Christmas Eve Mass

Kate and Elizabeth were spontaneously asked to carry a couple important animals to the nativity scene at mass on Christmas Eve. These two brave girls were thrilled to participate and looked like dolls.

Random Pictures

The girls in front of one of our hallway bulletin boards at school...

Christmas #2

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were spent with my side of the family, and the girls had so much fun spending time with cousins!  Christmas festivities were loud, full of laughter, and definitely memory makers.  It was so fun to watch the cousins play together, and Audrey was able to get a few cuddles in while carrying Rosie.  Again, the girls received wonderful gifts, and Santa even visited Geeka and Grandma's house, too.  We were so grateful the weather cooperated for everyone to travel this year.  The holidays with these two young ladies are so imaginative and fun.  The years are going too quickly!

It is hard to get these kids to sit still, but we did squeeze in a pic with Elizabeth!

Christmas #1

Our first Christmas took place last weekend with Dad's side of the family. For the first time, the girls weren't the only grandkids! They were both so excited to hang out with their cousin Lucy. We had delicious food, and the girls had so much fun opening up gifts. Being with these two crazy girls on Christmas does add a fun element to each celebration.

Kate a.k.a Sheep

This year Kate's kindergarten religious ed class was the one that put on a living nativity scene. Kate played the ever important sheep in the scene, and man, was she ever cute! Last year she was pulled at the last minute to serve in Audrey's living nativity, but this year, our big kindergarten girl did it herself!

Kate's Six-Year-Old Interview

Favorite Food: Noodles
Foods I Don’t Like: Eggs
Favorite Thing to Learn: Reading words
Favorite Color: Orange
Best Friend: Delaney B.
Favorite Game to Play: Playing a pretend family game at school
Favorite Books to Read: Pinkalicious and Arthur
Favorite TV Show: Arthur, Liv and Maddie, Sydney to the Max, Descendants, and Jessie
Favorite Holiday: Winter
Things I Do Well: Reading
Favorite Place to Go: Olive Garden
Favorite Thing to Do With Family: Play
Favorite Thing about House: That we have cats.
Favorite Thing to do Outside: Swing
Favorite Chore: Scrubbing the floors
Least Favorite Chore: Cleaning the toilets (even though I don't clean the toilets)
Favorite Song: Descendants 3 music
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a: Teacher
Place I Want to Visit: Sky Zone
Favorite Part of Each Day: School
Favorite Drink: Lemonade
Favorite Sport or Activity to Play: My favorite sport is soccer.
Something New I Want to Learn How to Do: Learning to be a teacher
Best Part of Your Family: Mom and Dad and Audrey and Belle and Mila (chicken neck)

Kate is 6!

Happy Birthday, sweet Kate! You have counted down to your birthday more than ever this year, and I hope it was all you dreamed it would be! We celebrated with a birthday lunch and games at Happy Joes, two different family parties, and gifts at home, with your supper in the dining room. You are such a sweet, social, creative, and tender-hearted girl, who also is spunky and has a good sense of humor. We love your stories and view of the world. Thanks for the joy you bring us each day! Happy Birthday, Kate!

One of my favorite Kate pictures from the year. Her smile is so infectious. Love you, Kate P.!

Audrey's Friends

Here are a few more pictures another mother sent me from the concert the other evening:

This is Audrey and her best friend Katelynn.

The boy, Aiden, has been one of Audrey's favorite friends since kindergarten.  He is ALWAYS happy and brings a smile to Audrey's face, too.

Christmas Program

Tonight the girls both participated in the school's Winter Vocal Program. Kate declared herself "so excited for this day that she could burst." Audrey was also very excited because her grade was using quite a few props in their songs.

The concert was absolutely adorable, and both girls sang and danced their little hearts out. It was a LATE night tonight, and our little singers were asleep before their heads hit their pillows. Way to go, girls!

Trolls!

Audrey and Kate received tickets to Trolls Live! from their aunts for their birthdays, which was a perfect gift for these two ladies!  Last Sunday we traveled to the US Cellular Center to watch the show, and the girls loved it!  The music was fun, the lights were bright, and the costumes were colorful.  By the end of the show, both girls were dancing in their seats.  The only downfall for the two girls was that they were NOT allowed to get food or paraphernalia at the show, but things brightened up when we took them out for sundaes after.

Thanks for the tickets, Coke and Kirstin!  We had a blast!

Can you spy the weirdo in the background?

Thanksgiving Hot Tub

When your Thanksgiving holiday is filled with oodles of Barbies, an endless M & M supply, and an outdoor hot tub with a TV, you can call Thanksgiving a win!  Both girls said, "Can we go back to Kris's house soon?"  Happy Thanksgiving! :)