Christmas 2014

Merry Christmas!! (A little late.) It seems like this year I'm doing a lot of things a little late. I was late finishing up our annual "year in review" photo album, I was late sending out Christmas cards and didn't even send to everyone on my list, and now I'm late doing this post. Oh, well. Better late than never!

We did all of our regular traditions like the Advent calendar and hunting for the perfect Christmas tree.

And took our trip to Storybook Land (AKA The North Pole) to visit Santa.

Cora was in love. And I think Santa was pretty smitten, too.

We started some new traditions- Elf on the Shelf, hand prints, and gingerbread houses.

I never got around to making Cora a Christmas stocking. I should get started now and maybe she'll have one by next year!

Halloween at Aunt April's

Halloween and the day before were very busy for us! We started out the day before at LilE's preschool. Last minute LilE decided she wanted to be a ballerina instead of a kitty cat. Thankfully we had everything we needed.

Little Cora was especially cute in her elephant costume.

Then Cora and I went to Ethan's school where he received a merit award for being respectful, helpful and following the rules.

Then it was off to Aunt April's house! The drive was eventful but we made it and got to trick-or-treat in her awesome neighborhood where most every house participated in Halloween. We love that she lives so close now!

By Halloween LilE was back to being a Kitty Cat. Aunt April helped out by painting her face.

We had so much fun visiting Aunt April and can't wait to go back!

Pumpkin Patch and Halloween Preview

October is always a busy time for us because of all the pumpkin patch field trips! Our count is 2 so far this year.

With Ethan's Kindergarten we also got to pick and eat apples!

Picking out the best pumpkin.

For LilE's preschool trip we got to have a hayride! 

We used paper plates to represent what the kids will be dressing up as this year. Can you guess??? I'll give you a hint: it's the same as last year. Their idea, not mine but I'm not complaining. Makes it much easier for me.

LilE's First Dance Class

Today was LilE's first Dance Class (Tiny Twos). We thought class started last week so we got all dressed and arrived to find an empty building and locked studio. We got it right today. The class is closed so all the parents have to sit outside and watch the tv monitor. This makes taking photos pretty hard but I was able to snap a few when they came out to get a drink of water.

I think LilE had her ups and downs in class. At the beginning I could see her dancing around but toward the end she seemed to start losing it. I think her bow of her shoes came untied and no one would help her tie it. We will have to remember to tuck them in next week.

When I asked her if she wanted to go back next week she said yes!

She is the oldest and tallest in her class. Next session we will move up to the Creative Dance class with other girls her own age.