Fun Christmas crafts

Here's some pics of our fun craft times we've been having. These are pics of the stockings we made. I found this neat craft foam kit at Hobby Lobby that had foam stickers the kids were able to put on the stockings (with a little help). They loved it and we've had them proudly displayed.

We also made Christmas ornaments last week. I got this idea from the Santa Day that we went to for Steve's work. The kids loved it, though it was pretty messy as you can see. Anything involving glue usually goes over well with them though. We tried to make three, one for each set of grandparents and one for home, though some of them got bored before they got all three made.

Santa Day 2008

Steve's work has a Santa Day every year for the employees and their kids. We have gone every year since Grace was born. This was probably the best year because she was old enough to actually do the crafts and enjoy it. She had a blast and I think Steve did too. He kept shuttling us from one craft to another. When we were done we went up to see Santa but weren't able to get very close to him. The first year we went was the only year we have been able to get a picture and it was of her reaching for me and screaming. Oh, well, maybe she will be more open to sitting on his lap next year!

Holiday fun with the daycare kiddos

We made cookies yesterday. So much fun, and so messy. I wish I had thought to take some pics, but at the time I was too busy going from one kiddo to the next, rolling dough and showing them how to use the cookie cutters. Grace had already made cookies with Nana Glenda last year and both Nanas this year, so she didn't need much help, but the others seemed to think that the dough was Playdough, so they kept trying to make shapes with it and using the cutters wrong. It was pretty cute. I showed them how to use them, but they didn't really care, they were having their own fun doing it their own way. You have to love the creativity that 3 year olds display. I took a video of them singing Christmas carols too, I will figure out how to post them and put it on-too cute!

Thanksgiving fun.

We have had a great Thanksgiving weekend here at the Weber household. Nana and Papa Weber came into town on Wednesday evening, Uncle Chris joined us Thursday along with Steve's friend Jamie. My mom came to join us Friday. We have just had a great time visiting and hanging out. We got family pics taken on Sat and got the house decorated for Christmas and some cookies made. Very productive. We will be very sad to see everyone leave today though. Hope everyone had a great holiday!

Halloween fun

Princess Grace had a great time trick or treating this year. I was wondering since she is so shy I thought she would never say "trick or treat" to people she didn't know, but she did. We just went to a few houses in our neighborhood and to a couple friends in other neighborhoods. She did great. She was so excited about her candy and was very good. I told her we had to wait until we got home to have some and she was fine with that, but of course she was ready to call it quits pretty early to get home and eat some! Here are some pics of her and some of her friends from daycare.

So today was a pretty rough day. It has been cold and rainy here all week so the kids (and I) are getting a little bit of cabin fever. They were onry and not wanting to listen and I was very close to losing my patience. We all kept things in check, but I can tell that I am going to have to find some activities for the winter to get rid of some of their energy.

Here are some great pics of the day we painted pumpkins. I wasn't sure I wanted to tackle such a potentially messy endeavor but am very glad that I did. They had fun, got somewhat messy, but it was well worth it. They were so excited about their creations and did a great job. Here are some pics of our fun!

Miss Talks-a-lot

So it was pretty funny the other night Grace and I were taking Daddy to his dart league and she was just jabbering away at him, telling him all about her day. "Does she always talk like this" he asked? Now that I think about it, she just really started jabbering that much the last few days. She just loves to tell stories and recount what has happened in our day. We went for our walk the other night, walked by her friend Jadon's house. The two of them ran up to each other like they were long lost loves finding each other again, even though they had just seen each other a few hours before! Anyway, while we were there visiting with them (because we can't go by Jadon's house if he's outside and not stop to play and use their bathroom!), Jadon wasn't listening to his mom when she asked him to stop doing something. He got upset so we left to come home for our bath. The whole way home she was shaking her hands and saying, "Jadon didn't listen, he got in trouble because he didn't listen" It was too cute the way she was telling me the story over and over. She also repeats everything we say. The other day her DVD player in the van messed up and I said "what in the world is going on with this thing". Well the next time it happened I hear, What in the world?" coming from the back seat. Unfortunately she also repeated a not so nice phrase that mommy used the other day when I was frustrated. We are learning to watch what we say around her.

Okay, just one more funny story about her antics. The other night I was sitting at my computer working and she was on my bed watching Ariel (the little mermaid). Suddenly she looks at me and goes, "I love you mommy". I said what? She goes, I love you. So we proceed to go back and forth. It was so sweet I just had to stop what I was doing and sit and cuddle with her and smother her in kisses for a few minutes.

As much as she frustrates me sometimes with her constant need to be in charge and to boss the kids around, she is just the sweetest little girl, very caring and loving and helpful. I am truly a blessed woman!