Malia had a Christmas Concert – It was our first elementary school concert experience and was quite hilarious – they seemed to put in a little gangsta rap into every ‘Holiday’ song.
We got to play in some fun snow (before it hit negative temperatures). It was really neat to see Malia and Allie be able to sled all by themselves. Even poor Allie was ready to sled again after being taken out feet first on her way back up the hill. Even though the snow can get old, it is cool to drive 5min to a sledding hill rather than hours to the mountains!
We helped Allie’s class make gingerbread houses, (Malia was jealous and wanted to make some after getting home – so we used graham crackers and leftover Halloween candy). and then later that week we made more sugar cookies with the Young Women. I wasn’t paying close enough attention to my girls and they ended up DUMPING sprinkles onto each and every cookie. At least they look pretty right?
Christmas Dress pictures are my favorite!
Over Christmas we spent time with Nana and Zz... it was very relaxing. On Christmas Eve we went to the Nativity Exhibit in Kirtland, which was a perfect reminder of the true meaning of Christmas. Then we came back for some fun appetizers: sushi, spam musubi, boneless buffalo chicken pieces and spinach dip. Afterwards we let the girls open up their first present… always PJ’s. And of course after bedtime we got ready for Santa. Not only did he leave cookie crumbles but he trampled the play nativity on his way through the Chimney! (which the girls haven’t noticed is totally non-existent… we only have a faux fireplace)
Christmas day was spent playing with toys… well actually… this year the girls got more clothes and crafty stuff than toys, and A LOT of dress-up stuff, but that’s what makes them happy! We had fun building this dress-up chest for the girls out of some old bits and pieces of discarded desk furniture and shelving (it was technically from Papa), shopped for dress-up items in the lingerie department at Salvation Army – don’t worry, they are just flowy types of dresses, but still hilarious to know where they came from – and then I had fun doing the girls’ hair with their new curlers.
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