Forgotten Footage

So I finally made an iPhone picture dump and this is what I missed. Several posts I said I didn't have pictures of something, well it turns out I did have some on my iPhone and just forgot about them. Oops!

When we went on a tour of lights around our town at Christmastime, I packed little snack packs with cookies and a hot chocolate to-go for each of the older four girls. I made hot chocolate in my slow cooker. Couldn't be any easier!

Here's the ol' family van loaded with our little girls in their Christmas jammies--they're ready to see some lights!

I took several (pointless) pictures on my phone of all the pretty lights. Considering the quality of picture, I honestly can't explain why I have so may of these pictures. But here's one tat looks kind of cool!

I mentioned back in our Christmas posts that my friend hosted a gingerbread house making party. It was so much fun, and I know my three older girls had a blast there. Well, I did too (SMILE)!

Here's the candy spread. We each brought a couple bags to share with the group. My kids brought the red hots. I thought this was a good idea because they're totally appropriate for GB house making, but also... I don't care for them. So, I knew I wouldn't accidentally break into one of the bags and sneak some candy!

Bug building her house! She knew exactly how she wanted to lay her candy on the house. She instructed me where to frost, and then she decorated with candy. My determined little girl...

Brownie is constructing away. She designed her doorway so cute with candy canes placed just so. She really is going to be some kind of great designer some day!

Peachy Poo working away on her house. She decided to do the frosting herself. Quite pleased with this one...

Actually, I'm pleased with all of them!

My sweet friends, L and C. This was taken at L's house during the GB house making party! I've gotten to know these girls over the past year or so, and I'm so happy we've become such good friends. They're awfully sweet, and I love their appreciation for a "big" family!

And on a totally unrelated note...
we were all walking around the mall one day when one of those kiosk workers asked if they could do my girls' hair. So we played along. They used some kind of special curling iron that is so awesome, and now I totally want one. It is responsible for doing this to Brownie's hair. There are so many styles of curls you could make, but the ones I appreciated the most were the corkscrew variety. Why you ask... Because that's what we need for several Nutcracker roles. It was fast and easy. And to top it off, these curls will last for several days--even through wind and rain. Seriously? I would only have to do their hair before the first performance, and not again. How much easier could that make my life during Nutcracker week?

That's it for now. I'm just glad I finally got our posts into 2012!