Audrey and Audrey

Here's Audrey with her great grandma, Audrey at the Werner Ladies' annual cookie exchange and candy-making day.  Each year we bring enough cookies to share a dozen with each person who participates...it's so great to end up with a variety of yummy cookies!  We spend the day making candies--mostly chocolate-dipped goodies...we cover just about anything we can get our hands on with chocolate!  Our favorites are Peanut Butter Ritz Bitz, Mini Oreos and Nutter Butters, pretzels, chow mein noodles, and nuts.  We also make peppermint bark and fairy food, which is amazing.  I look forward to it every year--it's a great way to start off the holiday season, and I absolutely love spending time with the women in my family.  They are funny, sweet, thoughtful, and generous and we always have a blast together!

15 Weeks

I love her. Sigh.

Smiles

Thumb Sucker

Look who found her thumb...

I Love My Big Sister

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

For the last few months, Kohls has had the mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie on the shelves in the front of the store.  Ella saw him once, and completely fell in love.  She talked about him all the time, described him down to the tiniest detail, and said "That's where the mouse is," every time we drove past Kohls.  When I saw that First Stage was showing If You Give a Mouse a Cookie as part of their First Steps Series, I knew we had to go.

We gave both girls a mouse to take to the show and told them about it the night before the performance.

Greg had to work, but Mom and Dad came along.  Julie stayed with Audrey so I could enjoy the show, too.

It really was perfect for the girls--no seats, just carpeted risers and carpet squares on the floor, a simple set, a story they love, and it was only 45 minutes long.  We will definitely go back for another show next year!

Playdate with Lainy

We had a playdate with my Auntie Chris and her granddaughter, Lainy...it was great!  The girls all played together so nicely--they were really cute together.  Chris stayed with Lucy and Ella while I took Audrey to PT and bought us a yummy lunch...how great is she?