Norah is 4!!

Today we celebrated our sweet princess turning 4!  She woke up to a room full of balloons, roses on the table, and a new iPad from Mom and Dad. After a breakfast of chocolate chips pancakes we went to school where she gave her classmates Gigi's mini cupcakes for a snack.  After school we had Starbucks (hot chocolate), then home for some relaxing and playing on the new iPad.  The. After opening some more presents we took her to the Melting Pot for dinner.
After dinner I asked her some questions:

How old are you? 4
What is your favorite TV show? Team Umizoomi
What is your favorite part of school? Play
What are you best at? Sharing
If you could change your name, what would it be?  I would keep my name
What is your favorite color? Pink and purple
What is your favorite toy? My birthday toys
What do you want to be when you grow up?  A ballerina
What is your favorite book?  My owl books
What is your favorite movie?  Trolls (I love Poppy because she is pink like my favorite color!)
What is your favorite food?  Grilled cheeses
What is your favorite animal?  Cheetahs and kitties
What is your favorite sport?  Dance
Who is your best friend?  Blake
What is your favorite holiday?  Easter (I love painting those eggs!)
What was your favorite part of this year?  Dance class

Conor is 6!!

So, the little man is not so little anymore. He just turned 6 and I wish that time would just stop because he is at such a great age right now.  He is almost done with Kindergarten and is reading and writing, doing addition and subtraction and learning how to recognize and count money.  He has the sweetest personality and loves to be around people.  

Favorite toy: 5 army guys

Favorite tv show: teenage mutant ninja turtles

Favorite food: French fries
Favorite color: Red
Favorite fruit: apples
Favorite game: Plants vs Zombies (PS4)
Favorite snack: Doritos 
Favorite animal: Lion
Favorite song: Star Wars theme song
Favorite book: Bible stories
Best Friend: Brady
Favorite thing to do outside: play on 4-wheeler
Favorite drink: milk
Favorite holiday: Christmas
Favorite thing to eat for breakfast: Frozen waffles, sausage and milk
What do you want to eat for birthday dinner?: Postinos
What do you want to be when you grow up? Scientist 

Annual Flagstaff/North Pole trip

In true Christmas tradition we headed up to Flagstaff to go to the North Pole!  Friday night we hopped on the Polar Express.  We sang songs, drank hot chocolate and saw Santa Claus!  The kids were sooooo tired but loved it!  :-)

Then on Saturday morning we had breakfast with Santa at the hotel before boarding the bus to go to Santas workshop.  The kids got to help make toys, wrap them, had some of Mrs. Claus' hot chocolate and cookies, then went to Elf University.  The end of the tour had Santa himself!  This is such a fun little trip we do each year and I'm already planning on this years... :-)

Disneyland!!

Chris offered a promotion to the girls at the office-if they hit their goals we would take them to Disneyland.  Well... They did it!  So we surprised our kids by taking them to Disneyland with the office.  We checked into the hotel and they had no clue until the next morning when Buddy the elf brought them Disneyland gift cards!  We spent Friday at California Adventure and Saturday at DL (never again!  Saturday's are insane...).  Also on Saturday, a friend hooked us up for lunch at Club 33.  It was amazing!  Such a good, quick trip.  :-)

And now for photo overload...

Zoolights

We hit up the zoo lights with the Powell family.  The kids had a blast, especially talking to the talking giraffe.  :-) 

Norah's first dance recital

Norah's dance studio put on an adorable Christmas performance for a local retirement home.  The residents loved it and it made me love the studio more for putting so much effort into it.

Conor school Christmas programs

Conor had two programs at school... One short one during school and then the official one later at night.  It was held in the church sanctuary so if you weren't in the front couple of rows (which we were not) you couldn't see anything. 😒. The songs were cute though and the kids were so proud of themselves.  

Norah turns 3!

Can you believe it??  My baby girl is 3!  We celebrated a day before her birthday (Nov 16) with a Minnie Mouse party at the house.  It was all set up in the backyard but the weather had other plans and pushed it inside... :-) it still was a good time and N and all the kids ran wild.

Norah is truly a girly girl.  She loves Minnie Mouse, princesses and pink.  Her favorite foods are bean burritos and chicken nuggets, and her favorite restaurant is Postinos or Chik-fil-a.  She loves to sit and do her art, painting and coloring, and especially anything with stickers.  She is a softie who loves anything baby (birds, goats, etc).  She loves her books and cuddling while watching TV (mostly Team Umizoomi or PJ Masks).  We love our little princess.