New Years Eve!!!

 

We enjoyed a fun-filled New Year's Eve ringing in 2013 at The Kilpatricks.  Good food, holiday cheer & a friendly family competition playing the game "Sorry" too. The girls loved their fancy hats & noise makers as they ran through the house yelling "Happy New Year" over & over & over :) And they got to stay up late too!!!  A fun way for us to ring out the old & bring in the new.  Happy New Year.

 

Let's Go Bears!!!

 

Touchdown Bears!!!! Josie & Riley enjoying Sunday football & cheering with their daddy's as they compete for the championship in Fantasy Football. Best of luck to Kris & Bill :)

 

Sledding

 

Well we don't have much snow in the city but our friends in the suburbs certainly do :)  So they invited us out to their house for a sledding playday, followed by dinner, more playtime & a movie.  The kids enjoyed solo & double rides on the sleds...over & over & over :) What a fun way to spend a winter day during our holiday break!!! :) Thanks Caitlyn & Jake for a very fun day for all.

 

CindeRELLA

 

Heading into the show for one of our favorite princesses...a bippy boppity boo!!!  A great show & a fun time by all too.

 

Hugs For Nana Marci :)

 

Enjoying hugs Mexican Style at Concina Tarasca's :)

 

And To All A Good Night

Ho Ho Ho...Merry Christmas

 

Love, Gracie & Josie XOXO

 

Happy Holidays 2012

Santa's Ready :)

 

All set for Christmas Morning :)

 

 

Merry Christmas

 

Have Yourself A Very Merry Christmas...Love, The Rothleutner's

 

These Boots Are Made For Walking

Sporting their new PINK Cowgirl boots...THANKS Uncle Bob!!!  They even wanted to wear them to bed tonight.  Perhaps we have a future Taylor Swift in the house :)  She better watch out. Ha ha :)

A Kiddie Holiday Cheers :)

 

A  Holiday Cheers from The Rothleutner's, Stephen's & Winters :)

 

Reindeer's Get Hungry :)

 

Sprinkling food for the reindeer, Santa is sure to find us now :)

 

Christmas Tree X 2

 

Papa & Nana have arrived...it's time to buy one more tree :)

 

Silent Night

Our Little Mary

Tonight Gracie was Mary in her school's Christmas Concert.  She was selected from all the first grade girls & was very excited to play the part & carry Baby Jesus.  She looked angelic tonight :)  What a wonderful Christmas Concert.  And so exciting that Papa & Nana & Uncle Bob got to come with us too!!! :)

Surprise!!!

 

Enjoying the Posada Surprise!!! :)

The Posada

 

Today Josie's class had a Posada Celebration.  The Posada is a Christmas celebration that captures the surprise & suspense of the season.  The word Posada means "inn" or shelter" in spanish. Children dress in white or tan to represent shepards & act out the journey through Bethlehem, going from door to door seeking to find a dry, safe place for Baby Jesus to be born. This is a Christmas Tradition for the preschoolers at St. Clement School.  After they journey through the school knocking on classroom doors & being turned away, the parents surprise them by hosting a party & offering them shelter & food in the cafeteria.  The look on their faces was absolutely precious.  And Papa & Nana were part of the surprise too.  Josie enjoyed the surprise as well as christmas cookies, fruit & hot chocolate.   What a wonderful celebration to capture the true meaning of Christmas. We absolutely love this time of year!!!

 

 

Rothleutner Holiday Party 2012

Our annual Holiday Party & it's our 9th year too :)

 



Josie & Her Teacher

Enjoying the post concert celebration with her teacher, Ms. Mueller :)

 

Happy Birthday Baby Jesus

And Josie's favorite song of the day :)

 



Go Tell It On The Mountains

 

The opening song & one of my favorites too :)

 



Josie's Christmas Concert

 

Today was Josie's Christmas Concert at school...she's in the red dress & red bow in the front row.  Her teachers told me that she had been practicing really hard in music class for the BIG performance.  And Gracie's teacher stopped me outside of school to tell me how good she did in the dress rehearsal :) Due to the size, I can't post entire videos of the songs but I'll post a couple of her singing :) Yay for Josie as she knew the words to every song!!! We can't wait to buy this on dvd :) And I was on the decorating committee & I am so pleased with how the decorations turned out too!!! Such a magical time of year.

 

Dear Santa

 

Our annual tradition visiting Santa Claus at Bloomingdales :)

 

 

Star Ornaments :)

 

Today I helped Josie's class make star ornaments out of gold & silver glitter as part of the decoration for their Christmas Concert on Friday.  And after the concert they get to take the ornaments home to hang on their Christmas tree.  "It's beautiful!!!" is what Josie said after making hers. And look at that smile :) A fun day for both of us.

 

 

6th Annual Holiday Party At Kid City

 

Celebrating the holidays with some of our favorite friends :)

 

 

No More Monkeys Jumping On The Bed

 

Dancing to a favorite song, hip hop style :)

 

Walking On Sunshine

 

She learned her dance moves from her daddy :)

 

 

Let's Dance!!!

 

Our little dancer all ready for "Watch Week" :)

 

Rudolph Ramble

 

This morning I ran with some friends in the 8K Rudolph Ramble in Lincoln Park.  The proceeds went to Children's Memorial Hospital...a great cause :)  And it was fun to be festive in the reindeer antlers that all the runners ran in.  A great way to start a Sunday morning. :)

 



Christmas Craft'n

 

Today the girls & their friend Taylor enjoyed our annual Christmas Crafting outing at our favorite place, Glazed Expression.  How fun since we've been going to Glazed Expressions together since Gracie & Taylor were babies.  And now they can paint all by themselves :)  And wait until you see what they painted with all that paint!!!

 

Dancing Trees & Dancing Girls :)

2012 Lincoln Park Zoo Lights

 

Mid 50 degree weather on December 1st made it a perfect night for our first Lincoln Park Zoo Lights Outing.  So we joined our friends The Kilpatrick's for a fun-filled festive night at the zoo. And the girls did lots & lots of singing & dancing at their favorite spot "the dancing trees".  And we ran into our good friend Rudolph too :)  We look forward to many more Zoo Lights this month. One of our favorite holiday traditions. Let's hope the warm weather continues too.

 

 

Horsing Around

 

Horsing around while Mommy makes dinner :)

 

Pink Princess Tree

 

Today we decorated the girls pink princess Christmas tree...yay!!! And we also had a very special tree lighting ceremony in their room :)  We now have 2 very excited girls ready for bed tonight...let's just hope they get some sleep!!!  Their smiles say it all...so fun!!! :)

 

Enjoying The View

 

She's a beauty!!! :)

 

Christmas Cocktails

 

Enjoying a Christmas cocktail while we decorate...strawberry & basil & oh so yummy too.  Tis the season.  Cheers!!!

 

Another 10+ Foot Tree

 

Today we went on our annual search for the PERFECT Christmas tree.  A fun-filled family tradition that we do every year right after Thanksgiving.  After picking out the best 10+ foot tree in the lot, we enjoyed the 2 block walk home with our tree...so fun!!!  And it really was a family effort carrying the tree home :)  Time to decorate.





Turkey Cookies

Craft'n Cousins

 

Gracie, Josie & cousin Zoey enjoyed making Turkey cookies together our of oreos, peanut butter cups, whoppers, candy corn & lots & lots of vanilla frosting.   Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!!! :)



Thanksgiving Dresses

 

Thanksgiving 2012

 

Happy Thanksgiving

 

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!!! Love, Gracie & Josie XOXO