Friday evening we took the girls to their first play: a version of Roger & Hammerstein's "Cinderella". It was a very cute musical production and both girls loved it. They got dressed up, met Cinderella and Prince Christopher afterwards, and overcame their fear of stepmothers, as the step sisters and step mother in this version were somewhat friendlier (at least in their eyes) than the ones in Disney's.
Posing before the show:
With Cinderella & Prince Christopher:
Saturday we took the girls to a pancake breakfast with Santa. It actually ended up being more of a fruit and muffin brunch, because the girls were so busy playing with the bounce house attractions, that the buffet was clean out of pancakes by the time they decided to eat. :O) They enjoyed a visit with Santa, face paint, ornament crafts, and cookie decorating. It was a great time! Every month since we have been here, the base has put on some sort of amazing family activity. For a base hugely populated with single airmen, it is amazingly family friendly.
Bouncin' plane:
Chic-fil-A cow:
Face paint:
Ornament making:
That evening, Matt and I attended the Med Group Christmas party at Leonardo's. It was fun getting dressed up and having our first actual "date" together since moving in here. One of our very sweet neighbors actually babysat the girls free of charge and treated them to an amazing evening of cookie decorating and board games. It was very nice getting to attend a squadron party together, particularly as it was at precisely such a party where our courtship began 9 years ago. :O) And the time has reeeaaally flown by!
Today was a lot of fun too. Even though I was hosting a potluck tonight, and probably could have spent the whole morning cooking and cleaning, I talk the girls to church on base in the morning, motivated heavily by the fact that children's choir practice was directly afterwards and the girls are going to be angels in a brief story session during the morning service next weekend. My oldest said to me, after getting costumed up this morning: "Mom, you've called us angels for a long time--and now we are angels! You've never called us 'Mary'." Lol, the things they come up with!
Angel rehearsal at Church:
For our potluck this evening, we made Italian herb chicken and broccoli with toasted hazelnuts and garlic (both crock pot dishes, which I loooove) and gluten-free tiramisu cupcakes (and pasta, iced tea, and bread machine bread). It was a lot of fun, and I am a growing fan of dinner parties now that I'm working and the kids are in school and we can't do playgroups all the time (although I absolutely cannot wait until summer break!). Matt dressed up as Santa and did a quick in-and-out visit, dropping off gifts for all the kiddos. I would have loved to get pix of the girls sitting with him, but at this point, they are waaay too observant. They already check out mall Santas for authentic hair (to determine if it's the real Santa or, as we have told them, one of his messengers out collecting wish lists and behavior reports) and my youngest has discovered two of her gifts that I hadn't wrapped yet. I have been hiding things way better for my oldest, but, as usual, seem to underestimate my youngest's age and abilities.
Potluck fun:
Please excuse the *terrible* quality of the following vids... I had initially decided I was going to photograph the visit, but after seeing Matt's great acting and the kids' great reactions, switched to filming, but it's just on my phone camera in terrible lighting...
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