I am that Mom who sends fruit to school for Valentines. (ha!) But with a peanut free rule, candy is pretty much out, plus I saw these somewhere (on a blog? in a magazine? I have no idea, but this is not an original idea of mine!) and thought they were so cute!
(the apple tag says, "You're the apple of my eye", the banana tag says, "I'm bananas for you")
So I had taken a little bloggy break for the holidays, and then the nasty hit me. Oh my gracious I was sick!! I think I have finally turned the page today and will hopefully be 100% in the next couple of days! In the mean time I thought I would share a few very belated Christmas pics.
Watching the snow on Christmas Eve
A kiss for my little man in his first snow
Hannah loves her pink kitchen that Santa brought!
David is also a fan
I think this was my very favorite picture of David!
We had a wonderful Christmas, it was a little different this year because the weather delayed our plans, but we still had a fantastic time! I have a million pictures to go through, but I will spare you any more! I hope you all had a Merry Christmas!
"FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN, UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN, AND HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED WONDERFUL COUNSELLOR, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, THE PRINCE OF PEACE." ISAIAH 9:6
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and the peace, joy, comfort, and hope of Jesus!
Whipped Cinnamon Honey Butter for all of the teachers at our church's Mother's Day Out program- we are so lucky to have such a great group of teachers- Hannah loves going to school and we feel so blessed to have such an exceptional group of ladies!
Gifts for the children in Hannah's class- Hannah loves her friends at school, and it is a cute little group!!
This is the first year that I have done gifts for groups, and for my first attempt, I'm pretty pleased with how everything turned out. The countdown is on... only a few more days left!
Hannah was a dancing present at her Christmas program. She did a great job and had so much fun wearing her box! Hannah loves her music teacher and loves going to music class. The two year olds danced in their "costumes" and were adorable! After her class was done, she sat so nicely while the other children sang. After each song she would say, "Oh Mommy, I love that song! One more song okay?" I am so proud of what a big girl you are Hannah!
The cutest present I've ever seen!
Last weekend we took the kids to look at Christmas lights. There is an area church that has an AMAZING lights display and you can walk or drive through. We bundled up the kids and headed out. Hannah had a great time and was so cute! Out of all of the beautiful lights on display, her favorite part was the duck pond! Ha! She is a funny duck!
Here is the Rover looking studly (and warm and cuddly) in his plaid.
A couple of weeks ago we had Mike's residency Christmas party. Hannah and David had a good time, and although Hannah wanted to wear her princess costume, she settled on her Santa dress since she got to wear "earrings". (the stick on kind- she loves them!)
Here is Hannah with her gift from Santa.
"What could it be?"
It's the mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie!! With cookies to share!
Hannah loves the If You Give A... books and when I saw that the series was the featured series at Kohls for the Kohls Cares For Kids I knew that this would be a hit with her! She loves "mouse" and carries him around and he has participated in lots of our holiday happenings!
Getting a good picture for our Christmas card this year was a bit challenging. The family pics were a mix of David looking at his feet/random direction/turning around to see me, and Hannah squirming/crying/putting her fingers in her mouth, and Mike and I in various random poses trying to get the kids to hold still and look in the general direction of the camera. Trying to get the kids together or even alone was no better, the picture above about sums it up. Maybe next year I'll do the dogs in Santa hats... or reindeer ears...Oliver would make a pretty cute reindeer!
I meant to post this earlier, but the day has flown by, ad I have been operating this week without a laptop. Someone (I'm not naming any names) in a sleep deprived state of mind left the laptop out where it could be knocked down by a toddler. And the fall left the power cord jacked up and useless. So my computer time has been very limited as I am stuck in Mike's office (otherwise known as the guest room aka the land of a million things for tiny hands to get into), but luckily, the replacement it supposed to arrive tomorrow. So anyhoo, Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Happy Valentine's Day! (With a ton of pictures!)
