Dance class Christmas Party

Mae's awesome dance class had a Christmas party the week before and Mae had SUCH a good time--as evident from the picture below... They did face painting and Mae got a Christmas tree and she was THRILLED!

Kenna's in the earlier class and she got one too!

Then each class got to decorate their own gingerbread house and the girls were sooooooo excited about it! Most of them did pretty good actually decorating, but Mae couldn't stop eating all the candy--keep in mind this same child puked earlier that morning I think because of all the JUNK she ate at our ward Christmas party the night before...

and yet, she couldn't stop!

Mae had such a good time at her dance class party!

Photo op--SANTA!

Our ward had a Christmas Party and since I'm in the Primary Presidency and had to do a lot of planning for it, and who could pass up an opportunity to see Santa--the Coonradt family was there will bells on! Mae was sooooooooo excited to go to the party and was making friends with all the Primary kids. She even got up on stage with the Primary kids to sing a few of the Christmas songs she knows--"Jingle Bells" and "Santa Claus is coming to Town!" BUT when the BIG moment came--I think with all the rushing and commotion to find Santa, she kinda freaked out...So I was lucky enough to sit with my girls on Santa's lap! Lu couldn't tear her eyes away from him--but was totally okay with the bearded man! Mae calmed down towards the end of our visit enough to tell him what she AND Lucy wanted because after all, that's what big sisters are for! I couldn't ask Santa for anything better than these TWO!

Date with DADDA!!!

A few weeks ago, Mae and her Dadda went on their first offical date! He took her out to McDonalds' (pretty much her FAVORITE place in the whole wide world!) and then to "Yogi Bear!" Although she didn't make it very far through the movie (she told me she "didn't like it") she had a GREAT time with her Dadda and kept saying how "lucky" she is--which I TOTALLY agree with! I love these two!
She was dying to leave and these pictures mom was taking were killing her!

It's the most WONDERFUL time of the year!

In all festive-ness, we decided to document the Coonradt home decorating for the main event...Mae, of course, was SUPER excited and REALLY into it! Lu was more of a hinderance (a couple broken bulbs and then a full out tantrum when we wouldn't let her break any more), but we'll take her any way we can!

Mae took the decorating of the tree VERY seriously!

At least Lu liked to eat the decorations!

The finished product--adorned with the angel Great-Great Grandma made--Mae made sure we used that at the top rather than a star!

...........oh, and we are all REALLY into the Grinch right now...Ok, maybe not so much me and Coby, but the girls are making sure it is in full force!

I'm sooooooo excited for Christmas this year with the girls! I can't wait to see what Santa brings them...Mae has decided she wants a "purple baby" and that Lucy needs a "pink baby"--take careful note Santa!

I LOVE ME SOME LU!

Here's just a few of my favorite Lu pictures recently... She was pretty determined to get that toe!
SUCCESS--what a monkey!



This next set of pictures is an UNPRECIDENTED event! Lu is not a great sleeper--she has NEVER been a great sleeper. A little bit ago, Coby was playing with Lu and the next thing he knew, she was ZONKED out in the middle of floor...Coby was quick enough to grab a blanket for her and snap a few pictures because this has never happended before and I'm sure, will never happen again!

I LOVE THIS GIRL!!!

"Tangled"

So I've been dying to take Mae to "Tangled" and finally it came out in theatres, so Me and Ash decided to take the oldest girls to see it--and it was a SUCCESS! Mae was sooooooo excited to see it that it was killing her to have to wait in line to get in and then in line to get a snack! I got her a little kid's pack of popcorn and her own pop and she looked like such a big girl sitting there snacking! I wanted to take a pic of her sitting in her seat, but by the time we got our snacks, it had already started so oh well! It was such a cute show and Mae LOVED every minute! She sat through the entire thing, mesmerized, and laughed and giggled at all the silly things. At one point, she yelled out "I'm going to marry my Dadda!" Too cute!

Mae and cousin Kenna...just look at the excitement on that face!

They were too excited to hold still for pictures!

Ash and Kenna

Me and my big girl!

We had a GREAT time at the movie! I can't believe how big Mae has gotten! She is such a cutie!

Dancing to "Glee!"

So I watch Glee...call me a "gleek" or whatever, but I love the music in it and now so do the girls-especially Mae! I was watching it one day and it was an episode about a wedding and they sang a wedding song. Mae is totally obsessed with weddings and getting married right now so needless to say, this was right up her alley, and then they proceeded to sing and dance--so she was caught! We had to watch it about 1000 times and before I knew it, we had danced the whole afternoon away! I hadn't gotten as much done as I wanted to, but it was TOTALLY worth it! Dancing with sis!

It took all of Lu's concentration and balance, but she pulled it off...just look at that face! (I think she's a Peterson)

Mae was really feeling it!

Here's Lu, dancing and playing...quite the multi-tasker!

Giddy up!

I love these girls more than words can say! They are sunshine in my day and make me soooooo happy! We have so much fun together! LOVE YOU GIRLIES!!!