Class Winter Party

Today was the last day of school before winter break. The kids ended their day with a holiday party. They had fun decorating snowman cookies and eating them. Mackenzie's favorite part was the frosting! She had a lot of energy on the walk home.

Owen & Nicole

Jake

Winter dance recital

Mackenzie was in two performances today. For tap she danced to "Tikki Room" and ballet "Touch the sky" from Brave. She did great in both numbers and looked really cute in her costumes.

Santa by Sleigh

Today we headed out to look for Santa. We heard we was going to be in the neighborhood. We met up with him and Rolling Hills. He was traveling by a horse drawn carriage and had a friendly elf with him. Mackenzie was the only one willing to hop up in the sleigh and even she found herself a little speechless when it came time to tell Santa what she wanted. Good she thing she made out her list already!

All Saints Christmas Pageant

This year Mackenzie and Finnegan both got to participate in the All Saints Children's program. Finn's group the chipmunks were on first and I was worried how my shy guy would do. Well he got right up there and sang away. I was so relieved and impressed with my little man. Mackenzie was in the last group the beavers. She was part of the pageant. She played a dove a silent role, but she got up and sang carols with her group.

The whole show was very cute and we are excited for Emme's turn next year.

Gingerbread Compound

This year we bought a kit of 5 gingerbread houses so everyone in the family could build one. Well we quickly realized Jim is the engineer in our family. My house kept falling apart and I was loosing patience. So Jim took over and built the houses. Then Kenzie and Finn had fun decorating them and Emme tasted all of the decorations. They came out really cute and the kids were excited to put them on display. It's could thing we have Daddy around...I think he's a keeper!

GS holiday project

This week our daisies made wreaths and Christmas tree ornaments for the local nursing home. They presented them to the seniors and then sang Christmas carols to them. The seniors were very excited to see the girls and gave them a great applause at the end!

honorary daisy

singing to the seniors

The Christmas Train

Today we headed to Fremont to ride the train of lights. The inside and the outside were decorated for the holidays. On board they served hot cocoa and cookies. Luckily we had a break in the rain and we were able to go to the outside car to see the lights. Every time we went around a bend you could see all the beautiful lights on the side of the train. It was a fun and festive event for everyone, we even got to say hello to Santa!