"If you are still in the process of raising children, be aware that the tiny fingerprints that show up on almost every newly cleaned surface, the toys scattered about the house, the piles and piles of laundry to be tackled will disappear all too soon and that you will -- to your surprise -- miss them profoundly."

--Thomas S. Monson, 2009







Wednesday, December 7, 2011

The Christmas season is here....










We got the tree up and decorated....






















Izzy made this little home made Nativity set out of rocks (for the people and characters) and a shoebox. Chloe and Lily helped decorate it and color it. I remember doing something similar with my older brothers when I was little.









Here they are in front of it all decorated. This was the night before we went to our Stake Choir festival. The girls were asked with other girls to sing a little part in the beginning. They have been working on memorizing the song, "Stars Were Gleaming." They did a great job. During one rehearsal, Olivia started singing along too, and she knew all the words and tune too. It was really cute, and our choir director was very impressed! Her nursery leader told me that she loves singing all of the songs in nursery. She always participates and does a great job.










We've had fun baking too. These are some Peanut Butter Reindeer cookies Chloe, Olivia and I made:

































That night for FHE, we went tobogganing just at the playground by our house. We made a hill that made us slide right onto the road. Don't worry it was not a busy road at all. We then came home and decorated gingerbread cookies. Olivia called them,"Ginger Man cookies."






She mostly liked sucking the icing tube: