Yeah Mikayla!

I was doing my Thursday volunteering in Kayla's class when her teacher asked me if I was coming to the school assembly this afternoon. Then I learned that Kayla was getting the personal achievement award for her class this quarter. Her teacher said that she's greatly improved with her reading and is really participating in class. So we went back to school for the assembly. Kayla was surprised (they don't tell the kids, it is a surprise who's won the awards). I'm bummed with the quality of my camera, but at least you can tell who it is... In the last picture, Ellie snuck over to give Kayla a big hug. With Mikayla's other arm, she's raising her achievement certificate in the air.

Easter Island Statue

The girls love this statue in the movie The Night at the Museum. On the route to take Kayla to school someone made this huge snow sculpture. It's not a very good picture, but the scultpure has great details on it. To learn more about the real statue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island

Only in the Midwest

I had to take these pictures today. The girls got out to play in the snow this morning. There was enough time to shovel before the rain and then sleet started. True Minnesotan kids, determined to have fun outside no matter what. Umbrellas and Snowsuits...






It is one hour until Christmas. I better get to bed since the morning will come early with two very excited little girls!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Sliding Glass Door Curtains

I searched everywhere for some curtains that would blend with my living room and kitchen. I even looked at material everywhere to try to make curtains myself. I found some cheap fake silk (washable!) curtains at Big Lots. Then, I found two different types of ribbon to sew to it to dress it up and help match the colors. (Thank you mom for sewing the two ribbons together.) That was a lot of work. I then used some iron on hem tape and ironed the ribbon to the curtain. I think it turned out great.

Just a Few More Pictures

I'm so annoyed at myself for taking more pictures and posting them because I've already printed my blog into a book for this year. I'll just have to tack them onto 2010's blog book I guess.

Here's the girls taking Hannah on her first sledding adventures. She was not thrilled at all.


Here's a few pictures of Elyana's last music class.

New Desk/Counter

I'm so excited, so excited. A project that I had in my mind and shared with Nate is finally coming around and way better than I imagined. I couldn't find the right desk for Mikayla and Elyana and wanted a large work/craft area for them. So, 3 pieces from Ikea and a beautiful fake granite counter from Menards and Voila! I love you Nate, thanks for making this for us. It's going to get a lot of use!

I Love Masking Tape

Today Ellie and I made a parking lot for her Hotwheels. We then connected it to the existing masking tape hopscotch and the hopscotch can now be a maze of roads.


Here's a picture of the girls playing in the snow on our Blizzard of 2009. They only lasted 10 minutes. It's fine to have snow to play it, but I'm not okay on the negative temps from windchill!