Christmas 2012

We had a very busy Christmas this year!  It started last Sunday at my parent's house.  Then, we opened presents at home Christmas Eve morning.  Then, we headed to Manhattan to celebrate with Rob's family.  We went to Christmas Eve mass together, came home and opened presents, woke up Christmas morning to open presents from Santa, and then headed to Rob's Uncle's house to celebrate with his extended family.  We then headed home Wednesday afternoon.  Once we got home, the festivities didn't end either!  All 3 of us ended up getting the stomach flu!  It was not a pretty sight at our house for a couple days!  All in all almost everyone on Rob's side of the family got sick, too (his mom, dad, brother, Great Uncle, our nephew, brother in-law, aunt, uncle, etc.).  On the plus side, whatever Christmas weight we put on, definitely came back off!!  On a more serious note, we had a wonderful Christmas this year celebrating with our families!

Visiting Santa

After I got off work yesterday, Rob and I took Maggie up to Bass Pro to visit Santa.  My mom and dad met us there.  She actually went right up on his lap this year and told him exactly what she wanted, too!  Here are some pictures from the visit:

 She had to take a picture sitting on the turkey bench just for Uncle Brett!

 They have all kinds of free activities for the kids to do while they wait to see Santa.

She told him she wanted Baby Butterscotch.  It's a toy horse that moves and makes sounds by remote control.

Thanksgiving Lunch: November 2012

Maggie's class has adopted a soldier overseas.  To raise money to buy things to send him, her class, along with 2 other kindergarten classes, made and served the school staff a Thanksgiving lunch.  Each class was in charge of making something for the lunch.  Maggie's class was in charge of the stuffing and gravy.  Then, each student had a job when they served the lunch (ie. take the money, check names off, hand out plates, serve the food).  Maggie met me at the door and checked off my name when I came through.  It was the cutest thing I'd ever seen and they did such a great job.  The little girl that served the turkey even asked me, "Would you like white meat, dark meat, or smoked?"  Here are some pictures from that day:

National Game Day and Pumpkin Pie Day: November 2012

For National Game Day, the kindergartners were allowed to bring a game or puzzle from home and they got to play all the games throughout the day.  Also, they had pumpkin pie for their snack that day since it was Thanksgiving week.  Here are some pictures:

Western Day: November 2012

As I stated before, the kindergartners learned their letters and sounds by having themed days.  For the letter W, they had Western Day.  Here are some pictures of our little cowgirl:

While Mommy's Away, Maggie and Daddy Will Play!

While I was out of town for my cousin's wedding, Rob and Maggie headed to Manhattan to visit Nana Karen and Papa Bob.  They had a great time hanging out with them, her cousin Nathan, Uncle Jim, some of Rob's aunts and uncles, and his grandparents!  While they were there, they went to the Flint Hills Discovery Center.  Here are some pictures of the fun (You'll notice in some of the pictures Maggie is wearing her new shawl Nana Karen made her and the cat hat they bought for her!):

 

Maggie with Great Grandpa and Grandma Thurlow

Halloween 2012

Maggie decided she wanted to be a witch this year for Halloween because Nana had bought a little broom for her a couple months earlier.  So, here are some pictures of our little witch:

 At her party, playing a game.

At her party, showing off her teeth!

Beach Day: October 2012

The kindergartners learned their letters and sounds this year by having themed days to go along with them.  So, for the letter B, they had Beach Day.  They had a cookout, played beach games, and got to dress up.  Here are some pictures:

Update...LONG OVERDUE

So sorry for taking this long to update Maggie's site.  She has been incredibly busy in kindergarten and learning tons and tons!  I can't believe the growth she has already shown this year!  She is reading like a champ, ahead of grade level and continues to surprise me everyday with the things she knows!!