Grandma's Princess Birthday Party

My mom's birthday was January 9th (yes, my blog is that far behind).  I took the girls to pick out a cake for their Grandma, and we left with the beautiful princess you see below.  We had cake and a hot chocolate party, which is officially a tradition now that we've done it for 2 consecutive years.

Aliens are Great Savers

My girls got this awesome Paint Your Own Alien Piggy Bank kit for Christmas--and I love our new savers!  Trying to catch up the blog, now that we've moved back into The Denler Estate and are only lacking a kitchen.

Hoops

We just wrapped up Liv's second basketball season...not the undefeated record of last year, but a respectable 5-3.  Liv got to be a point guard for part of the season and she really likes all the extra time with the ball.  One of my favorite parts of the games was when Josie would run across the court at half time to give her sister a high five.  Adorable.  Liv really could be a baller if she decided she loved it and was willing to invest some time in perfecting her skills.  She is also a miser and saves every dollar she ever gets...so I've pitched the whole pursue basketball thing with this angle:  If you get great at basketball a couple of things will happen 1. you won't have to touch your savings account to go to college and 2. you can play for the WNBA and add even more money to that savings account.  Basketball for the win!!

Christmas Wrap Up....just a month belated

So, I have been procrastinating on Christmas posts because I did such a dismal job at photoing the events of the holiday.  But, I also like to blog in the order that events happen.  That means that my procrastination is now keeping me from blogging about a sweet roller derby, NYE, Liv playing basketball, and who knows what else.  So, here it is...a lame Christmas wrap up:   

What we have here is a gift opening thing at my mom's house, Liv and Grandma mid cookie baking with a 'party drink', Josie's new activity table from Santa and our completed cookies.  At least this blog got done before the lights came off the house....win.

Snowflake Is Here!!

Our elf finally arrived last week.  The girls named him Snowflake and have been very good about following the no touching rule.  Snowflake has also been a powerful motivator to get the girls out of bed in the morning.  It's a race to see who can find him first...I love that my girls are still caught up in the magic of Christmas!

Moving to Christmas...

The lights are up!

See Y'all...I have been busy (in this case, Painting With A Twist)

This is the best idea ever, and I hope the owners become billionaires.  Painting With A Twist posts a monthly calendar and you sign up to paint on whatever day blows your skirt up.  In this case, we did a funky Christmas tree.  You show up, go to your assigned seat where canvas, paint, and brushes await.  There's an instructor that leads everyone how to paint whatever it is your painting.  But here's the kicker gang--you can drink while you do this!  Zing!!  Most fun way to unwind with friends ever.  I had a super fun time and can't wait to go back.  I may be the next Van Gogh, except I'll probably keep both of my ears...