Preschool Days (November and December)

We had lots of fun in preschool during the months of November and December!

For the letter L we built Ls out of legos.

We went hunting for leaves and did leaf rubbings as well.

Before Thanksgiving they learned about the Pilgrims and Indians.  They each got their own little costumes which were adorable!

What beats making Ms out of marshmallows and m&ms?  Not much.

They got to go on a field trip down to the Bellagio to see the Christmas decorations.  Lydia couldn't stop talking about it!

We got these fun ribbon sticks at a wedding reception and the preschool kids just love to dance around with them.  I try to do dancing every time they are at our house because they just love to move around.

We watched some videos about giving while we ate our snack.

And then we made "snow" to play with!

We had a little Christmas party as well. 

We had snacks (we brought snowmen string cheese).

We also did a few crafts and then let the kids play while the moms talked.

We are excited for more preschool fun in the new year!

Sister Sister

I am hopelessly behind on blogging.  I don't know why I can't keep up anymore!  I did have to record this about Lydia though.  She desperately wants a sister.  She tells me that when I was little I was her sister.  She tells me that when she grows up and is married she'll have a sister (a baby girl of her own.) She tells me that her dolls are her sisters.  The other night she even said that her little Lego Batgirl was her sister.  After a minute she said, "I don't want a Lego sister anymore.  I want a real sister."  Poor little girl! 

Thanksgiving Week

We have the entire week off for Thanksgiving and I just love it!  Our house was full of family and we had so much fun!  Elise and Austin got there on Tuesday.  We weren't expecting Jacob to get there until Wednesday night but he found an earlier ride and got there on Tuesday as well!  

The day before Thanksgiving Elise helped the kids to have a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving feast.  

That night we kept it easy by having a pizza dinner.

Elise and I made the pies and a few sides on Wednesday night.  Thursday was a busy, crazy day trying to get dinner ready.

I wish I had been able to take a nap like Jacob!

As is tradition, we decorated the kid's table with things we're grateful for.

The most memorable/scariest time of the whole day happened in the afternoon while I finished dinner.  Everyone in the house (except for me, William and James) walked over to the park in our neighborhood.  They played for a while and came home.  I kept thinking I should join them but decided to finish up a few things first.  By then they had returned.  Everyone went in different directions... the kids were upstairs and outside while the adults were chatting in the kitchen. We heard a knock on the door and there was a police officer there with Lydia.  Apparently she was left at the park but showed the police officers the way home.  It was so scary!  She seemed pretty unphased by the whole thing though.  Poor little girl!  We didn't even realize she was gone and just assumed she was playing with cousins and brothers somewhere around the house.  We are so glad that she made it home safely.  After that excitement we ate some dinner.

Elise and I made some pretty delicious pies if I do say so myself... and we even got Jacob to try pecan pie!

The rest of the week was spent hanging out together.

Elise and I were matching... so Jacob decided to match us as well!

Friday evening we walked around the Ethel M cactus garden and enjoyed our free chocolate.

On our way back home we stopped at Sam's Town for the mystic wonderland show.  We got there just in time.  It was a fun little show and worth the small detour.

It even "snowed"!

Elise and Austin left on Saturday afternoon.  That evening we went to play a little tennis with Jacob.

Jacob also helped us decorate our house for Christmas.

Lydia really wanted to put the star up so we let her try...

It was actually Henry's year to do the star though so Jacob helped him out!

After church on Sunday Jacob left to head back to Provo.  We loved having him here!