Casa Manana

On November 21st, Discovery School had a school wide event at Casa Manana to see "Here Comes Santa Clause". Hannah was so excited and Hayden would not quite saying "I see Santa". I think the poor guy really thought he was going to get to see Santa. Hannah got to sit next to her best friend from school, Lauren, and that made her very happy. The show was slow. It really wasn't keeping the kids attention. Hayden loved the singing parts, but as soon as they stopped he got fussy and kept asking to watch the movie. I think he thought we were at a movie theatre. They said a few words here and there that we do not allow in our house. Hannah pointed them out several times.... "Mommy, they are saying bad things, we should not be watching this". She was correct. She really wanted to leave during the show, but we stayed. I have heard great reviews about CM, but this show was just not the best. We will definitely try it out again though. Maybe another production will be better.

College Day at Bette Perot

Hailey had College Day at School and they were suppose to wear a college jersey or shirt. Unfortunately we do not have any college shirts for the kids right now. Hailey really wanted to dress up, and we didn't want to spend any money. Daddy decided Hailey could wear his Regis University Alumni t-shirt. She was not so excited at first but I put my motherly instincts together and we made her a "cute" outfit. Add a belt, tights and boots and you have a dress. She was excited.

Hailey lost a tooth!

Hailey has had her second tooth loose for almost 2 1/2 months. Her permanent tooth was almost as tall as the baby tooth and was pushing the baby tooth to the front of her gum. It did not want to come out. It seemed to be getting tighter instead of looser due to the fact it didn't have any room to get loose. On November 17th, we decided it was loose enough for Daddy to pull. He is really good at pulling teeth and Hailey was excited about him getting it out. She knew if it didn't eventually come out she would have to go to the dentist and she did not want to do that. Now she has officially lost her two bottom teeth. She has never experienced the hole /space in her mouth as her permanent tooth always has grown in before the baby one came out. She is ready to get to have a toothless smile.

The tooth fairy also came. She gave Hailey a good trick! In the morning, Hailey brought me her tooth tin before opening it, and said, "Mommy, I don't think the tooth fairy came". I quickly told her to sit the tin down and go get dressed, then we could look at her surprise together. (We forgot about the tooth fairy coming). I quickly took the tooth out, replaced it with a rock, and put a stocking stuffer lil-kinz on her place mat at the table with a note that said "I love you. Happy Tooth Losing!" . She was so excited when she found her surprise and loved the fact that the tooth fairy tricked her. I love the fact we were able to pull it off.

Family Fun

Tonight (Monday) Shane got home from work

early and since it was cold outside and we didn't want to spend any money, we decided to do some fun stuff at home. Hannah decided she wanted to make brownies, and drink hot chocolate by the fire. Hailey wanted to practice on our act we are going to do on Christmas. So, that is EXACTLY what we did. Grandma Kelly came by today and brought the kids some Christmas pajamas. Aunt Gloria wanted everyone to have matching plaid pajamas. I think they are really cute. Hayden's was a bit too big, so G-ma Kelly took it back with her to sew. The girls wanted to wear them tonight, and they took some silly pictures. Hayden is really into Blues Clues right now, so he is wearing some BC pajamas I found him at Kid to Kid.

The picture of Hannah sleeping was her practicing being Joseph when the Angel appeared to him and told him about Mary.

The picture of me with the girls... the Big laugh? I was actually chocking because Hayden came and jumped right on my chest. It hurt. You can't tell from the picture, can you?

Holiday Bazaar

Thursday, Hannah and Hayden's Preschool (Discovery School) had their annual Holiday Bazaar. During the day they had about 20 craft vendors, and then that night the kids performed a song for us and then they had an auction. It was so much fun. I haven't really been to an auction and I will honestly say it was cheap fun! During the auction the kids went upstairs and watched a movie, did crafts, played games and had a snack. Each class made some sort of item to sell in the auction. Hayden's class made a fleece blanket that had all the kids pictures on it. It sold for almost $500. Isn't that crazy? Hannah's class made an adorable Christmas tree skirt. They put all the kids hand and footprints on it and made them into reindeer. It was so cute. I really wanted it, but could not compete with the crazy bidders. It sold for close to $300. I am not sure why Hayden's class got so much more, but oh well. The school made a ton of money.

Hannah's class sang "My Fathers House", and Hayden's class sang "slippery fish". Hayden loves this song and sings it all the time at home, but he was not interested in singing during the performance. He clung to me like crazy. We all had a great time. I sure do love their school.

Happy Birthday Abby

November 7th was Hailey's Best Friend Abigails 7th birthday. She had a horse riding party out at the McCartys Ranch. Hailey was not interested in riding Princess Fiona, but she had a great time playing with the other girls, jumping from one hay bail to another, bobbing for apples, feeding the horses, the hay ride, and jumping on the trampoline. It was a great party, and I can not believe Abby is already 7. That means my baby girl will be turning 7 here soon as well. Time sure does fly by. Too FAST!!

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Rockin Fun Run

On Friday November 6th Bette Perot Elementary had their annual fun run. This year they called it "Rockin Fun Run". This is one of the schools main fundraisers. Last year we went to Bangs the day of the Pumpkin Fun Run, so Hailey was super excited about getting to participate this year. Mrs. Bellingtons class voted and decided to call themselves "The TURKEYS"!! One of the mothers made each kid a turkey hat. On the back of Hailey's shirt were a bunch of stars. Each lap they ran they marked off one of the stars. Hailey ran 27 laps. Woo Hoo! That's my baby girl. She was proud. Hannah had gymnastics at the exact time the 1st graders were running, so we were not able to watch. But, she understood and I think I got two cute pictures at home. She was acting like a silly turkey in one. I think they chose a PERFECT name. HA HA!!