Lists and ummm....ops

The girls started to make their Christmas lists for this year.  Surprise, surprise, they want slime stuff.

Couldn't help but smile when reading Hannah's list and seeing that she wants separate money to donate to charity.  

Hailey's list is also pretty predictable- markers, colored pencils, a pet and glue.  

Yep- that about sums these girls up right now.

Ummm...what on earth Lula?!?!  I am pretty sure she meant to just show us that was hanging over the toilet and not falling in but that pose- lol, a little too much maybe?

All Tangled Up

Ouch!  Someone was playing with the toys last night and she must have gotten stuck.

Storytime

How sweet- this morning we found Lula reading to two very large gummy bears.  They were reading the book Daddy's Girl which was one of our favorites.

Egg-cellent idea

Nice one Lula!

This morning the girls spent a few minutes looking around the house for her and then sat down at the island to start asking me where they should look next.  I opened the fridge to start breakfast and Hailey spotted her right away!

Peek!

Such a cutie this Lula is!

Today we found her in the Christmas tree, pretty camouflaged

 but it sure didn't take the girls too long to spot her!

Jo-Jo Xmas

Hailey has been super into Jo-Jo bows this year.  Jo Jo Siwa is a preteen dancer/pop singer who wears the biggest bows you have ever seen on her head and the girls of America can not get enough!

This year along with her signature bows, she has launched a clothing line.

Amazing to think such a young child can have such a country-wide presence.

She certainly is talented and from what I have seen she seems to be a decent role model for the kids so more power to her.  You just have to hope that fame and fortune don't get to her like it does for so many others.  

Lula Kicks off 2017

Just like clock work Lula showed up at our house this morning, like she does after Thanksgiving every year.  The girls are always excited to wake up and see her here.  For the last few days they started talking about her and always ask the same things "Do you think Lula will come back this year?"  "When does she come again?"  "What do you think she will do this year?"

Happy Thanksgiving

The year always goes by so fast.  Once school starts back up we have birthdays, Halloween, Thanksgiving and then Christmas.  

Sure is special to have another little guy hanging out with us for the holidays! 

 Could he be any cuter?!

Poor Grandma, these busy holidays get harder and harder for her to stay awake.  You really can't blame her though, there's so much action and noise that it's exhausting trying to follow it all.

When I went to bed tonight I found this sweet note from my Hailey.

I love when she leaves us little messages.

Ain't no party like an OCW bus party

Today started with a St Vincent performance of  Lion King!

After the show we had a few hours to hang out before the annual OCW Party Bus!

Each year the number of neighbors that join us gets smaller and smaller but somehow we still find a way to fill the bus and make the most of it.

Tonight we started by picking up the Gomans and Hulkes from Totino Grace after the kids last performance of the day.  They scurried on the bus as if they were embarrassed that a party bus was coming to pick them up but deep down you know every adult watching was secretly wishing they could join us!

We made our way downtown St Paul where we heard Jennie and Tom were also hanging out with Tom's family.  When they knew we were just down the block from them they met up with us and we were able to hang out for a little bit together.

Katie always knows the way to my heart with a pitcher of Midori Sours.

JMG

Part of Hannah's Junior Master Gardener program was to create a plant out of household items.  She needed to be sure to include all of the parts, including the roots.  

Happy Birthday Dad.ppt

Hannah asked if she could use my laptop for something.  I looked over a little while later and saw that she was putting together a powerpoint for Brian for his Birthday.  It was a such a sweet gesture.  I love that she has been taking initiative to come up with gift ideas and to learn that she knows how to create and manage a powerpoint presentation?  Pretty impressive for this 4th grader!