Josie's Surprise

Every year I buy the girls & I a new ornament for our Christmas tree.  This year my favorite ornament was the one that Josie made at school.  The snowman were created with her fingerprints & she painted it all by herself too.  I absolutely love it!!! And it's so meaningful too. What a great addition to our ornament collection.

Ho Ho Ho

Next up we visited Santa Claus.  The girls told him that they had been good all year & he agreed so they are on the "good list" again this year!!! Thankfully he said that mom was on the "good list" too :) Santa was also happy to see that Josie didn't have any loose teeth this year so there was no need to pull any teeth.  Of course we showed him the photo of him trying to pull Josie's tooth out. We told Santa we were heading for a late lunch at our favorite spot Frankies & he told us to order the burger as they have the BEST burgers.  Thanks for the recommendation Santa :)

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Our annual visit to the biggest Christmas tree in Chicago. Oh how we love Bloomingdales. These girls sure do sparkle :)  More holiday fun in the city.

Annual Rothleutner Holiday Party

 

And it's a warp...another Rothleutner Holiday Party is in the books.  A good time was had by all. And we even pulled off a fabulous party with delicious appetizers despite not having an oven to bake anything in  :(  Like the saying goes "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade".   And we certainly did just that :)

Christmas Concert 2016

Ready to perform in their Christmas Concert tonight at school.

You Make Us Sparkle

I helped Josie's class surprise their teacher, Mrs. Connolly by helping them create a "Thank You" card on canvas to go along with their Christmas gift. They each put their thumb print on it & then we strung them into Christmas lights.  She certainly does make them sparkle.  I was very pleased with the outcome as it was a bit stressful working with lots of different colors of ink & lots of little thumb prints going every which way on the board.  Luckily I figured out how to erase the smudges :)  #lessonslearned

Up On The Housestop

Our little elf is singing in the blue jumper in the front row.  They did a great job singing & I loved the actions too!!! :)