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Ready, Set, Christmas

Last Friday night I took Clara and friend, Adria, to the Peppa Pig Live show downtown. Brynn was originally going to go, but Elise and Tessa were coming to down to do Christmas baking on Saturday, so she opted to stay home to hang with Elise.

It worked out just as well since I think it would have been a bit young for Brynn. There definitely weren't any other kids Brynn's age there.



LOL. These two. Such goofballs.


Had to get the light-up toys!



And hot dogs! They did both have supper before the show, but were still apparently starving. Ha.



💜


Meanwhile, back at our house, Brynn and Elise were working their way through the to-do list they had come up with over the phone earlier in the week. :-)



Saturday was Christmas baking with Grandma Laurie, Tessa and Elise...and our girls.


We made peanut blossoms, fudge, spritz cookies and krumkaka.


Look out for Clara and the spritz gun.


Brynn and Elise ventured outside to build a snow fort.








On Sunday we finally got our new tree put up and decorated. It was a dream compared to our old one! No individual branches to mess with! Lights already placed on and ready to go! (well, that will probably last one year, but not a huge deal). Plus, it even has a foot button that switches the lights off and on so you don't have to wrestle your way behind the tree.


Dana helped get the three pieces assembled and then assumed his tree decorating position.










I love to see these two getting along. Poor Clara gave us a chuckle at the end.


Comments

theweckerlys said…
Bahaha, I was dying when Clara's pants fell down. Lots of pre-Christmas fun! Thanks for hosting the baking day!

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