Monday, December 31, 2012

Christmas 2012

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. We put everything else aside, as best we could, and had a fabulous month and 2 days of celebrating. It was so great to have the holiday to keep everyone's spirits up and focus on something besides everything going on with my sister. If you want an update on her situation, go here: 

 Otherwise, here is Christmas 2012!
decorating the tree

Tree and some of the presents

cute girl with her gingerbread house

making a frame for Dee and Pop

Santa (whose breath wasn't so good), and Jill

Jill & G making snacks

annual photo with the carolers

green frosting mouth at Snacks with Santa


making cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve

more cookie decorating

cousins on Christmas Eve
Pop and his girls

Jill wrote and published a book for Pop about the 2 of them.

so excited to open a gift at home before bed...and it was Boo!
Daddy's Christmas Eve gift

my favorite present


Santa came...and Jill was good this year!

He enjoyed his cookies and milk.

Ken for the Barbie house...Henny is unimpressed.

Our favorite gift to give was her favorite to receive; and Elphaba doll!

Elphie, Mama, Jill

Steve got a tent and Jill and I got new sleeping bags!

She got Steve a Boba Fett "to ride in your fire engine, Dada."

Henny got a pink...primate?

Doing the projects in her new science kit...thanks Aunt Melissa!

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

November 2012

Where is the time going?!  This was the last November we'll ever have without Jill being in school!  I hope we did it justice. I think we did.  Wicked.  There are no words.  Wizard of Oz was great too.  LOVE.  THIS. KID.  Her personality is limitless, and her joy is palpable.  She doesn't want to move because she will miss all of her friends at Starbucks, Police Academy, and her adoring fans that exist at every place we regularly frequent.  She wants to take drama classes, and I think I will have to let her.  She has every part of Wicked memorized, and she acts it out with her Disney dolls everyday. She is writing a book entitled Wicked, Continued.  I truly believe it will be a bestseller.  How did I get so lucky?
At the park, so stylish!

Our little turkey is thankful for:  being loved, help, everything, surprises, my friends, and my family.

making a call at T-town Children's Museum

observation day at ballet/tap class

ready to practice her Christmas dance


Get ready, this is the preview of the real performance, coming up in the next blog!

 

best part of being dragged to the mall

cousins


Wicked!

We had friends at Wicked!


Best. Day. Ever.

preshow Starbucks trip at The Armory (which will forever be the Center House to me)

recycling the Wicked shirt for Wizard of Oz at SCT

hair bow of awesome

big chair at SCT

post Wizard of Oz lunch at Dick's
perks of having a dad whose job includes inspecting Radio Disney

bike rider

multi-tasking for Daddy

art class

dancing at the mall

new Daddy/Jill bike

long suffering helper

she created a Superhero carnival

She built the Emerald City.

more fun in Tacoma

nightly wrestling

nature class playground

shopping with Daddy

Caspar Babypants with G!