Game night

We got a lot of new games for Christmas, so last weekend we had a family game night. We've already played Charades, which Avery loved. So, we tried out some other new games.

The first game was Disney Eye Found It. It's made by the same people that make the puzzles we love, Ravensburger. Morgan decided that her playing piece was going to be Beast. He was a little larger than the rest of our playing pieces. He took a few extra steps for each step, so Morgan "won" the game.

Then, we played Doggie Doo. The girls thought this was hilarious, especially Morgan because she loves dogs and fart noises/jokes. You feed the doggy some goo, then squeeze the leash until he poos out the goo. All the while, the thing makes farting noises. Who comes up with this stuff! Ha!

Then, we played the Soggy Doggy game. You shower the dog with real water and if he shakes it off on your turn, you have to go back to the start. I have a feeling this was the one and only time we'll be playing this game! First off, the girls were scared to death of the dog shaking because it was always a surprise. Avery stayed a good four feet away from the game unless it was her turn! We ended up finishing the game early just to get it over with!

Loose tooth?

So, when we picked Morgan up from school the other night, the teacher said "I think that tooth is about to fall out" and looked at us like we knew what she was talking about. Um, we did not have a clue! Morgan never mentioned she had a loose tooth. The only thing she ever told me was that same morning when she said she couldn't eat because her tooth hurt. I thought, ugh maybe she has a cavity and didn't really think much of it. (Mom of the Year, right?!?)

Well, the teacher was right. Morgan had been working on that loose tooth all day and kept on fidgeting with it all night until she got it out! I almost cried. Yep, I realized how old she is getting when she pulled that tooth out. Every milestone is like that. It's so hard letting them grow up! :)

The tooth fairy had to improvise because we were not expecting a first tooth coming out anytime soon! Gave her a leftover LOL doll from Christmas. She said that a friend of hers at school got a mermaid tail sleeping bag for losing her first tooth. Wow! She was also disappointed because she thought the tooth fairy brings chocolate coins when you lose a tooth (thanks, Pinkalicious for that!). Since the other bottom tooth is loose, I think I should stock up on a few chocolate coins!

Avery was super excited for her sister when she pulled the tooth. But, the next night, Avery had a meltdown and asked "when will I get a wiggly tooth?" I guess their friend at school, Maddie, has a wiggly tooth and with Morgan losing her tooth, Avery is feeling left out. I checked her teeth and they aren't budging. Not sure she's going to be getting a visit from the tooth fairy anytime soon. But, who knows!

Twister

Avery conned Daddy into playing Twister with her. Ha! I'm pretty sure he was in pain after playing! Avery did pretty well!

Christmas

Christmas morning started off pretty early. We took a video of the girls coming down the stairs to see their gifts. Avery ran to the stockings by the fireplace first and Morgan went into the front room with all the presents. What was funny was that neither of them saw the enormous dollhouse in the room! Matt had to point it out to them and then they were in awe!


They have played with that dollhouse for hours since Christmas! Besides the dollhouse, the girls favorites were their LOL dolls, anything My Little Pony or Disney princess related. Thanks to my parents for tracking down one of those gigantic LOL dolls! I couldn't find one anywhere!

After we opened the gifts from Santa, we went over to the Wilken's house for brunch. It was fun for the girls to see what the boys got from Santa.

And we got our traditional family picture with matching pajamas!

After brunch, the girls crashed for a couple of hours. We hosted Christmas dinner at our house for my family. Everyone came over and we exchanged our family gifts. Matt deep fried a turkey and a chicken and we had another delicious meal! It was crazy as usual, but the kids had a blast!

Patiently waiting to open gifts

One of the best gifts I got this year was the instant camera from Matt. It prints out these little pictures and we had such fun taking them!

One of my holiday favorites

I had taken the girls out shopping to pick out Matt's gifts and we ended up with a fun assortment of things! They picked out a "snowball fight" kit for him and it was a hit. We threw fake snowballs around the house for quite a while. They also found him a Grinch sweater that Morgan just knew he would love. Avery asked that we get Daddy a beer mug that says "best dad", so I found that and this wine glass. Ha! Avery also said we needed to get Daddy a book to tell him how to make the best steak. So, I found a book about steak with a huge steak on the front and she was so excited when he opened it. We also got him bunch of Happy Socks, because the girls know he loves crazy work socks. And then there was the Christmas Story Hot Sauce gift set... just silly! I think Avery is going to be a great gift giver in the future. She really puts thought into what the person will like!

Aunt Erin made iced sugar cookies in some dark colors. We had a few before bed Christmas night. :)

We had an amazing Christmas with the girls and our family! It always goes by so fast and is so chaotic. But, after it's all over and quiet again, I sit back and think how special these times are with the girls and my family and how lucky we are! I love Christmas time! :)

Christmas Eve

This was such a fun year with the girls. They are really into Christmas and Santa and everything that goes along with that! We hosted Christmas Eve at our house again this year. My parents were in town and the Wilkens came over. Also, my aunt Mary Alice, uncle Scott and cousin Sarah joined us.

Santa (aka my uncle Scott) made a quick stop off at our house and dropped off a small present for each of the kiddos.

We ate SO well! Matt made prime rib for dinner and it was delicious and perfect!

We celebrated my uncle Scott's birthday. The kids (and apparently my mom) love to help blow out candles!

Our neighborhood set up luminaries again this year. They looked so nice!

After dinner, we got on our matching pajamas (Mickey and Minnie Mouse this year!) and headed to bed for Santa to come! We had some really excited girls that had a hard time falling asleep!

Matt had a big project this year! We got the girls a new HUGE dollhouse! The one they've been playing with is really small and hard for them to "share" without getting in each other's space. I don't think they'll have a problem with this new one!

It took like three hours for Matt to get this together! And when it was done, it was awesome!

Merry Christmas from the Plothows 2017!

Holiday Program

The girls school held their holiday program the week before Christmas. The daycare has almost doubled in size, so they were trying to figure out how to work this whole show. It was sort of chaotic, but what isn't with a bunch of kids 5 and under!

Since the girls are in the second to oldest group at the daycare, we waited a while for their portion of the show to start. They were playing the whole time, so they were fine!

The show was cute! They sang three songs, which they had practiced a lot! They had even went to the nearby nursing home twice to sing and practice the week before. It's a pretty big nursing home, so they sang for half of the people one day and the other half the next day. They had a Santa there and face painting and cookies, so the girls had a blast! The girls always talk about seeing all the "grandmas and grandpas". :)