and I painted the letters in her name for her room. And, after making gingerbread cookies for Megan's preschool class, we had a few extras I let the kids decorate.


Sunday, July 20, 2014

The Elf on the Shelf

Josh got an "Elf on the Shelf" in his classroom at school and kept telling me about it and asking me if we could get one. So after school one day when I just had him with me (the girls were at piano and Megan was at preschool), we went to the Hallmark store (where he told me you could buy one) and got one. He was so cute about it that it was worth every penny! The kids named our elf Buddy and made a house and a bed for him. He was supposed to sit on a shelf and watch the kids to make sure they were being good for Santa and every night go back to the North Pole to report. When he came back in the morning, he would be in a different spot and the kids had to find him. Sure enough, the kids were good and couldn't wait to see where Buddy was in the morning! The last picture here is Josh and Megan sleeping together that first night because they were both nervous and excited about him being there.





Museum of Natural History




Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Goodbye Thanksgiving, hello Christmas!

Apple Cider shakes, "The Littlest Angels" play with grandma Nelson, play dates with Shine, pretending to be reindeer on Santa's sleigh, and hanging Christmas lights. 





Hanging Christmas lights is one of Nate's least favorite things to do. After a little begging from the kids (and probably a little pressure from me) he was nice enough to do it.

Monday, July 14, 2014

More in November

Megan likes to compose her own songs from time to time and play them on the piano for us.

 This is Megan's drawing of her and Nate roasting marshmallows.
 And this is Josh's drawing, only I can't remember all the specific details. It's really cute nonetheless.
I found a desk on KSL to refinish for Josh's room to put his legos in. He wanted to help me strip it.

 This is Megan's first real haircut. She was excited...and a little nervous.


Thanksgiving 2013