Funny Field Trip

Emily had her first school field trip. When you are two, the field trip consists of going somewhere on school grounds. So, the two's classes took a trip to see the Pastor of the church. He can sing songs and play the guitar. That is a hit with 2 year olds. Well, he also has another trick. He can play the guitar while doing a headstand. The kids thought that was a hoot....the first time. Apparently, one of the teachers asked him to do it again. When he turned upside down for the second time his face turned red. Emily was right in front of him. Since she is so tender hearted, she got scared because he was so flushed. She burst into tears. Luckily, the TA was quick to carry her off to the classroom. Of course, when she told me the story it was a little more confusing. We clarified with the teacher via email. We busted out laughing once we heard the real story!

Play Time is Over

Well, maternity leave is officially over. What a bummer! It is hard to imagine being away from my girls for so long, but I know they are in good hands. The coming home snuggles will be great. Here is an Ode to the end of maternity leave by JRK. It was a much appreciated email.

Mama V is sadly back at work...

thinking the Man is one BIG JERK!

For taking her away from her two sweetie pies

On maternity leave time flies!!!!

Luckily it's Christmas time so hopefully work will be slow

and I promise you won't miss seeing Freddie grow

And when you get home, an explosion of smiles and hugs

From your two adorable little snuggle bugs!

School Reading

Last week I went to Emily's school to read to her class. It was so much fun. You can be really brilliant to a room full of two year olds. I loved it!

Cold Week

This week we accomplished a lot of holiday fun. First, we made Advent wreaths at church. Emily had a lot of fun pushing the pins into the styrofoam. Of course, now every time she sees a wreath, she calls it an Advent. Later in the week we headed out to get our Christmas tree. It was mighty cold. Emily wanted the first one we saw. She enjoyed watching the guy trim the trunk and package it all up for us. Freddie preferred to stay in the carseat. On Friday, we had snow. Can you believe it? Emily and I headed out to the front yard to check out this white stuff falling from the sky. She didn't know what to think of it. That was the only time we went out because it was super cold and looked much prettier from inside the house. We also went to check out the lights in town later that evening. The girls were tuckered out from such a fun and wonderful week!