Gingerbread Houses and the Tooth Fairy

My little ones have been very busy at school doing all of the fun things that make Christmas memorable. Yesterday and today I went into each of their classrooms to help them make gingerbread houses. I think they ate as much as they put on their houses, especially Sierra, but they turned out great. We'll see how long they last!

And the tooth fairy got to make a stop at our house last night. Ashtyn lost her 2nd tooth. She wasn't really very excited about it because I pulled it when it wasn't quite loose enough. Her new tooth is already coming in behind the baby tooth and I decided it was time for it to come out. It hurt a little and bled a bit, but a couple bucks from the tooth fairy made her forget all about that part!

Thanksgiving

Okay, so I'm a little backwards and a little behind. What's new?

Thanksgiving was spent in Atlanta visiting Mark's family. We left Wednesday afternoon and arrived in time to make and decorate cookies with Aunt Mary. We love Aunt Mary, and these pictures say it all. She loves my girls and does the fun things with them. I don't think anybody actually ate these cookies, but the girls had a blast making them!

Instead of having pie on Thanksgiving Day, Aunt Carol's family has a pie night on Wednesday. She had tons of people over and there were so many pies. I don't usually make it to the end of our Thanksgiving dinner with room for dessert. We started with dessert and got to pig out for 2 days!

Our Thanksgiving meal was fabulous. Mark went out with the nephews and guys in the family to play football for a few hours in the morning. Then he spent the rest of the week complaining because he's too old to play that hard! I don't think I've ever seen him take so much motrin as he did for the next week! That night his nephew came home from his mission to Mexico. We were able to meet him at the airport for a few minutes before my little ones were done for the day!

And Friday was my favorite day of the year! Mary, Mark and I got up at 3 a.m. to go shopping! I love the hustle of black Friday and the thrill of finding a good deal (even if it's on something I hadn't planned on buying!) and saving a few bucks. We got a good start on our Christmas shopping and were home before any of the girls even knew we were gone. Later, we took the girls to see Santa at the mall (more hustle and bustle!) and the older girls topped off our trip with "Twilight" with Aunt Mary. Thanks Aunt Mary for letting us invade your home. We had a great time!

Happy Birthday to Me...and a Snow Day?!

Friday was my birthday. I didn't have any huge plans. Mark was planning to take the day off so that he could stay home with Sierra while I went out to lunch with some friends. I thought that was a great idea and with all of the kids in school for the morning we could get a little Christmas shopping done too! Plans were changed when it started to snow Thursday night. It took Mark 4 hours to get home from work and Lauren's basketball game was cancelled. Of course, we were playing in Nolensville and I made the drive home with all 4 kids in the worst part of the storm on unfamiliar roads. It was slow going and the youngest Robertson was pretty impatient during the 2 hour drive, but we made it. Later that night school was cancelled. The girls were excited to have a long weekend and they had a great time playing outside. Lauren and Mackenzie disappeared with their neighborhood friends for several hours and Mark gave me the best birthday present of all! He took the girls out to play and I stayed inside. Sierra joined me after a few minutes, giving me the perfect excuse to sit by the fire!

Awesome Video

You'll want to check out this awesome video and share it with your man! I actually got a vacuum cleaner for Christmas one year (because I requested it, and it was a Dyson). This is so great!

Toy Consignment Sale

For those of you who still have Christmas shopping to do, there's a consignment sale that starts tomorrow morning. You should check it out! I just dropped off some stuff and helped out for a couple of hours. There are really a lot of good toys there--lots of new stuff still in boxes and with tags!

Happy Birthday, Mackenzie!

Did I mention this is "Birthday Season" for us? Yesterday we celebrated Mackenzie's 11th birthday. One more year of primary--hard to believe! Since all of our birthdays fall around the same time of year, our party rule is that you only get a "friend" party on your even number birthday. This was not her year. The kids are out of school all week for Thanksgiving, so she had a friend over in the morning and then we went out to dinner and had family friends over for cake and ice cream.

Mackenzie is our 2nd daughter and life would be pretty boring without her around. She adds so much excitement to our family. "Big Mack" couldn't even wait for the Doctor to arrive before she made her entrance into this world. She was in a hurry and was delivered by Nurse Rosie and Mark. She is definitely NOT a shy little girl and is our drama queen and performer! She was so thrilled last night at dinner that the waitress had her stand up on a stool so that the entire restaurant could see her and wish her a happy birthday. She is a fun loving, very compassionate girl who loves to be with her friends. Happy birthday, sweet girl!

Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast

Ashtyn's kindergarten class held their Thanksgiving Feast today. They have been working so hard learning about the first

Thanksgiving and the Indians and Pilgrims. They made place mats and the cute little Mayflowers that were used on the tables. The kids all dressed up as either a Pilgrim or an Indian for the big event. There was turkey and ham, mashed potatoes, rolls and pumpkin pie. A fun day with all her friends! Now we are ready for a full week of vacation!

Twilight

Saw it! Absolutely LOVED it! Can't wait to see it again!