Holiday Decorations!

 So we have been making homemade Christmas decorations this year!  I brought some ornaments with us from Michigan, but Ben gets into everything and I didn't want them broken so we decided we would just make our own this year!  So we have been busy making something everyday!  Today we made a cookie plate for Santa.  Kenzie drew and colored the Santa!  She did a great job!

 Our Elfs we made!

 Kenzie's Santa, tree & reindeer!

 Hannah's Santa, tree & reindeer

 Popsicle stick trees

 Felt trees

 Hannah's trees

I have also made Santa's out of the kids hand prints!  These turned out super cute!

More to come!!

I am really liking making our own decorations!  Our Charlie Brown Christmas tree is turning out really cute!!

Look who's back....

 Jingles, the Elf showed up on Saturday November 24th.  The girls were so excited to see her!

 She wrote a note to the kids

Sunday morning she was hanging on the picture

 Monday morning on the T.V.

 Tuesday was the curtains

and Wednesday was the chandelier!

Thanksgiving Celebration

 We went over the The McKee's for a real Thanksgiving Dinner.  It was awesome food and we had a lot of fun hanging out with our new friends!

 Carson, Kennedy, Hannah, Ben & Kenzie

The kids had so much fun playing and doing crafts together.

The whole crew!

Our Thanksgiving Dinner

 Even though Gary had to work and Kenzie had school we were still able to have our own little Thanksgiving Dinner!

 Well chicken instead of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes & green beans

Even a homemade pumpkin pie!

Even though we missed our family we still had a great day!

A lot to be Thankful for!

International Thanksgiving

 We had an International Thanksgiving at school on Thursday November 22, 2012 (since China doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving Kenzie had school and Gary had to work).  Kenzie's class and one of the other Kindergarten classes had a potluck lunch to celebrate.

 Hannah came too.

 Desserts!!

 We had lots of yummy food from all over the world.

Enjoying lunch!

We had a great time even though Kenzie still had school!

Daisy Aquarium Visit

 We went to the Aquarium with the Daisy girls.  We got to go after hours and get a private tour.  We had a lot of fun learning about fish!

 Having fun!

 Penquins

 Giant Crab

 Seahorses

 Kenzie & Lindsay with the jellyfish

 Stingrays

 The girls got to touch some fish, Kenzie wasn't too sure this was as far as she would put her finger in!

The girls got to draw some fish and do some crafts too!

We had a lot of fun, it was cool to be the only ones there!

Mmmm...soup!

 Ben really liked his soup...on his head!

Lately Ben likes to put things on his head, it doesn't matter if there is something in it!