G's preschool program

Griffin had his preschool Christmas program last Friday. It was awesome - the kids sang:

• Away in the Manger
• Candy Cane Carol
• The Chubby Little Snowman
• Rudolph's Workout (my personal favorite)
• Way Up High on the Christmas Tree (this one was more of a rap, hee hee, with extra points for loudness!)
• Ring Those Bells (complete with bells, of course)
• S-A-N-T-A
• We Wish you a Merry Christmas

I am amazed at how well every kid listened, and how many songs there were!

I don't have great photos. The room was PACKED, and I couldn't see G very well from my seat. And of course, I'm not the most nimble creature in the world right now. Bob was in the front, with the Flip - but of course, he was on the opposite side of the room as G. DOH. I have video, but it needs to be edited. Perhaps sometime in the next couple of days. :-)

Our little star ...



and the entire group of very intent and focused preschoolers!

This is too much fun.

So here's another short video.

This one is called: He's Touching My Toast.



And here is a short "thanks" to Ray & Laura. With a little background noise from G. I'll save his singing debut for later, but let's just say he REALLY likes seeing himself on the video camera. :-)

An experiment ...

I got my Christmas present early this year. Actually, I get my Christmas present early just about every year, because Bob gets excited about the gift and wants to immediately have me open it. But this year, there is a practical purpose to the early giving - it is a Flip Mino video camera. The coolest feature? It plugs directly into the computer. No tapes, no cards. And it is small enough to fit in my purse or coat pocket.

Tonight we let Quinners open her birthday gift from her godparents early (hey Ray and Laura - she loved it!), and I used my Flip to video. Now comes the experiment ... can I get the video to load on my blog?

Thanksgiving 2008 + Noah's birthday

We hosted Thanksgiving here this year, and it also happened to be Noah's birthday. I think this may be the 2nd time his birthday has fallen on the actual day of Thanksgiving.

Anyway, Mom, Dad, Jackie, and Grandma T. made the schlep over to MN for some turkey and stuffing. Bob was super chef. He did the turkey and stuffing all himself. It is a Martha Stewart recipe we've made before, and it was AWESOME. You can check out the recipe here. We skipped the cranberry glaze, though. I made the mashed potatoes (from a box, because those are my favorites) and candied sweet potatoes, plus a pie. The pie was an adventure. Haven't done that since my 4-H days, and the first attempt at the crust was a horrid failure ... for me. But for G, it was very much a good thing. :-) He got to play baker with the failed pie crust and enjoyed every second of it. As a matter of fact, he wants to make a pie tomorrow. Not happening, but I'm glad he enjoyed the experience.



G was also in charge of place mats. He cut out all but 4 of the feathers for the turkeys - that about 30 feathers. My little 3 yr old is a crafty dude! I love this one because the turkey has 3 legs. :-)



This is what the table looked like with G's place mats.




If you've met Miss Quinn, you know she likes to eat. She inhaled a ton of food, then retired to the couch after her meal. And as she ate, she made these crazy piggy noises ... not really slurping but not exactly Emily Post manners. Poor Grandma T. had the pleasure of sitting next to Quinners. If Quinn tried something she didn't like, she'd delicately place the half eaten item on the edge of Grandma's plate. I'm sure Grandma was thrilled. :-)



In addition to pie - and we ended up with 6: 1 homemade, 2 from the grocery store (buy one, get one on Wednesday before Thanksgiving), and 3 that were from Shopko (my family stopped by Shopko on their way to our house from St. Cloud) - Noah requested oreo dessert in lieu of a birthday cake. Mind you, he's never had oreo dessert. But I told him what was in it: oreos, butter, ice cream, hot fudge topping, and cool whip. Sold.



Noah was actually in heaven all day, because he got Lego Batman for the Wii AND we put the Wii in the living room for the day (it is usually in the toy room, attached to the old faulty tv that fritzes out without warning, causing all gaming to end. Not a bad thing for a toy room, but this was a birthday celebration, right?)

The final hours of Thanksgiving were spent playing Rock Band. Ahhhhh. Good times.