Tooth Fairy Visit #2

Allison had to have her first two (bottom) teeth pulled because her permanent teeth were coming in behind her baby teeth. She has been dying to lose a tooth on her own and has had a loose front tooth for a while. She wiggled it and wiggled it, and it finally popped out! She was kind of in shock that she really lost a tooth all on her own and even pulled it herself!

The tooth fairy granted her wish, and left her tooth. She also left her a sparkly $2 bill!

December Fun

Christmas cards are always fun to send and get in the mail. I was not on top of my game this year, so had to snap a few pics of the girls in their pretty dresses! By the end it was not so fun, so here are a few outtakes from the shoot!

The girls love finding Bo and Holly every morning, and they loved when they joined all of our Christmas buddies!

Every year Grandma Ganne and Paka buy the kids a gingerbread house and this was the creation this year!

Grandma Ganne always had baking projects planned and the big boys even came to Woodland to make sugar cookies with the girls during break! When I picked the girls up they were hyper and I asked if they ate lots of frosting. They did! We asked the boys if they were crazy the whole time, and Todd said, "just emotional"...ha! Welcome to the world of girls! 

 

These cute reindeer cupcakes were another baking day and Gram and Paka's house!

We always talk about going to Candy Cane Lane in Vacaville, but finally made it happen one night with the Widmer Fam! The kids loved seeing all of the cool lights and decorations.

Happy Birthday Grandma

Grandma Ganne is always so good about celebrating others and doing special things for everyone. If we need Girl Scout patches sewn on in the next few hours, Grandma to the rescue. If Paige is still asleep or napping when it is time to get A from school, Grandma Ganne to the rescue! If you need something that you can't find, or have no idea where to find it, Georgeanne will find it! If we need someone to watch the girls in a pinch, Grandma Ganne to the rescue! The list goes on, and on, and on, and we are very blessed to have Grandma Ganne in our lives. When Allison found out we were having a "party" for grandma, she went shopping with Geoff and got lots of party favors to help Grandma feel special at her party. We had a family breakfast at Grandma and Paka's and it was a great way to start the day and celebrate Grandma Ganne. Cheers to many more Happy Birthday parties Grandma Ganne!

Oh Christmas Tree

We always used to get our tree at Pronzini, but for the last few years we got it at a different spot. So this year the girls were bugging to go back to the lot with the sled and candy canes, so we made our way back to Pronzini and found a beautiful tree. The girls were super excited, but we had to wait a few day for it to dry out before we decorated it. I swear the only time it rains in Cali is the weekend we decide to get our tree! It was well worth the wait and the girls are excited to have the tree in the house. Geoff might not agree that is was so exciting as he was using a hand saw in our living room to get the 10 foot tree back in the stand correctly....thank goodness for Geoff! 

There is always magic when decorating the tree. My Grandma Rosie is always watching over us as we decorate with the Hallmark Ornaments she bought for us over the years. The girls love to open each box, and ooohhh and aahhhh over the beautiful ornaments. I wish she was here to see the girls, but it is fun to think of her frantically shopping for the perfect ornaments the day after Christmas. She would look at each one in the box and decide which grandchild each one was for. I wish we would have recorded her voice on one of them. We are so thankful to have beautiful ornaments and memories of Grandma Rosie. Gramps still carries out the tradition and goes out the day after Christmas, and gets the ornaments for all of the grandkids and great grandkids! He is trooper and knows Grandma Rosie wouldn't have it any other way :o) Grandma Ganne and Grandma Rhonda also buy ornaments for the girls and it is fun to see the new ones from the year before that the grams bought the girls. This year the favorite one is the Disneyland signing one and it is perfect, because it signs "When you wish upon a star" and that is one of Allison's songs she sings in the Pinocchio play. Putting up the tree is stressful and takes a long time but sure worth it as we decorate and reminisce about all of the ornaments and stories.