K's New Room

Kaelin received a room makeover for Christmas this year.  It was a joint effort by Jecca (and Chris) and I (and Justin).  We were able to purchase a FANCY NANCY bedding set w/ curtains and pillows at a great discount.  Then Jecca and I stayed up WAY too late a few weeks ago creating our own memo board to match :).  We also used her mat cutter to custom frame all 4 of Kaelin's Fancy Nancy book covers and then decorated them with fur and beads.  At first Kaelin wasn't thrilled on Christmas morning (because she didn't get the Rapunzel tower she had wanted).  I reminded her that she had asked for new bedding and proceeded to decorate her room, by the time it was done she was excited! Now she wants to show anyone who comes over her new room!

Disney On Ice: Princess Wishes

On December 19th the girls (Kaelin, Hailey and I, Jecca and our neighbors: Theresa and Abby) went to Disney on Ice.  I think all the girls had fun.  This was Haeily's first Disney On Ice, she was pretty impressed at first, but quickly became entranced by Tinkerbell (surprise :) ).  Unfortunately, Tinkerbell is not a princess, and was only a transition character.  She would get SO excited every time she came out.

I was smarter this time and brought along wands from the circus and our princess wands so the kids would not beg me for $20 Disney wands.  Surprisingly, it worked!

Christmas Crafts (cont.) 2010

I have already shown you our glass reindeer thumbprint ornaments, and our gingerbread village. We have also done 2 other crafts this month.

First, we did a handprint craft. It looks like a peppermint candy when finished. I glued magnets to the back, so they are able to be put on the fridge, and they have a cute poem about a child's hand. Here are some pictures of our fun- the girls painted the red stripes for me :).

This picture of Kaelin cracks me up - brief story: she was painting her stripes and had paint all over her hands. She decided she wanted to kiss me - she did. Kaelin has this adorable habit of rubbing her kisses in. Before I could stop her, she rubbed in her kiss, thus getting paint ALL over her face :).

Second, we did apple cinnamon ornaments. These are wonderful, we have done them for the past 2 years. You use 1 cup of cinnamon, 1 cup of applesauce and 1 Tablespoon of elmer's glue. I also added a bit of red glitter for fun. This mixture creates a dough that needs rolled on on a cinnamon sprinkled counter. We used Christmas cookie cutters for shapes (normal and mini), and a straw to cut a hole in the top of each. They took a few days to dry out on wire racks, and then were ready to be strung with string and a tag (Merry Christmas! Love, The Magee's). If you put them on a lighted Christmas tree, the lights warm it up enough to make the room smell good, or you can hang it on a lamp, in your car or closet near a heat vent. The girls LOVE to use cookie cutters - for cookies, crafts or to make our sandwiches fun.

Krayak's and Santa

Last night Jecca and I took the girls to Kraynak's (a local nursery/homegoods/toy shop meets with a discount store atmosphere - best description I can come up with). They decorate a whole 'lane' with at least 12 different themed displays - Snoopy, Polar Bears, Elmo, Mickey - etc. Hailey was so excited - Look at that Mommy, Look at that! She was pointing and running to everything - it was so cute! Kaelin really liked seeing Abby Cadabby (Sesame Street)!

BTW - Hailey was so distracted we couldn't get a good picture - she wouldn't hold still!

As soon as we walked through the displays we got to see SANTA! (He handed out Smarties not Candy Canes! So weird, but the girls liked them!). Shockingly, Hailey broke out in a full run and launched herself into Santa's lap! She has changed SO much in the last 6 months. No longer the shy, quiet Hailey, but a crazy, outgoing, maniac :). Kaelin climbed up beside her and they spent the next few minutes eating smarties, taking pictures and conversing with Santa (apparently Hailey says he's gonna bring her a new doll).

Both girls had a great time! Every time Hailey sees the pictures she yells - That's me with Santa! HO HO HO! :) We may have to make another visit to Santa this year, since she enjoyed it so much!

Gingerbread Houses

Today we created our Gingerbread Houses. I got a different kit this year, with 5 mini houses instead of 1 big house.

The girls cracked me up. Kaelin was very methodical - creating 'flowers' for her garden and trees. Hailey on the other hand COVERED her houses! Surprisingly they didn't try to eat the candy, much.

Our Village

The back of K's houses:

The front of K's houses:

Hailey's Houses:

Christmas Pictures 2010

Yesterday Jecca came over to take Christmas pictures. Here are a 'few' of my favorites! The girls did great! Of course these are not edited for light or photoshopped, or cropped at all yet.

Kaelin:

She loves to pose :)

Hailey:

Blowing me a kiss.

Sisters:




A GOOD FAMILY PICTURE!!! (Jecca is going to crop out Bandit - he couldn't decided if we wanted to be in the picture or not).