Tree Lighting at the Woodstock Square

Grandma and Grandpa Nichols came up to visit for Thanksgiving. We headed down to Woodstock, IL to see the lighting of Time Square. This is the square where the movie Ground Hogs Day was filmed. It was freezing cold outside and we didn't stay very long. We did spend time with Sabrina and her family and Auntie Denise and Hayden and Landon. We came home and drank some yummy hot chocolate.

Sunbeam Beauty

Savannah recently graduated from Nursery and just started attending Primary. She was very excited about her first day! My baby girl is getting so big. I absolutely love watching her grow up strong in the gospel. She is learning so much each and every Sunday. I can't wait to hear about what she has learned in class. Her teacher Sister Green is an awesome Sunbeam teacher. She is a new sister in our ward and enjoys magnifying her new calling. Savannah has three other girls in her class and a single boy. She just loves the learning Primary songs and is currently learning to sing "I am a Child of God". She loves singing "Chose the Right Way" in the car. She is a little antsy in Sharing time and likes to run around and doesn't sit still very long. The Primary leaders continue working with her and she is getting better every week. She still wants to go back to Nursery. She is fine once she gets settled into Primary. It is a little struggle at first but she seems to eventually calm down after awhile. It's a big transition but we are so proud of our little Sunbeam!!!

The Rosemont Lights

I had an opportunity to spend some qualify time with Savannah. Everyone else had gone away this weekend. I attempted to bring her to see the Rosemont lights last year but she got sick in the car and had to go back home. She fell asleep in the car which turned out great because she really needed a nap.When she woke up we had finally reached our destination and was amazed with what she saw outside the window. We looked at all the decorated houses and Christmas lights. It is quite a sight to see while driving down the expressway during this time of the year. It was a balming 36 degrees outside and we were both freezing cold. I carried Savannah around to keep us both warm and than we visited the petting zoo. Afterwards we drove around the neighborhood to see more Christmas lights.

Ginger Bread House

Last night at Bed, Bath and Beyond I picked up a gingerbread house. Savannah insisted upon just getting the Hello Kitty Edition. She was so excited and really looking forward to putting the house together. Right away I noticed that one of the roof panels were broken. I used the hot glue gun to mend the crack and than when I started putting frosting on the house the frosting bag broke. I was really getting annoyed at this point. I attempted to make homemade frosting and that was too runny and I couldn't get the right consistency. I apparently don't know what I'm doing. I should have just used the frosting that was sitting in the fridge. I just thought it might be too hard to use since it was cold. Needless to say I ended up using the homemade frosting. It was a runny drippy mess. Here is the final product. At least Savannah had fun with this project. 

Future Violinist

Dusted off the old violin today and was introducing Savannah to this instrument 

Kohl's Children Museum

Today we headed over to the Kohl's Children Museum. This was the first time visiting for me and my parents. Savannah had been there once before with the babysitter. The museum was very nice and had lots to see and do for kids. It was a hands on museum for kids between the ages of 2-5 years old.  We could barely keep track of Savannah. She was running around the exhibits so fast that we nearly lost her. She was being difficult to leave the house this morning but as soon as we arrive she had a blast. We stayed a few hours and than went out to lunch to a Chinese buffet. We didn't get to see quite everything but we all had fun. We were all exhausted by the time we left.

Good memories!!

 Doctor Savannah - checking baby's vital signs

 Checking out her X-rays

 Savannah is watching the water turn the pinwheels on the wall

 Getting all wet

 Playing music with Grandpa 

 Making music with Grandma - wood pegs

 Savannah loved hitting the drums and was doing it very loudly

 Yeah...more drums

 Music Station - not sure what they were doing

 Taking a short break to care for baby Cinderella

 Loved playing with the train magnets

Savannah kept on making people out of the magnet shapes

Thanksgiving Day

This year my parents came up a for a week long visit to see our new house and to have Thanksgiving dinner. Frank worked late Wednesday night and after he came home he stayed up all night baking pies and getting all prepped to cook our Thanksgiving feast. Needless to say he only received about two hours of sleep. He cooked all day long and we ended up having way too much food. We had a great day cooking together and the meal turned out awesome! I attempted to make deviled eggs which ended up being a nightmare. I overcooked the the eggs and couldn't peel off the shell so I ended up just making egg salad. Lesson learned - don't overcook the eggs.