Day 5

Read A New Story!


This has been a crazy week so it was time to throw in another cheater day. And yes it was ANOTHER Thanksgiving book :).

Again I missed the picture opportunity. I'm not so good at reading a story, holding a camera at arms length and snapping the photo, all while keeping the girls in the moment and not then completely enthralled in my camera/phone . . . I only have 2 hands people!

So enjoy this oldie but a goodie :)






I die every time I see this!


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Day 4

Eat Christmas Waffles!

I knew I was in the mood to make waffles but I wanted to make them special. I ended up adding red and food coloring to 2 batches and they inhaled them, but I think they had a bit of a food coloring taste. Oh well, they didn't complain, and I'm still their favorite mom :)











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Day 3

Make Hot Cocoa!

It was in the upper 70's here but making hot cocoa just seemed Christmassy :)


Oh, and the girls LOVED IT!!!



Aren't they adorable?!?!


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Day 2

Read a new story!

I had purchased some books from Beau's school (remember those scholastic paper fliers?!?! I was instantly transported back to elementary school when her teachers handed them to me! And, they haven't changed a bit!!!), and since we had a busy day ahead I decided to use one. I guess it's sort of a cheat day :)

The book was called "Countdown to Thanksgiving" . . . I know, Thanksgiving book for Xmas, weird. But those amazing scholastic books tools FOREVER to get here, so we are adopting an "it's never to late to learn about thanksgiving" philosophy. :)

I didn't catch a picture of me reading to the girls, and I hate posting without a picture, sooooooo, enjoy this random entertainment instead :)

LOL

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25 days of Christmas

This year we started an advent calendar! B is extremely excited about Christmas this year and I decided it was crucial to teach her how long she would have to wait for Santa.

I found an adorable house style advent calendar that I decided I couldn't live without so on December 1st the girls woke up to a new tradition :)

Day 1:

Meet and name The Elf on the Shelf!





Another new tradition is Gingy! The girls love him and race to find him every morning :) I even found Beau holding her play cell phone up to his ear and telling him,

"Here Gingy, you call Santa and I will tell him all the good something's to give to me"





There is nothing as good as Xmas with kids!

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My dad can beat up your dad!

We had a family exercise day at the track. The plan was Sam and I could workout while the girls played and ran around...it had to be better than wrangling them into a tiny room with 10 other kids while we run on treadmills!

It started out great, the girls ran around the track with me once while daddy did his warm up.








But then Ali needed a potty break...then Beau was hungry...then Ali needed another potty break. Daddy was getting a great workout while mommy was still on mom duty.

Then it hit me..."hey girls, let's go workout with daddy!!!"

Off they ran and started copying his every move. Not only that but they started cheering him on. I quickly ran to get a few laps in and they stayed! Mommy got a run in, daddy did his workout with a cheering squad, and the girls were exhausted when it was all over!

Successful trip to the track :)







BTW, daddy's workout this day was crossfit's Murph!
Run 1 mile
100 pull ups
200 pushups
300 squats
Run 1 mile
And not only did he finish, but he finished in 50 minutes!!! So, yeah, their dad can beat up your dad ;)
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Girls jumping on trampolines

My girls really do LOVE jumping on our neighbors trampoline! Especially Ali, she pretty much asks for that for every reward, Beau asks for candy, Ali just wants to jump.







Trying to capture the pure joy they feel on this thing is impossible with a phone camera, but it's truly amazing to watch. And just when you think they can't get any cuter, they decide to pretend it's raining and need to protect each other :*)









They were saying, "We miss you daddy!"


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Location:Honolulu, HI