Christmas Dresses

Since today was 'Christmas Sunday' the girls got to wear their new Christmas dresses from Grandma Nancy. The only way we could get Eliza to eat her breakfast this morning was to show her her 'pretty dress' and tell her she had to eat if she wanted to wear it to Church. When she got it on she twirled and twirled and couldn't wait to show her babysitter Kaia when we got to church. Liesel loved her dress too but some how got the front decorative bow untied and I can't quite figure out how to fix it. Sigh. The dresses were a huge hit though. Thanks again Grandma Nancy.

Snow

It snowed here yesterday and boy have we loved it. Eliza opened the front door and stuck her finger in the snow and had to run and show me. When I told her to eat it her eyes lit up and she ran to get more. All treats at our house come in measuring cups and snow is no exception.
Who knew snow could be as much fun in the house as out.
Happy Winter Everyone!

Our Gingerbread House

This Christmas we made a paper chain of the days left until Christmas and on each day there is some fun activity to do to celebrate. Yesterday's activity was decorating a gingerbread house. Eliza was a huge help and loved every minute. Liesel's favorite part was when Eliza opened the bag of 'treats' and candy went flying everywhere. Liesel was walking around and crawling underneath the table from that point on.
By the time we were done the roof was starting to sag under all the weight and the whole thing fell apart right after these pictures.
Oh well, at least we tried. Next year we decided we will hot glue the house together and use the icing as decoration. Just a hit for anyone still planning on building their own this year.

Oh Christmas Tree...

Tonight we decorated our Christmas Tree for family home evening. Isn't it beautiful?We were going to go cut one down like we have done in the past but being 7 1/2 months pregnant and having two kids that probably wouldn't walk more than 30 feet in snow, we opted for the 10 minute drive to Home Depot and the 8 ft noble fur.
I told Eliza that we would put lights on the tree when dad got home from work today. So as soon as she heard his car pull into the garage she was out the door and in his arms saying "Lights on Christmas tree daddy?"
The girls loved plugging the lights in and seeing them light up. Liesel would laugh every time. And they loved the balls and candy canes. We learned right away that shatter proof ornaments are a brilliant invention and that anything edible needs to be at least 4 ft off the ground. It was a great night. Merry Christmas everyone! We hope you have a marvelous holiday season!

Thanksgiving

We had a marvelous Thanksgiving. Daniel's parents, brother Andrew, and sister Laurel with her husband Dane all came to visit for the week. The girls couldn't get enough of all of them. We started the party on Saturday night with the Colorado College hockey game. Eliza and Liesel ate nearly that whole tub of popcorn and Eliza kept asking for a hockey game the whole week.

Swimming was another big hit. It took Liesel a few minutes to warm up to the idea but after a quick bob around the pool with grandma, we could hardly keep her above water.
Eliza seemed to like the sidelines just like her mom.
And of course Thanksgiving dinner was a smashing success complete with the place settings my friend Rachel help me make.
Here's to all of our blessings!
Thank you family for your sacrifice and effort to be here with us. We will cherish the memories.

Our Night Without Dad

Tuesday night Daniel has school from 4:30 until 10pm; so it is just the girls and me hanging out all night. Our survival mechanism for today was a popcorn/movie party after nap time and then a quick trip to Wendy's for dinner. The girls loved it. Of course we had to watch Toy Story because Buzz is probably the coolest Space Ranger around. At least he is the only one we know.