Christmas Parties

Monday, December 17

I spent this evening wrapping a bunch of presents. It's nice to finally see some presents under the tree.

Tuesday, December 18

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Wednesday, December 19

We went to Wendy's for dinner to support Mara's school on spirit night.

Thursday, December 20

Jack had his Christmas party at school today, and then we went to a Girl Scout Christmas party in the evening where we handed out the patches that the girls have earned so far.

Friday, December 21

Mara's school had winter parties before they let out for the break today. After the party, I took her out to Subway for lunch, and she got a whale shark bag with her meal. When we picked up Jack, they were still celebrating with cupcakes they didn't eat yesterday, and Jack was eating his without his hands.

Saturday, December 22

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Sunday, December 23

When we were in Oklahoma City last month, we got both of the kids Eskimo Joe's Christmas shirts.

A New Bedroom

Wednesday, December 12

Mara and Jack both wore Christmas shirts to school today, so we thought it was a good opportunity to get pictures of the two of them together.

Thursday, December 13

At Girl Scouts tonight, the girls made ornaments to give to family members or to anyone they want. When they finished the ornaments, they wrapped them.

Friday, December 14

John's kung fu class met at Fuzzy's Tacos for a Christmas party tonight. Jack insisted on wearing his reindeer headband.

Saturday, December 15

While John and Jack stayed home to wait for Mara's furniture, Mara and I went to a Girl Scout meeting to help prepare for Thinking Day in February. They tie-dyed their Army shirts and made an American flag using our hand prints.

Sunday, December 16

We finally got Mara's new bedroom set in place with the beds made today. She's excited to have sleepovers so that she and her friends can sleep in the full-sized bed on top.

Birthday Bash

Our Girl Scout troop went to the annual Birthday Bash to celebrate the birthday of our founder, Juliette Low. The girls had a blast, and Mara was thrilled when she won a container of Smarties by guessing closest to the amount in the container. In fact, most of the girls won something at the event.

Girl Scout Ceremony

Since our troop has both Daisies and Brownies in it this year, we hosted an Investiture and Rededication ceremony tonight. The Daisies has to recite the Girl Scout Promise, while the Brownies said the Girl Scout Law together. The kids had fun playing together while enjoying treats after the ceremony.

Happy birthday, Mikey!

Monday, October 22

Today was the last day of Mara's fall break. She helped me take Jack to school this morning and got to see a lot of her friends from her summer daycare. She also went to a Girl Scout leader meeting with me to help her troop announce our Thinking Day event.

Tuesday, October 23

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Wednesday, October 24

Since it was nice out, the kids played outside for a few minutes tonight while we got dinner ready.

Thursday, October 25

We celebrated Mikey's 10th birthday today with dinner and cupcakes.

Friday, October 26

When we stopped by Walmart tonight to pick up a couple of things, the kids saw the Skylanders display, so we got some pictures of them pretending to be Bouncer.

Saturday, October 27

Before Mara's soccer game and Trunk or Treating, we went to Toys R Us to participate in a Lego build. The kids had fun creating things with the Legos.

Sunday, October 28

Jack tried to go this weekend without a nap, but it didn't work out too well since he crashed around 6 tonight.