Matt and the Princess

This child is so demanding she will make you ride her around like a horse and she is the princess, and make you carry her wand in your mouth. Geez, it is hard to be a princess

100th day of school

P-dog celebrated 100 days of school. The parents got to come to the celebration. We did projects, got to hear them recite a cute 100 days of school poem, slideshow of pictures and cake! All of the parentals also noticed how the poor kids art boxes were sad. Half stub crayons, non-sharp pencils etc. Then looking above there were boxes and boxes of pencils and crayons in a huge clear box up on the shelf. At the beginning of the year when we had to bring school supplies they were all dumped in together. Do I dare ask if the kids can have refreshed supplies or do I just sneak her some new in her backpack?

Let it snow!

At first Lil Paigey didn't want to go out in the snow. After donning all of the garb, she threw a fit and spent some time inside while we sledded and shoveled the driveway. Later she decided to go out with the neighbor girl and had a blast. The pond was frozen too and we got to walk on it (it had been frozen for 2 weeks and teenage boys were playing hockey on it, i figured if they hadn't fallen through yet we were a little lighter). P-dog has always loved the snow. She is a gem!

Here is the girls telling Elfie their desires for Christmas.

Our cousin Rachael is a pastry chef in Chicago,

she brought gingerbread cookies of the twelve days of christmas

with icing for us all to decorate.

The Hayes Family Men

and Women

Christmas Eve, Madison and Wyatt

and Dancing with MawMaw's Santa

Santa Came

Grandma Linnsie and Grandma Great

Merry Christmas Love, The Wisdom Crew!

One Horse Open Sleigh

Our friends invited us to their neighborhood annual Sleigh Ride. They had cookies, hot cocoa, apple cider and a bonfire with free sleigh rides. Then we went back to their house for a kids gift exchange and Roast for dinner. Love my best friend, she is just Perfect!

Pre-school

We decided to let her go to pre-pre-school. Since she didn't make the cutoff for the 3 year olds, they offer a program called Minds In Motion. It is a very cute program and she was ready. Paigey told Daddy "I want to go where the other kids are" one day home with him.

So far so good, only one fit but adapting to the routine well.

Now they are both in Ballet

I am so excited she finally decided to go in after all of this time being so scared in the waiting room. She is so small but with big sister nearby, Paigey drew up some fantastic strength and now loves it. She had to come out for a potty break and told me. "I am a real ballerina now Mom". Super cute. And P-Dog is being such a great role model for her. She watches out for her and is paying attention more in class too. Although our tuition just doubled and costumes too, it is well worth it.