No longer a nice, relaxing task…

So my husband wonders why I don't make dinner more often…Before kids,  I could prepare dinner in a quiet environment and I didn’t have to fight over pots and pans.  It was nice, relaxing.  However, times have changed.

 

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The Snowmen

For Kayla’s Christmas party at First Baptist MDO, Jessica and I got together and made eleven snowmen cupcakes.  The cupcakes were a SUCCESS!!! The kids loved them and even the parents oohed and aahed at them. Thanks Jessica for you help.

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Christmas Programs

This week was filled with the kids Christmas programs at school.  Tuesday evening was Kayla’s and Thursday morning was Christian’s.

On Tuesday after school, the kids and I headed to get Kayla a Christmas dress for her recital. While looking through the dresses, Kayla finds a pink dress that she “has to wear tonight.”  What a struggle.  I wanted her to wear a traditional looking Christmas dress.  She had different plans.  So, we left the store with two dresses.  A red one and a pink one.  Thank goodness for Daddy’s.  He made the final decision and I didn’t have to be the bad guy. She looked beautiful in her red velvet dress. 

We dropped Christian off at the neighbors and headed to hear Kayla sing.  She did a great job.  I will say that I got really irritated while at the recital.  Kayla's class was one of the last classes to perform.  The recital was only an hour at the most. After each class performed, parents were giving the opportunity to take photos of the kids on stage.  So cute!!! What irritated me, was that many parents decided to take their kids after they finished singing and LEAVE!!! What? Come on people, RUDE!!! Well, I got over it, but still.

So, Thursday was Christian’s little Christmas program.  The little guys got to were their pajamas to school.  No singing by these little guys but they sure did ring the bells loudly.  It was so cute. 

If I can figure out how to post videos I will post a clip or two of the kids singing.

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A dash to see Santa…

Last Saturday, the kids and I bundled up in our coats and mittens and headed to downtown Georgetown to see the Annual Christmas Parade.  As I was packing the kids up, I thought “this is crazy.” It was 36 degrees outside.  burr…. Well, we got to the parade and with enough time to grab some much needed hot chocolate and a chocolate chip cookie.   The kids really enjoyed the parade.  Christian ran around, eating his cookie and stealing the hearts of the people near by.  Kayla sat waiving as each of the ca, float, and other attraction past by (waiting patiently to see Santa).  Kayla had talked ALL morning about Santa Clause.  She wanted to tell him about the pony that she wanted for Christmas.  Before the parade, I told her we would go see Santa after the parade. Well, the last float went by and it was Jolly Old Saint Nick.  Kayla was so excited.  As he past by, I tried to round up the kids.  “Let’s go Kayla.  Come on, lets go see Santa Clause.”  I turned around for a second to get Christian up on the sidewalk and Kayla was GONE!!! My heart stopped.  I started yelling for her.  She was just there.  Those two 0r three minutes of yelling and panicking seemed like a lifetime.  As I am yelling and looking for her, I see in a distance a police man escorting my little girl to me.  I was so thankful to see her (but at the same time I wanted to hide, how could I have let this happen).  The police man informed me that he saw her take off down the street.  He said that “she took a mad dash to the float yelling for Santa.”  I didn’t know what to to do...cry, yell and scare her, or laugh. Well, after that fiasco and after explaining to Kayla how and why she cant do that, the kids and I rushed (all together) to see Santa.  Kayla got to tell Santa about the pony that she wants for Christmas (hopefully I got the right one!).

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What was I thinking…

When the kids started school in September, I volunteered to take part in several school wide events.  I really had no idea what these events would entail.  First was the teacher appreciation lunch.  No big deal, I made a cake.  Next was the Thanksgiving parties for three classes.  24 turkey cupcakes. This task was a little more time consuming.  But, the Christmas Cookie Bake Off, oh my!  I stayed up into the wee hours of the night making 7 dozen cookies…separated into 42 bags.  I sometimes ask myself, why do I volunteer for these activities.  But in all honesty, I do enjoy doing these things.  But 7 dozen cookies (well actually 8 dozen since my kids and myself ate a few) ...WOW!