Adoption Awareness

Monday, January 7, 2013

Christmas Cookies!

Of course, Miss M is an old pro at Christmas cookies, but this was Miss Y's first year making and decorating Christmas cookies.  What fun!

First, you gather 'round Baba as he rolls out the dough.  He's not fast enough, of course, for two eager pastry chefs!


 
 





Then comes the decorating!  Waaayyyy too much fun!

 
 
 
 
 
Last, of course, is Quality Control.  This is a job we all take very seriously in this house!  What if the cookies don't taste right?  We need to be sure!
 
 
 
Miss Y was very excited to try her first Christmas cookie made by herself!
 

 
Miss M...being a ham.

 

Good thing we had our QC team to make sure our final product was acceptable! 



Fall Festivities

I'm behind.  WAY behind!

Being a mama and a school teacher gives me precious little time to do anything other than be a mama and a school teacher.  But boy, do I love being a mama!  Just look at what my kiddos have been doing this fall!

We LOVE the zoo!  Here is a cute picture from one of our recent trips to the zoo. 

 
You gotta take a rest at the zoo...it's a big place!


This is a trip we took to a local apple orchard.

 
Miss Y pulling the wagon!
 
 

 
Miss Y checkin' out the apples!
 
 

 
Miss M getting ready to take a wagon ride.
 
 

 
Miss M and Miss Y on the wagon!
 
 
Admittedly, we are not big Halloween people.  As long as we keep it friendly, fun and not icky/scary/gory, I'm okay with it.  Neither one of the girls likes seeing the scary decor in the stores.  They both turn and walk the other way. 

On the big day, the girls had fun dressing up and collecting sugary treats!

 
Miss M as "Dancing Olivia" and Miss Y as a zebra.
 
 
Miss M (Little Miss Plan Ahead) decided in August that she wanted to be "Dancing Olivia".  Not just Olivia, but Dancing Olivia.  If you don't know who Olivia is, check this out.  She was determined to have a fun costume, and we had a great time shopping for costume pieces!
 
This was all so new to Miss Y, and she wanted to be another famous character, but decided on being a zebra.  We had a great time hunting for "zebra wear".  She even has a tail made from a zebra scarf (sorry that didn't make it into the photo!)  Baba made the zebra top from a white zip hoodie and a thick permanent marker.  Go Baba!