Playdate at Mi Casa

We hosted a playdate and brought out all of the playhut tents and tunnels. The kids had a great time especially playing dress-up. Love Isaac as Cinderella!

Cute Winter Dresses

The girls got all dressed up in their pretty church dresses for Sunday mass. I could not resist the Kodak moment.

More Christmas Snapshots

We are having a nice day at home on Christmas. MeMaw and Papaw are in MN visiting family and Daniel & Teresa called us today to cancel not getting together for Christmas dinner. We had all recently just got over colds, but I guess they did not want to chance us still being carriers of the common cold??? oh well. We had a great Christmas at home with our family. We had a make shift Christmas dinner because I did not plan on hosting dinner so I unfortunately did not have a turkey. I made Mexican lasagna (my friend, Ginny's recipe) and it was delicious. We watched the original movie: The Christmas Story a couple times in between napping.

Its Christmas Morning!!

What a wonderful morning! It is Christmas, Jesus was born and Santa stopped by to deliver some presents, but not before eating his cookies and drinking his milk. Happy Birthday J.C.!!!

Just 1 Present...Okay Just 2 Presents

On Christmas Eve, the girls get to open one present traditionally. We decided to let them open 2 presents each this time. Let's face it, the Christmas tree has a bunch of presents under it and Santa has not even arrived yet. We let them open presents from MeMaw and Papaw since they are not in GA this Christmas. They both freaked out (in a good way) after opening their gifts. Isabelle received a gigantic Littlest Pet Shop collection and Alexis received the Littlest Pet Shop Clubhouse. Just what they both wanted. Littlest Pet Shop is something they both enjoy playing with.

Christmas Eve

Its Christmas Eve!!! We went to mass and then went over to Kathy and Tim's for dinner. Heather, Ryan and Olivia were also there. MeMaw and Papaw are in MN so it was nice spending time with our friends.

Visit to Santa's Workshop

We took Lexie and Izzie to see Santa and his workshop. Their picture turned out really cute. Lexie asked for Zhu Zhu pets for Christmas. Santa better start working on those, there is a huge shortage right now!

Making Izzie's Christmas Present

Lexie and Daddy decided to make Izzie a special present for Christmas. They built a stool personalized with her name on it. That way she can reach the toilet and sink herself. As an added bonus, Lexie enjoyed her special bonding time with Daddy.

Pre-K Christmas Party

As a Room Rep in Lexie's classroom, I get to help plan all of the parties. I especially had fun planning and volunteering for the Christmas party. The kids all had a great time. We had a yummy snack, made a craft (homemade picture frame w/ magnet) and Miss Napoli inserted a picture of each child for their frame to give to their parents. When I volunteer, its a package deal so Izzie enjoyed the festivities as well. I can tell she is so excited to go to the "big kid school" with Lexie soon.

Making Christmas Cookies

We baked a variety of Christmas cookies and the favorite was making the Russian Tea Cookies and the girls rolled them in the powdered sugar. I think Izzie ate more than she made. I really enjoyed myself as I made cookies with my daughters. It reminded me of memories I have making Christmas cookies every year with my sister at our Grandma's house. Fond memories!!

Making Smores

We decided to have the kids make smores on the grill. They were so excited. The photo doesn't really capture the picture of Alexis holding the marshmellows and Izzie holding the graham crackers as they both did a happy dance in the kitchen. We made a nice sticky mess but had fun doing it!

St. Joe's Prek Christmas Pageant

Alexis played Mary in her school Christmas pageant. She remembered her line and did fantastic. We could tell she was enjoying herself up on stage. Dane and I were the proud parents in the front row!!

My Little Gymnist

Isabelle is really excelling at Gymnastics for such a young age. She loves it! Her favorite thing to do is the rings and jumping on the long trampoline. She is a little Gym Dog in training. I just signed both girls up for Gymnastics again. Alexis really seemed to enjoy Gymnastics as well. She has incredible balance.

Duo Baby Shower

We had a duo baby shower at my friend Ginny's gorgeous home for our friends, Jenny and Daniela. Both are due in January. I am so excited to find out what Jenny is having. She decided to wait and it be a surprise. Daniela is expecting a little girl and I know she will be absolutely gorgeous. We had all of our CRHP sisters from church there to celebrate. My Newly-Mom Trivia Game was a hit.