The Zoe and Silas Show

12/24/13: We frosted the tree cakes for Santa on Christmas Eve morning. Our little bakers were in fine form! Derek worked that evening and it was a quiet day otherwise. I cooked all afternoon and made a big Christmas Eve feast - chicken cordon bleu , steam-sauteed green beans, and mustard-roasted potatoes . And a Christmas meal wouldn't be complete without some of my mom's delicious homemade lefse! Silas was so hungry waiting for dinner that he sat down at the table an hour before everything was ready! One of our Christmas Eve traditions is to give the kids a new pair of pajamas. They were sooo excited! Of course we had to read a few special bedtime books. Santa's elves were busy after the kids went to bed. It was a very merry Christmas Eve!!!

12/23/13: I took advantage of my parents being here and went to the gym before getting a massage late Monday afternoon. While I was gone my mom got the kids involved in helping her wrap a few Christmas gifts. There was also time for some portraiture! Derek got silicone tree molds at the lab Yankee swap so we decided to make confetti cake trees for Santa instead of cookies this year. We baked the cakes on Monday night before bed so that we could decorate them Christmas Eve morning. I love Christmas traditions!

6/22/13: Fun and smiles all around while making "turtles" to bring to Auntie Sally and Uncle John's house tomorrow. Yummy!

On Christmas Eve morning we frosted the cookies we had rolled out and baked the day before . My mom brought S&Z the most adorable kids aprons. One was my sister's and one belonged to my dad. After the frosting went on, it was time for sprinkles! At last it was time to taste the fruits of their labor. Admiring the finished products and deciding which cookies to leave for Santa. Say "SANTA"!! Definitely a new Christmas Eve tradition!

We've been having a great weekend with my parents here, outside of the fact that Zoe feels a little bit sick. She milked it for all it was worth yesterday, getting lots and lots of snuggles and attention. She perked right up this morning, though, when we said it was time to bake cookies. Grandma and Grandpa Dave had fun watching the cookie madness. Zoe accidentally sneezed all over some rolled out dough so we just let the kids play with it.  That kept them busy for a very long time!!! Zoe and I picked out a hat pattern and yarn together last weekend. I was so excited to give her the finished hat today! The first thing she wanted to do was let her new baby try it on. Then I got her to model it in front of the tree. More of our fun Christmas Eve-Eve to come!!!