Santa's Watching, Right?

We haven't had to pull out the 'Santa is watching you' card yet so this conversation with Emily was quite funny.  After making cookies on Sunday the sink was full of dirty dishes.  She asked me "Momma, can I please wash the dishes?"  Well of course my answer was YES.  She did a great job and was very careful to get each dish clean.  Afterwards she asked me "Momma, do you think Santa was watching?"

Cookies, Fun and Friends

Yesterday we had a special book club meeting.  We each brought our daughters.   Activities included a cookie exchange and decorating gingerbread houses.  It was great fun.  Thanks Micah for hosting a wonderful gathering!

It's a toss up which got more candy on/in it....the gingerbread house or the girls' tummy's.



Future Book Clubbers



A Crocodile named Lyle

Yesterday Emily, Madlyn, Chrissy and I went to the Seattle Children's Theater production of Lyle the Crocodile.  It was an excellent performance.  I would highly recommend attending.  Check out the the website.  The next show is Go Dog Go which Emily can't wait to see!

Pajama Tradition

I have made it a tradition of getting Emily, Kaitlyn and Luke Christmas PJ's each year.  I didn't have my camera to capture Luke when he opened his package, but the PJ' were red, white and green striped with Rudolph on the top.  Here is Kaitlyn with her new digs.  Sweet dreams little ones.

I'm Not Embracing the Cold

My sister and I have switched thought processes about the snow.  See her blog post "Embracing the Snow" here.  As my title indicates, I'm not.  It was a nasty commute to work this morning and we just got word that school is cancelled tomorrow.  Now Emily is going to be making up three days and Thanksgiving hasn't even arrived.

Snow and More Snow

The snow is still falling here in Bonney Lake.  School was cancelled for Emily today.  It's only November 22nd and Emily has already had two missed days.  It may be a long winter!

"Momma, it's Finally Winter Time"

That was the first thing Emily said when she woke up this morning and looked out the window.  Yes, SNOW.  Emily and I went out and played in the snow...snow angels, building a snowgirl and a snowball fight with Chase.  Emily named the snowgirl Riley.

The Luke Man

I know I'm bias but isn't he the cutest little dude around?  That's our favorite nephew!

Busted

With her paw in the fish bowl.  In the minute it took me to switch out the laundry from the washer to the dryer, Peaches found Barnacles on the counter and was 'playing' with him.  I'm sure if fish could have heart attacks, Barnacles would have had a massive one.

Chelan in November

We had the opportunity to head to Chelan this last weekend.  Emily did not have school on Monday so it made for a nice long weekend.  We couldn't have asked for a better weekend. 

Swimming + putt putt golf + shopping + more swimming + bowling + enjoying the sun + cozy fires in the fireplace at night + rock hunting and painting  =  GREAT memories with Papa and Grammy Sandy.

A Flapper, A Firefighter and A Kitty

It turned out to be a perfect Halloween.  We celebrated with the Moser's, Krause's and Pederson's. 


The Flapper




The runaway Firefighter




And the Kitty who loves treats!

Luckily the weather held out and was quite pleasant without rain.  This was the first time trick-or-treating for Kaitlyn and Luke.  Emily is an old pro and immediately ran to join her friends who were all so excited to fill up there treat bags.


Luke wasn't so sure what to do with the pumpkin...
he liked rolling it down the street.



Emily, Navy and Taylor

Katilyn and Jack (aka Kaitlyn's future boyfriend)

Then the most important part of the night....assessing the loot.