Frosty the Snowman and a Dancing Daddy

Kayla's dance class had Visitors Day a few weeks ago and the class danced to, Frosty the Snowman. The dance was really cute and Kayla looked like she was having a lot of fun! Ms. Lisa then invited the guests to come and warm-up with the class. Well, since I "volunteered" last year to warm-up, it was only fair that it was Daddy's turn this year. And, like a trooper, he warmed-up with Kayla and the rest of the class.

Curls are for Girls (according to Eric)

Eric had been harassing me for weeks about getting Kyler's hair cut. Each week, I kept saying, "no" but then finally compromised and said we could take him to get his hair cut the weekend before Christmas. I have to say that I was very sad to see his little curls get cut off but have to admit he looks like such a cute little boy with his new 'do! I absolutely loved his facial expressions throughout the whole process. I don't think he had any idea what was going on but sat there like a trooper!

All smiles




Notice how the smiles are gone and a new expression has taken over


Smiles have returned. He must have known how handsome he looked!

The Nutcracker

My mom got tickets for the three of us to go the Southwest Youth Ballet's presentation of, The Nutcracker. Kayla has never been to the ballet before and we were not sure if the Nutcracker would be something she would be interested in yet. My mom got Kayla the book ahead of time so that she would have a little background before we went to the show. Needless to say, Kayla loved the ballet and said that she wanted to go again next year.



Love the pose!

Making (and mostly eating) Gingerbread Houses

We had the Blawat's over to make gingerbread houses and had a blast as usual. Rob and Eric always have fun coming up with new ways to construct a sound gingerbread house for the kids. They take their "work" very seriously. There was tons of candy for the kids to decorate the houses with which was obviously more of a temptation than they could handle. Kayla started saying, "one for the house, one for me". Then as soon as Kayla would put a candy on, Kyler would take it off and eat it. The process took a while but it was fun to watch!

Hard to smile with a mouth full of candy!