Maggie's Dance Recital

Maggie's dance class is during the day at preschool.  Their dance recital was super cute with 6 songs.  She did well considering she spent a lot of time looking at the audience!  The two videos are of their sign language song and Rudolph.

Girl Scout Investiture Ceremony

 

Mena's Girl Scout Troop includes Lily, Mena, Taelynn, Joplin, Tessa, Presley, and Aunalie.

Mena and Joplin both got sick in November when the Investiture Ceremony was held so Heather and I had another ceremony in December for these two girls to get their pin and patches.  Heather pinned on Mena's Daisy pin and then we each did the Girl Scout handshake with her.  We had to keep shaking until the pictures were taken :-)

Meeting Elsa!

Maggie's friend Kenly had a birthday party at the Joyo Theater.  We watched "Frozen" while eating popcorn and drinking pop!  Following the movie Elsa showed up at the party!!  The girls were in awe!  Elsa stayed for cake and gift opening.  Maggie told Kenly what our gift was before Kenly got the bag open.  :)  When it was time to leave the girls went to tell Elsa good-bye and Maggie gave Elsa a hug!

Church Christmas Program

We had a traditional Christmas program at the 9 am service this morning at church.  The non-choir kids had roles in the play and the children's choirs sang songs in between the parts of the story.  The videos are of "Away in a Manger" and "Go Tell it on the Mountain."

Santa Claus

Grandma was supposed to go to the North Pole Express with us at the zoo, but she got sick.  My friend Beth joined us since I'd already bought our tickets.  The girls enjoyed a train ride, the cookie station, and walking around the zoo.  Neither of the girls wanted to sit on Santa's lap so he asked if they wanted to sit on his chair.  Once the chair was between the girls and Santa, they were willing to tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas.  Mena had been rehearsing her list of three items all morning and remembered her list perfectly.  Maggie started telling him all about Frozen and Elsa.  The back of our tickets had coupons for Amigos so that's where we ate lunch after we left.

Santa's Elf

Most "elf on a shelf" elves move each night.  The girls were telling me about all the funny things the elf at daddy's house is doing.  Ours doesn't move that much and I explained to the girls that Great Grandma Frye made this elf.  Santa made him come alive to watch me when I was a little girl.  He's very old and that's why he only moves about once a week.  The first night he moved, he took the girls' letters to Santa and brought back letters from Santa.  The second night he moved (a week later), he brought them back a Mickey Mouse Christmas cd.  The girls are just in amazement that Santa is sending them stuff and that this elf is going to the North Pole during the night!

Potato Pancakes

Maggie:  What are you making for supper?

Jen:  I'm making pancakes for breakfast.

Maggie:  Papa made pancakes.

Jen:  Yes, Papa made you potato pancakes.

Maggie:  I don't like Papa's pancakes.

Jen:  I'm making regular pancakes.

Maggie:  good.

Poor Papa and his potato pancakes. No one in the family likes them but my Dad.  While my Mom and I had gone to Walmart for the Thanksgiving evening of Black Friday shopping, the girls told Papa they were hungry.  Instead of making a plate with the leftovers from Thanksgiving lunch, he made them potato pancakes out of the leftover mashed potatoes.  He ate them all by himself when us girls were growing up and he continues to eat them all by himself now.  My Mom doesn't like them either.