Christmas choir & Nativity performance

Piper's Nativity Choir performance was today at 10:30 Mass (here's her and the choir instructor Kathy).

Teagan's Nativity Play was this afternoon!  Here she is singing her performance songs.

Mommy & Me MOA day

Piper and I went to the Mall of America today for a mommy and me day since she had the day off of school.  We had a fantastic time together.  We spent most of our time at Nickelodeon Universe going on rides.  Piper won a little fuchsia alien head ball at a game stand and we took a cute photo strip together.  It wasn't anything too crazy, but the MOA at Xmas time is amazingly pretty, and it was nice to have some time together just the two of us.

We went to Noodles for lunch, and the reason I have to post this picture is because Piper swore up and down to me that she would eat a LARGE mac and cheese.  She did eat it.  About 3 whole bites.  I tried to convince her to get a small, because I had a pretty good feeling she wouldn't like it as much as she swore she would.  So, I won't say 'I told you so' but I might say 'Mom usually knows best'. :)

Sleepy pies

Princess power!

This is how the lovely ladies went to school today.  They are very proper princesses.

Another Turkey Bingo and Rocky's Wall of Fame

Well, we survived another Turkey Bingo at the girls' school.  It's a great fundraiser, and the kids looooooove it, but it's utter chaos from start to finish.  In the past we've gotten some good deals with the silent auction though.  But not this year.

Below is Teagan showing off the picture of her that is currently hanging on Rocky's Wall of Fame!  To get on the wall, you have to earn a Rocky's Way slip for displaying one of several key attributes, and then you have to be chosen randomly that week from the slips that were collected from each grade.

Go Teagan!!!

Dill (but not as in, pickle)

For some reason, Teagan wanted me to take pictures of her little friend Dill in a Kleenex box.  Then she wanted me to take a picture of her foot in the Kleenex box, with Dill tucked under her chin.  I can't explain it - I just do as I'm told. 

What I love is the look of love on her face as she poses next to Dill.

 

Super spies

This afternoon the girls played spies.  First, they were spies attending a ball undercover as party goers:

Then, they were elite ballastic competitors (combination gymnastics and ballet) attending a cut-throat competition against another top-ranked team:

 

This is a special floor move: