Christmas Performances

Last week both Aspen and Everly had Christmas performances at their schools. Aspen's was first on Wednesday and she did absolutely horrible. She does things on her own terms and is shy so singing in front of people was not going to happen. The thing is, she sings all of the time at home and loves dancing and had been singing the Christmas songs they were working on so it would have been so cute. After her failed performance, Justin and I stayed and had a cookie with her before heading back to work. Maybe next year?

 

Everly's performance was on Thursday night. My mom and Nora came and Everly did great. I do wish they used music for this performance, but the kids were still cute. Everly had been working hard to remember all of the songs and was not shy or nervous. She loved being up on stage with her friends and we are so proud of her. I compiled some of the clips into a cute video. Can't believe Christmas is a week away!

 

Nora is such a good little cousin!

Family Fun Night- Grinch Night

Everly's school's PTA was hosting a family fun night last Friday night. It was Grinch themed and Aspen has been super obsessed with the Grinch lately so we decided to go for a little bit. The girls had a lot of fun. Everly loves seeing her friends and her teacher and Aspen loves doing anything Evelry does. They made some really cute Grinch ornaments, played some games, decorated a box and Christmas trees and also decorated some cupcakes which they inhaled. We probably only spent an hour their total but it was a lot of fun and I am glad we went. I am not going to lie, sometimes stuff like this is kind of the last thing I want to do, but I know how much the girls love it so I guess that is being a parent, right? Also, how cute are these girls? Can't say no to them ever!

cutest little Grinch ornaments

Aspen loves cupcakes!

Weekend in Review

Last weekend was a nice long holiday weekend. On Saturday I had a couple of soccer games for a tournament I was in and Justin had to work so the girls went over to hang out with my mom and sister. They had a blast and fell asleep in the car. They also came home with an annoying trolls microphone toy. Thanks Grandma. On Sunday the girls came out to my soccer game. I don't think they watched one bit of it, but dang it they are so cute. Sunday night we had to last minute finish up Everly's disguised turkey project. Thanks to the idea from Pinterest, we decided to go with an Easter Bunny disguise. I had just bought a brand new bag of cotton balls too so it worked out good. It ended up being really cute and took very little time. Sunday night my sister and mom came over for tacos to end the weekend (although I had Monday off with Aspen as well).  Next week is about to get nuts with Justin's birthday on the 18th, our anniversary on the 20th and then Thanksgiving on the 23rd.
Gotta love the holidays!

perfect weather weekend for soccer

 

 

Grandma days

these girls!

my sidekick

Aspen loves to take a nap with all the things

fun weekend with these girls

the assignment: disguise the turkey!

 

the adorable finished product. 

Halloween 2017

We had a great Halloween this year. I had the day off so we started of the day with spooky donuts before we dropped Everly off at school. Then Aspen and I met Nora at story time before going back to Everly's school and meeting her for lunch. She was actually crying because she thought we forgor to pack her a lunch but she was fine once she saw us. It was fun to surprise her with lunch.

Last year after Halloween I hit up Target clearance and got a banana costume for Everly and so we decided to go with a fruit theme this year. Everly was cool with it at first and for the most part had a good attitude about it but made me promise her she could be a princess next year. I actually already went to Target and got her Pocahontas for $10 so she is happy. Aspen was an apple that Justin and I put together at the last minute Nora was a strawberry and Cam was a kiwi. Teddy was supposed to be a pineapple but he really wanted to be a police officer and once he gets set on something there is no changing his mind so that was that. His costume was actually really popular from other trick or treaters when we were out. A lot of the older kids were making comments about it. Teddy took off his costume before we even made it back home. One of my friends from soccer also came over with her kids since we have a pretty good trick or treating turnout in our neighborhood. The kids had a lot of fun and are even more happy with all of the candy they ended up with!

Love these Halloween cuties!

Sticks and bubbles!

Aspen throwing a fit and corn dogs for lunch!

 

love this group of kids

Aspen's pose!

the cutest little fruits!

Everly's Pumpkin Investigation

Last Friday I had the day off from work and volunteered in Everly's classroom. They were having a pumpkin investigation in the morning and a party in the afternoon. I couldn't manage both with Aspen but thanks to my sister's help, I was able to volunteer in the morning. Everly loves having me in class and I love seeing her learn. Her class worked in groups to investigate and measure a pumpkin before we eventually cut it open and took out the seeds. Then we added the seeds to some soil with water and they are hanging out in the sun to see if the seeds sprout. It was a lot of fun but also a good reminder that I would never be a good teacher. Kids all day every day is exhausting. At one point three different kids raised their hand to tell the teacher it was lunch time. As the kids headed to lunch Everly started crying and it was so sad. She didn't want me to leave and it was so sweet. I am so glad I was able to take some time and see her work in her class!

pumpkin investigation

 

 

hanging up the pumpkin seeds in soil

 

watching videos about the pumpkin life cy

1st Grade Field Trip

This past Tuesday I took the day off from work to volunteer at Everly's school and go on her field trip. I actually volunteered before I even knew what the trip was. I was kind of bummed to find out it was only a trip to our local library but she was still really excited. My sister thankfully watched Aspen that morning since I couldn't bring her along. The library trip was fun. Everly loved having me there since only a few kids had their parents there. She held my hand almost the whole time. At the library they rotated between a few different events and then I picked out a few books for Everly to check out. After the library we headed to a nearby park to eat lunch and let the kids play. It was pretty hot but you know kids don't care about that. By the time we got back to the school I was pooped. That heat killed me so I picked up Aspen, ate lunch and then took a nap! Hey, it was my day off too! So glad I had the flexibility to be able to spend the morning with Everly in her class!