Happy Birthday to our sweet Emma! We can't believe she is 12! Emma is a good student, loves soccer, taught herself how to french braid and do other hair dos, plays the violin, and loves to tumble. She is a joy in our home and she is a lot of Fun! We love you EMMA!
Emma had a movie themed party on Saturday. It was probably the easiest party we have ever had. They ate pizza, played a few games and watched Ramona and Beezus. I gave each girl a fake $10.00 bill to buy their concessions. They also had to use their money to buy a movie ticket. It turned out to be a fun party!
What's a movie party without a red carpet? I also lined up stars so that the girls could sign their names on their stars.
I attempted to make an icecream cake. It was a lot harder then I thought but it tasted pretty good. This is what it looked like before we lit the candles. The popcorn box caught on fire when Emma blew out the candles. Luckily we were able to blow out the flame and catch the whole thing on video.
Waiting on the steps to see what Santa brought for them.
New aprons for Christmas. (Thanks Sue for all the help!)
Claire has a new toy violin for Christmas. Hopefully this will keep her away from her sisters' violins.For the last two years Malissa has asked for a surprise from Santa. We love seeing her reaction! Luke and Emma received phones for Christmas. Emma seems to really love texting already.
For Christmas Eve, Luke played Joseph in the Nativity skit that we did with my family. His three year old cousin was Mary and his nephew was baby Jesus. None of his cousins wanted to play the part of Joseph. I thought this picture was cute because of the size difference between Mary and Joseph.
Christmas Eve dinner with the Lytles. It was a small group this year but very enjoyable.
My mom did a baking day at our house. She made a cute melted snowman cookie with the kids. We ate pizza and the cousins played. Everyone had a great time. Thanks mom!
Luke, Emma, and Malissa had their school service project at school. The kids bring bears to the school to donate to the homeless shelter. Then they stand in long lines passing the bears along to give each one a hug. This was Luke's last year. I was lucky that he didn't complain when I took pictures of him. Claire loves to go to the school and join in the class parties. As you can see she gets a lot of attention from her siblings.
What a busy week! We started the week off decorating our new artificial tree. After fifteen years of buying a real tree we broke down and bought a tree that looks pretty real. It was a hard decision. But we are very glad that we don't have to water our tree and worry about pine needles making a mess.
