Froemmings

The Christmas season continues for us as Brynn helped Grandma Laurie bake some Christmas cookies on Friday. We also celebrated cousin Reagan's birthday on Saturday and today Brynn sang in church. The church video link is below. We were one of several crazy parents trying to take pictures and/or video, so bear that in mind while watching. :-) Brynn is in the back/top row, a little to the right. She's the shorty sandwiched in between two other girls.  Brynn singing in church Reagan celebrated her 5th birthday with a Tiana-themed party.

We are very much into the holiday spirit around our house. Brynn has really gotten into Christmas this year and helped put up the tree again, bake cookies, wrap gifts, etc. She has seen Santa three times already now and was so disappointed when she realized we were one of the only houses on our block without exterior holiday lights. So, she sweet talked Dana into putting up lights this year, which we just got done this weekend! At least the weather was actually pretty conducive to scaling the roof to put lights up.  Last night we went through the area businesses' lights display put on by the Sertoma Club at Lindenwood Park. That was pretty much a bust, so we drove ourselves through a 'nicer' neighborhood close to our own. That was much more fun and free. :-) Daycare told us that if they would let Brynn listen, dance and sing along to Christmas music all day long, she would. We have our manger scene set up this year as well, and it has seemed to be a really good visual fo...

Cinderella and I baked Christmas cookies today. Yup, this is our child. Ha. She made a cape out of a grocery sack. :-) Gotta love the imagination!

Happy belated Thanksgiving. We hosted at our house again and had a another great Turkey Day! This year for the first time the three of us attended the Holiday Lights Parade downtown the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Since it was so warm, it made it even more enjoyable. We may have to make that a tradition, so long as the weather cooperates. Baking a sugar cookie in the Easy Bake Oven with the girls. Mr. & Mrs. Claus! Brynn was very excited to see them. Watching Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

It's true - I am now addicted to Pinterest . If you are not familiar, it's this awesome "virtual pin board" kind of website where people post recipes, fashion, popular culture, photography, home decor ideas, etc. So, here are a few things I had found on Pinterest and then made....well, Tessa and I and/or Brynn and I made them. :-) Southwest Eggrolls with a cilantro lime dipping sauce. Tessa and I made these deer hunting weekend. Delish! Ghost lanterns made from milk jugs. Brynn always likes pretending that she is having a campfire. I saw this on Pinterest and thought she'd get a kick out of it. It's just made out of paper towel rolls and tissue paper...oh and those rocks. The rocks later became 'potatoes' that laid around the house for a week. :-P

This weekend while the guys were deer hunting, my sister, Tessa, Theresa (Tessa's sister-in-law), and I took the girls to Bismarck for Disney Live! It was such a great show and the girls had an awesome time attending in costume! Ariel, Cinderella and Snow White This weekend we found out if we're going to have another niece or this time a nephew. I was surprised to cut into the cake and find blue frosting! :-)

What another successful Halloween! It was so much fun again this year. Brynn did a lot better with saying "Trick or Treat" and "Happy Halloween" this year. I dressed up too - big Minnie and little Minnie. We went trick-or-treating around our neighborhood, up and down each side of the block, and then went back home to pass out candy. We set out the candy bowl on the steps while we were out trick-or-treating. We watched from the first house we stopped at as a one little trick-or-treater stopped to pick out some candy. He started crying when get got up to our steps, so we thought perhaps he didn't like the kinds of candy we had set out. Including that one and the rest that stopped while we were actually home, we counted 48 trick-or-treaters.

Last weekend Dana's mom was visiting/staying with us and she, Brynn and I headed over to the pumpkin patch and festivities north of town. (This first picture is one Brynn took of Dana and me. We let her borrow our little point-and-shoot camera.)