Merry Christmas!!

The boys talked to Santa on Sunday. Will asked for a Nintendo DS and Ryan asked for shoulder pads and a new bike! I guess we'll see what Santa brings.
(I love how Ryan is slouched down like he's going to stay awhile!)

Snow Day!

We enjoyed today. A bright, sunny, snowy day! We ate muffins, played in the snow, drank hot chocolate, played in the snow some more, and made gingerbread boy cookies. I managed to get a few pictures along the way.

My sweet old girl

Cookies!

Our Otter Creek Ladies Christmas Party was Tuesday night. We had a cookie and ornament swap. 

Even though I have been stuck home with sick boys all week, I managed to make my Angel Cookies. More cookies to be made next week for school parties!

 My Angel Cookies

My talented friend, Kristen, made these mittens

We had about 70 ladies at the party. We had a great night with lots of tasty cookies and pretty ornaments.

November-December

I have been sitting here with coffee for about 2 hours now going through the couple hundred pictures that were on my camera from the past month. Christmas music plays in the background as JW strings lights on our real tree. I try to savor this time of year, as it passes too quickly. I have so much I want to do and know it will not all get done.
I am going to play catch-up here on the blog and then move full force into December! 

Our beloved Preschool and Kindergarten, Otter Creek, is building a new building. We finally had our groundbreaking ceremony yesterday and it was wonderful! We had a beautiful, sunny day and everyone really had a great time. We look forward to what the future holds for our precious school.

David, Dawson, and Ryan in their matching shirts.

Ryan participating in the groundbreaking. All the kids had matching shirts, and hard hats.

Will's cub scout den had a behind-the-scenes tour of our local fire station the other day. We are all really enjoying cub scouts. We have a great den leader and a good group of boys.

This is what Will does now. Reads. Reads, reads, reads. Everything and all the time! It is so cool to watch him enjoy reading. Many of you will recognize that he is reading a Magic Tree House book. He loves those books! I would be interested to know what other book series do your kids enjoy?

 Will and David on Thanksgiving Day.

  

 November appreciation gift for Will's teacher. Pumpkin Bread and assorted goodies.