Autumn had her Christmas party at school last Friday, and I was in charge of baking a cake for it. (Ok, Brian landed up baking it, since I had to get her class favors together… and, the game for Nathan’s party. Agh!) Well, I decided to take an early lunch break so I could go… >> View Post
Archives for December 2012
Elfie’s Sled Ride and More
Some more Elfie drama… Tied up by Lego people.Elfie made himself a little bedroom with Autumn’s doll house furniture.Elfie decides to take a sled ride down our cookie tray…Aren’t these penquins cute?
Cub Scout Christmas
Not only did we have the school Christmas play last week, we also had Nathan’s Cub Scout Christmas party. As you can see from this party, he had a blast. Nathan and Dylan are trying to land gingerbread cookies into their mouths from the top of their head… neither succeeded but they had fun trying.Singing their… >> View Post
2012 School Christmas Play
This has been a REALLY busy week… all kinds of Christmas parties and celebrations. On Wednesday we were up at school for the school Christmas play! Here is a photo of Nathan and Autumn before the play in the lobby of the church. Every year they put a tree up in the church with all… >> View Post
2012 Gingerbread House
I had plans of a grand night of decorating our gingerbread house… extra candy, hot cocoa, etc. Well, I ran out of time and the candy store at the mall (how dare it) closed! The kids had hot cocoa earlier in the day, soo… we had a simple evening of Imo’s pizza, A Christmas Story… >> View Post
Krispy Kreme Class Favors
The first idea I had for class favors for Autumn’s class did not work out, so I came up with a Krispy Kreme idea! Inside each bag is a Krispy Kreme snow globe ornament ($1), 2 Krispy Kreme donut holes and then the name tag on the reverse side has a coupon for a free… >> View Post
2012 MoBot Electric Train Show
It is a little tradition of ours to go to the Missouri Botanical Train show every year around Thanksgiving… this year we tried but the power was out when we showed up… I found out later my company was having a corporate day at MoBot, and we got to go for free! Can’t beat that!There… >> View Post
Creamy Christmas Mints
Every weekend in December I plan to make something yummy, and I decided to opt out of cookies last weekend and try a creamy mint recipe. I have never made mints before, but I was sort of in the mood for them… and, I plan to freeze some because I think they would look really… >> View Post
Elfie brings Krispy Kremes!
Elfie has been really creative the last few days… He made a message for the kids out of Christmas colored M&M’s. Nathan proclaimed, “I can even read it! It says BE GOOD!”Another day, Elfie made a Christmas count down with little rings of construction paper.But, best of all… Elfie brought KRISPY KREMES! He brought regular… >> View Post
Melted Snowman Ornament
Every Christmas season, I select a homemade ornament idea (oh, if only Pinterest was around when Nathan was first born!) for the kids to make… and, I have quite a collection on my tree from the last several years. This year, I wanted to try the Melted Snowman ornament because it looks really nice and… >> View Post
2012 Mall Santa Photo
Autumn did not cope well with our visit to see the Mall Santa this year… the line was long, and the entire time she was really stressed over sitting on Santa’s lap. Of course, the result? A crying Autumn with her arms out for Mommy during the photo! I really thought she would do better… >> View Post
Prof. Pics – Reception
After the ceremony, everyone was ushered into the bar for finger foods and drinks. This gave everyone time to mingle, sign the guest book and for family photos to be taken. Here we are, a happy married couple indeed. A family of four Some fun ring shots… I got the Eiffel tower idea from off… >> View Post