Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Christmas Programs

Olivia's Kindergarten class sang "This Little Light of Mine" as part of the whole-school program. We got that on video.



The pre-school does their own program and Victoria played the part of Mary. I don't have a video of that one, but lots of cute pictures! Did any of you realize that Mary wore pink moon boots?



We also had a ballet performance at the mall.

School is cancelled...what to do?!

I was mildly annoyed that school is cancelled today (due to ice...lots of ice). I am a big fan of two hour delays b/c those don't have to be made up. We will have to make today up later on.

I am no longer annoyed though, because today has been productive as I decided to do a little baking. It started with the fact that we have no bread. I'm not afraid to drive, but I don't much feel like taking a shower today and going anywhere. SO, I made bread. Since I was already in the mood, I've also made spritz cookies (which I am NOT good at, I discovered), cocoa no bakes (is there an easier thing to do on this earth...doubtful), and mixed up the sugar cookie dough and got it in the fridge to chill for "two hours or until firm." I am going to make russian tea cookies (aka lot of other things) in a bit.

Speaking of the bread...not sure I'm a huge fan of plain homemade bread. I made white b/c I don't have any wheat flour. It tastes fine but it's not amazing. I will have to look for another recipe for the next time I am out of store-bought, preservative-laden, high calorie bread.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Leavenworth

Last weekend, we stayed here:








So we could see this:





And it was so fun! We went with our good friends, the Smiths, and had a great time. No snow, though. But the house was awesome, Leavenworth was super fun (but packed full of people), and all I have to say is, "When can we go again?!"