Family night at Sciworks

We are involved in a local program titled Parents as Teachers, and they sponsored a Night with Santa at Sciworks this past Friday. We had free access to the entire museum, they served us dinner and the kids got a gift from Santa! Here are Piper, Cohen and I with Santa:


Cohen in the astronaut face:


Piper having her nails painted:


And Cohen sitting in the hyperbolic funnel. He had no idea what is was really for until we gave him a coin to put in the slot. Then he watched with excitement as the coin circled around to the bottom.

Cute, huh?

I saw these reindeer cookies in my Family Fun magazine and decided to try them. They are so easy to make and really yummy too!

Gingerbread Home

One of my best Black Friday purchases was this gingerbread house kit! As part of school yesterday Piper put this together with almost no help from me. I helped get the parts stuck together with the icing but she decorated the entire thing herself using the box as her example.


As I understand it, she bribed Cohen with $1 to *not* help her! He did pretty well sitting back and watching except he kept trying to sneak pieces of candy to eat. And every time Piper would have her hands covered with icing he would lick it off for her, kinda gross, huh?


The finished product:

Make-up

Piper received several play make-up gifts for her birthday this year, problem is - she has no idea where eye shadow goes!

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration (3 of them to be honest) this year. I finally got my digital camera back (yeah!!) for the last gathering, so I took some cute photos. We had yummy deep fried turkey and the usual fixings and way too many desserts. We are a family of sweet tooths I believe.

Here are Piper and my sister Ashley cuddling:


Abe wearing all smiles:


And no one can be prepared for the chaos that is my children, especially those who have not had children of their own yet! Ashley's husband Steve offered my older kids a dollar each to be quiet for a minute. They are trying really hard here, Piper has even buried her face to stay focused:


And here is the chaos that ensued as soon as the dollars were in hand!

Lots of fun!!

Dedication

We dedicated Abe a few Sunday's ago at church. As I have with the others, I had to get a boutique frock for the event! Chad is never too thrilled with my boutique choices for the boys, he said I can dress them like "that" until their first birthday then no more :)

Abe's Photo shoot

I took a bunch of pictures of my adorable 6 month old this evening for a baby casting call. Silly, I know, but a friend of mine who has modeled for many years encouraged me to make them. She has worked with this photographer before and he contacted her wanting babies for a job this weekend. Whether he gets the job or not though, I think he's perfect!