Let it Snow!

I went Christmas shopping with mom today. When we got home the girls were helping Marshall shovel. They had a blast helping and then playing in the snow. Tierney didn't want to come in. She finally decided that she would when we told her there was a blizzard coming... she doesn't know what that means but it must have sounded convincing!

Tierney and Santa

Last night Tierney asked me "how come Santa didn't know our names". When we saw Santa earlier this week Santa asked their names and that must bother her because he should know all kids' names. So I tried explaining that that Santa was just a helper but I could tell she didn't quite buy it so we will see what the next question is that she has.

Then this morning we were talking about leaving Santa milk and cookies. Well she started crying saying Santa can't eat her cookies. Geez we went through this last year!

Santa

I had a doctor's appointment yesterday in the crazy snow and then Tierney asked to go see Santa. Heck the girl hasn't wanted to see Santa for the past two years so I wasn't going to say no. At first she was hanging on to my hand pretty tight but Tay and I encouraged her to go up and then she went right up and informed Santa she wanted a DS (we had plenty of time to visit since the weather was bad and no one was out which was very helpful). She even let us get a picture!! Funny the difference in the girls... Santa asked if they had been keeping their room clean and Tierney says "yes" without any hesitation and Tay just sat there. She knows lying is wrong but our Tierney could care less!

Sunday

Sunday was very crazy. Tierney had her school Christmas program at 1:30 and then we had to be in Charles City by 2 for the girls' Christmas dance recital. We had to run out of the program and fly to the dance recital. Tierney is above in her Christmas dress. I didn't get a great picture of her since she was either making a weird face or being cheesy. Both girls did a great job at dance and Tierney did a great job at her school program. I wish they could have been more spread out so we could have enjoyed them a little more!

Christmas at Grandpa Bud's

Cousin Heather and Tay

We had Christmas at my grandpa's on Saturday. Tierney helped hand out presents and that is all I got of pictures of the kid. She opened everything so fast. She was excited about all her new things and was out of there to play with them. Tay is above in all of her Hawkeye gear. She loves going to grandpa's because his whole basement is Hawkeyes. She had asked for a new Hawkeye jersey and got it with a hat. Then her cousin Heather got her a Hawkeye doll which is now in her room. She loves the Hawks!

Snoopy

I didn't know we had to worry about a four year old snooping to find presents. Apparently Tierney is a huge snoop like her Nana. This morning Marshall went out to get Tay off to school and when he came back inside Tierney was in the kitchen holding up a DS game she had found. She proudly announced what she had. Gotta love it. Marshall scolded her then called me and said I needed to hide things better. At least it wasn't something of hers or a game that we had gotten her then she'd know for sure she was getting a DS. That girl amazes me more and more everyday!

Snowballs

School was let out early on Monday so Tay's Christmas concert didn't happen. She was really disappointed as she was looking forward to throwing snowballs at the audience. Well good news it turns out it is re-scheduled for the 22nd. Which means Marshall can go now. Apparently we are going to be there when the doors open (according to Tay) so she can try to hit her dad with the fake snowball!