Christmas at Mama's 2013

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Sophi's Pre K Christmas Program

I always love to hear the sweet little voices of the preschool and Pre-K babes. I can't believe my baby is almost 5. Where does the time go? I wish I could just bottle up those little voices and sweet sweet words.

Christmas Program 2013

Jackson and Caroline had their K-8th grade Christmas Program on 12/18. They all wore Khakis and white shirts since the theme was "Angels". Caroline got right into the singing and was very animated. I think J is getting to that age where he's not as interested and is a little embarrassed.

The kids are having fun with the Elf on the Shelf this year. A few fun things that Twinkle has done is taken a bath in marshmallows in the bathroom sink and he also dressed in one of the American Girls aprons and baked Cinnamon rolls for the kids. This was the first year that he left a present for them each and every day for the 12 days before Christmas Eve.

Frozen

The girls and I went to see the movie "Frozen" today. They loved it. Jackson went with this neighbor friend Logan to the circus. We were able to get the Christmas tree this morning but the weather was really nasty. It was freezing rain and the roads were really slick. When we got home, I was able to hang some more outside lights and put a penguin out front. It was so cold and bitter. It took me so long to warm up. My face was a little wind burnt. However, one of my strands of LED stars has already stopped working and those things were a pain to get up.

Sophi's Christmas Pageant

Soph did such a great job! She had her Pre K and Preschool Christmas Pageant. Jackson was so sweet to pick her up and continue to praise her after it was over. Caroline told her she was the most beautiful girl up there. Sophi was so excited that she was skipping to the car. On Friday, she got to practice singing again during her field trip to the Senior Center to sing carols. Caroline had her field trip to the Nutcracker Ballet. They ate at Fazoli's for lunch. All the first graders were dressed in their best. I stopped in before they left and they would all say "Mrs. Saupp, look at me, look at me" So cute!!!

Happy Halloween

I know that I've been incredibly bad at keeping up with the blog, but my New Year's resolution is to keep back up with it. The girls LOVE "Monster High" this year so they insisted on being Frankie Stein and Draculaura. J of course, was Leonardo. To follow with tradition. I dressed up as Dorothy.

Time to Spoil the Girls

While Jackson's birthday party was going on, Soph and Caroline stayed across the street with Grandma Suzy and Grandpa Rodney and got their hair pinned up, went to the Cracker Barrel for supper, and played American Girl Dolls. They had a blast at their sleepover.

Jackson's 9th Birthday

J had a great birthday playing Laser Tag with his best buddies. Shelby, my neighbor down the street, graciously went with me to help me corral the boys and Marron. I think that he and I had just as much fun. WOW!! Is that an amazing work out. J and I were on opposite teams and we ran into each other during a game, he says "Oh Mama, I'm so glad it's you" and I say "Oh no, I'm not your Mama in here. You better run before I get you!!!" So much fun.

J and I at Carb Day

I won tickets to Carb Day at the track for this past Friday. I was bummed that Eric couldn't make it to take J and have a special day since I know nothing about racing. But it worked out good. My bosses from work were both working at the track and were able to give J a tour of the timing booth, the control room, pit row, and Eric K. my manager, was even able to get Jackson a piece of the track which is very rare. He had the BEST day. We had lots of goodies to eat and a little bit of a walk back to the car. J was able to get a couple autographs, too :) It was a special day!