Spirit Week and Christmas photos

Last week was spirit week at Emily's school. On Wednesday it was Business day so Emily dressed up as none other than an insurance agent. She looked so cute with her tie and briefcase. Mike even took her to work early to make her a name tag.
Thursday was blast from the past. So we dressed her up like the 80's. I did a side ponytail with a big hair scrunchy, tied her shirt on the side, colorful socks, and Mike pegged her pants. I didn't know what that was but it's where you take the bottom front of her jeans, fold it over and roll it up 2x. I did a close up for you below.


Cheers!

At her class Christmas party, a parent brought in Sunny Delight. I never let Emily have orange juice so this was very special to her. I even let her have seconds, (because I poured all the kids glasses and they all only got a small amount)!
I had signed up to bring cookies and Nathan had a fussy day so I couldn't make any. So the night before we took Emily to the store to pick out cookies to bring. She chose snickerdoodles. She doesn't like those cookies but insists that she does. So when it came time for her party, this is her taking a bite of one. Notice the look on her face...fake enjoyment.
JOY TO THE WORLD, THE LORD HAS COME!
After church, before going to visit Santa clause. Boy it's hard to get a good picture with all 3!
All four of our beautiful children. We almost got them all to smile. At least they're all looking in the right direction!
After lunch on Sunday, we took the kids to see Santa. They still hadn't told him what they wanted for Christmas. When we were the next in line, Mike ran around the display to the other side to take a picture. So I was holding Nathan and literally dragging a sobbing Rylee across the display to see Santa. She was so strong I had to finally lean down and tell her that daddy was on the other side and she could go stand with him. Then she suddenly found her legs and ran as fast as she could and threw herself at him. So Ally and Emily sat with Santa. Emily asked for an easy bake oven and Ally asked for a princess flashlight and, with my encouragement, earrings to get her ears pierced. She's been begging since Emily got hers.