December fun

 Claire

This week at school was fun for her and we didn't miss any days because of the weather luckily. She finished learning about the gingerbread man and made a book of things if ran away from that she read to me. Her favorite was chasing the gingerbread man at her school because when she caught him, she earned a cookie...sounded fun when she told me about it! She made a pinata for school and had some sour candies in it so when she chose to eat it, I had to snap a picture. She still liked to share her dreams in the morning and has now also told me a bedtime story last night since I keep telling her Christmas stories at night continuing the tradition from my childhood. Also continued crying during EVERY story that my dad started and I proudly continue. I simplify the stories quite a bit to help them understand them and had a lot of fun putting ourselves in the Gift of the Magi story. Claire and I went to cut our hair to buy daddy a gift in my version and he still thought we were beautiful! 

Shay

I just realized that today was her 2nd to last day in the nursery because we only have an hour for church on Christmas and then in January she starts in the primary. It seems like she was there forever and yet there's no way she is old enough right? They had sticker dots for music time that the kids earned if they sang and Shay wore her's with pride while Claire kept saying she did get some but took them off. Shay knows a cute song about some monkey's in a tree that taunt an alligator that snaps them up! Since daddy was sick today, she sang it for him when we got home and I caught the last verse on video for all of you. While we were trying to cuddle and watch a Christmas movie, Claire decorated us with dogs and Shay had to sit really still to get her head dog. It was almost a disaster, but it worked and Claire insisted on taking a picture of her masterpiece.