The January Birthday

Princess Birthday Cards - $7.99

Princess Dolls - $29.99

Princess Bike - $49.99

Homemade Princess Birthday Cake Decorated with Leftover Christmas Frosting -

PRICELESS!!!!

Giddy-up

Another one of those toys that spans the generations. I remember having a bouncy ball similar to this when I was little. Good times.

Only bad thing is they fight like cats and dogs over it. Maybe someone (read Grandma) should get them another one. ;)

Holiday Photos

The rest are on snapfish 1 and 2.

Hope everyone had a good vacation!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Holiday Party

So work threw a little fiesta yesterday afternoon. I have never gone to one of their holiday parties before because I always thought they would be lame. Turns out I couldn't have been more wrong. It was festive and delicious!

Check out our chocolate fountain and ice sculpture (that had shrimp in it - that was the only yuck factor for me).

Monday Night

Here is a picture of my parents right before they hopped on the light rail and headed off to the Metrodome to see the Vikings vs Bears. Ummm can you guess who they were rooting for???



I guess as soon as they got on the train, they immediately got razzed for being Bears fans. I told them it was a good thing the Bears lost, or else they might have gotten jumped on the train ride back. Wah wah. ;)

Sunday Brunch

On Sunday we had our Christmas brunch with the Eshbach's. It was yummy and fun. Bethany is a crazy creative sewer girl, and this year for Christmas, she made the kids outfits that correlated with the book that she bought them. Very cute. :)

Saturday Night

Saturday night we went to Brian's work Christmas party. It was a good time. First we went to Ichibans, and then we walked the 8 blocks over to the Hennipen Stages Theater and saw "Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol."

I felt so smart, because all of that is down where Erika used to work, so for once, I knew more about the city and skyway than Brian did. ;)

Junior Gym Games

Last night was the last night of Junior Gym Games. Brady is sad now. He loved going. Tuesday became his favorite night. Oh well. Both he and Jayda start T-ball in February, so at least they have something to look forward to. I love community ed. :)

Weekend Pics

Safety first

I was taking pictures of the outside of our house to show my Mom, and I was amazed to discover reflectors on Jayda's coat. I had no idea her coat was reflective! No cars will be hitting her. Brady, on the other hand, might not be so lucky. Terrible.

Tree Farm

Sweet

At least they were used once

The creative cutters in action.

Had to do something to keep them busy. ;)

It never looks like the picture

Pillsbury's Turkey Cookies

Our Turkey Cookies

Kraft's Snowmen

Our Snowmen

At least it all tastes good. :)

The Year of the Nutcracker

The kids and I watched the Barbie Nutcracker movie last night. It was cute!! I liked that version of the Nutcracker better than any other version out there. And then I heard on the radio today that Macy's annual holiday display is the Nutcracker this year. Yay!! I'm definitely signing us up for that one.

Whoops

Guess what happened to me last night...


Yep - big fat blowout. (Granted, that's not a pic of my van and tire, but it looked almost as bad.) I'm getting to be on first name basis with 1-800-RO@DSIDE (what with the flat tire last spring and locking my keys in the car over the summer).

Worst part about all of it, was that it happened at 5:35pm and daycare closes at 6:00. My kids were there until 6:30. Daycare's policy is a $1 extra per every minute that you're late. I'm hoping they'll take pity on me and let this one slide. We'll see...

It looks like for Christmas this year, I get 4 new tires for my van. Ho ho ho!

Typical

I got invited to a PChef party yesterday. I wasn't going to buy anything, as we really can't afford it right now, but we all know how that goes. Here is what I thought I just couldn't live without. (How much do you want to bet I never use my zester or my creative cutter set.)