Hofer House Happenings: December 2010

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Unexpected Day Off

I woke up to a fun surprise on Monday morning - that our building was unable to have school. The day off was due to a potent odor left behind by workers who were fixing floor problems over the weekend. The girls & I thoroughly enjoyed our lazy day, and got to spend some time in the snow.

Emma did not like getting snow in her face. She tried to wipe it off, but failed to realize it only made it worse since her mittens were covered with snow.

Lauren has been begging to make snow angels since the first little dusting of snow we had this season. It was finally deep enough and pleasant enough outside for her to do that.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Christmas with the Cousins

We celebrated Christmas on Saturday with the Hofer cousins. The girls were very excited with the new toys they gave and received. We didn't get Joey in the pictures because he was sledding with friends.

Saturday evening, Grandpa John and Grandma Peggy took the grandkids (and Jared & I) to Chuck E Cheese for supper and games. Excuse me, Lauren corrected me several times that it is actually pronounced Chuck E Cheese's. This was Lauren & Emma's first trip to Chuck E Cheese's, and they had a lot of fun.

Sunday School Christmas Program

The girls' Christmas program was a couple of Sundays ago. Our camera didn't zoom well enough to get any pictures of them performing, but we took quite a few of them dressed up in their holiday finest.

Emma has not been ready to make the transition to the 2 and 3 year old class, so she did a repeat performance of kissing baby Jesus, and singing "Pat the Bible." Lauren's preschool class sang "Away in a Manger" and "Twinkle, Twinkle, Christmas Star."

Lauren walking up to the stage with her class.

A Sleepover

We had a family sleepover in the living room to enjoy the Christmas tree all night. The girls (namely Emma) took a while to fall asleep, but we had a fun time.