Decorating the Tree and Bowling

Bowling with these little girls means lots of laughs! EXPECIALLY when you capture the facial expressions and body potision on camera.

The week after, all three girls stayed over to help us with our tree decorating. We thought we would try a little creativity with Ally and Sierra so Chuck and I made a craft store run and found little wood balls perfect for making little snowman. We panted the balls white the night before so that they could be plenty dry. The next day, Chuck spent a couple hours drilling and gluing so that these little guys would stay together before being handled by little girlies. While Chuck was doing the hard part, the girls and I strung the pasta noodles that I had dyed the night before for some lovely tree garland.

When the snowman were ready,
we let the girls have at it with adding
 color and detail to them.  

Valerie actually stayed with all of us the 2nd night. We'll wait another year or so before tackling the crafts. She enjoyed playing with a decorative snowman while the other two played together. It was so sweet watching her pretend it was her little baby and telling him "NO" and giving him a spanking.

It was time to break out the silly string before returning the kids to their mom and dad.  As you can see, it was a fun mess to clean but with Sierra and Ally's eagerness to help made for an enjoyable cleanup time.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!