Princess Hair

Tegan got some new little barrettes and wanted to try a couple out after her bath last night. Tegan: "Ummm... I think I want a pink one. And a red one. And this black one. And green. And this one. And this one. And this yellow one. And this one...." etc. She ended up with very beautiful princess hair:




Graye - tired of the photo shoot and wishing I'd stop the flash so he could watch TV in peace. ;)

The Weekend Before Christmas

We went to Regina for a short visit and to have a Christmas supper with Ryan's Aunt and Uncle (sooooo good!)

Graye and Ella figuring out a game on the iPhone:

Tegan contemplating the gingerbread house... or possibly how to get some of the candy OFF the house without anyone noticing...



Ella getting her hair beautified:

The best picture we got of all the cousins:

Gingerbread house demolition!

Preschool Christmas Concert

We went to Graye's preschool Christmas concert the other night. It was HIGHLY entertaining. I don't think Graye stood still for the entire thing. He was bouncing in place, spinning around and taking elaborate bows - I guess he isn't intimidated by crowds! My family was there an hour early to get front row seats - after last year we weren't taking any chances. Ha! It seems this is the event of the season for many people!

Tegan, patiently waiting...

Graye, coming onto the stage, jumping in anticipation already.


Singing and jumping...

...backwards, jumping and singing...

...big finish... The BOW.

They got to see Santa after and he gave them each a gift. No really good pictures of this great event as immediately after this one was taken, another kid planted himself on the bench and didn't move. Probably because his parents were oooing and ahhhing over how sweet it was that he loved Santa. GET YER KID OUTTA MY PICTURE!! haha... ahhhh...

Tegan got a Zooble.

Graye got a Bakugan. Pretty sure everyone out there knows exactly what these things are, especially with these helpful visual aids - although it kind of seems like in these pictures even the kids have no idea what they are. But they did! Honest! And they were very excited about them! ;)

Peppernuts

Every year Ryan makes peppernuts at Christmas - a traditional danish cookie. This year the kids and I helped too...


We even made a few proper sized cookies as well! ;)

The kids decorated their "peppernut men" the next night. And yes, I'm going to have to restock our sprinkles.



Pretty sure about 50% of the sprinkles fell off when they picked them up to eat them. I guess they just needed more icing. ;b

Sleeping Beauty

Tegan was playing "Princess" with Graye a little while ago. This is how you do it:

The princess is asleep, but is still able, miraculously, to whisper "Graye! Kith me!"

Graye kisses the Princess...

... but not before attempting to wake her up by other means...

They dance!!

The end.