Okay - back to business.
Georgia's class had a "Fall Party" - not Halloween, mind you, and made all kinds of Fall crafts. Check out their pumpkins and the excellent posing skills of Griffin - top row, far right.
The Girl Scouts had a skate party in November. Can I please tell you how much I DO NOT LIKE skate parties?!?! Georgia doesn't know how to skate, and she gets really crabby about it. Either I'm helping her too much, not enough, I'm too close, not far enough away, etc. You get the idea. It's just frustrating for everyone. One girl in my troop had her shoes given to someone else by mistake and that person actually left with them! How does that happen? She of course cried and had to leave in socks. The Skate Center eventually wrote them a check for the shoes. Wonder what the person who actually got them thinks of their new kicks?
In November, Georgia had a role in the 3rd Grade Musical, Music and Me. She was the teacher, exactly the role she wanted. Being anal like we are, we had to get to the play super early to snag front row seats. Look - she's teaching her class Math! Loves it!
Maggie's Pre-K class had a cute little Thanksgiving program. Her Native American name was 'Pretty Flower'. Sweet, huh. The little girl beside her, Genevieve, always has that scowl on her face. Maggie insists she does smile, but I've never been witness to it. Maggie is completely in love with the boy in front of her, Matthew. She came home from school one day absolutely beaming because he had kissed her on the cheek. His Mom apologized to me for it afraid that I'd go nuts about her son kissing Maggie. That made me laugh. Please. A little peck from that cutie-pie is no big deal. Especially since Maggie was completely over the moon.
Georgia turned 9 on November 29th and for her birthday we got her Miley Cyrus tickets. Now, I must emphasize that this was a Miley Cyrus concert, not Hannah Montana. I needed a 5 second delay button for sure. Lots of grinding, hot pant action. Ugh! Georgia, Maggie, and Georgia's buddy Vivian seemed a bit stunned by it all. So did I. Brad managed to get a pass on this concert - just like the pass he got on the Jonas Brothers one. Interesting. Miley is an excellent performer, I just think she forgot the average age of her audience. Check out Captain Kangaroo beside Vivian.
Dad and Anne visited a few weeks before Christmas and helped put together some gingerbread houses. Word of advice - buy the house with the walls pre-made. We had one of those and one that required building. Thank goodness Brad's a Civil Engineer. Lots of finger licking going on with the construction of these houses. Also, some candy seemed to not quite make it on the houses. Wonder where it went?
We also had one fancy-schmancy cake for Georgia. So fancy it couldn't even come out of the pan. She picked out all her candles for it in September, for real.
Here's what happens when Maggie gets the camera- pure art. You probably just don't get it.
Here comes the Holidays. We made our annual stop in the Office Depot parking lot to visit Santa and a few of his finest reindeer. Colder but faster than the mall. AND, the mall doesn't have the real deal reindeer.
Maggie's class had a Christmas party and program. Notice how she's lined up right behind Matthew again? This is no coincidence, my friend.
Maggie decided Brad needed some decorating. I think he carries it well.
Speaking of Brad, he turned 39 on Dec. 15. 40 is just around the corner! Again, with the fancy cakes. I don't know how I find the time to create these masterpieces.
We bought an Elf on the Shelf this year for the girls. I can't even begin to get into that now, but promise a separate post is coming for Mr. Speckles. He deserves his own space.
Hmmm, I can't seem to locate any Christmas pictures. My camera got knocked out of my hand at the skating rink (another reason to dislike that place) and Brad got me a new one for Christmas. I'll hunt them down and return. For now, I leave you with a tribute to Captain Kangaroo.
