The Drakes

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Tim's birthday was yesterday. He requested Pizza King (that is like a present for me - No dinner or dishes!) and a carrot cake. I got a little fancy with the cake, and other than being a little under cooked in the middle, it was a hit!

The kids gave Daddy a cool mug for his "favorite" drink that Mommy got him. (That would be Baileys in his hot chocolate!)

Happy Birthday!

Graham Cracker Houses

Grace wanted to make Ginger Bread houses this year, so we gave it a try!

I found a recipe where you use Graham Crackers, so here are our supplies....

Daddy and Cooper worked on theirs.

And then "Smashed" it and ate it!

This what we wanted the roof to look like, but there was no way we were going to be able to decorate it!

So we went with the flat top roof with sky lights.

Grace and Mommy's even had a fenced in back yard with a pet bear!

So proud!

Silent Night

I helped out with our church Christmas Pageant this year. Grace was asked to sign Silent Night. Here she is with her choir of little angels.

She also got to sing Go Tell it on the Mountain.

They were all very good at the chorus, and fought over who could stand the closest to the mic! I think they stole the show!

And as for the signing, I decided to put Cooper up on stage as well because Grace really had not "performed" it all the way through for me, and he had learned it just as well as she had. We have it on video, but I forgot to change the flash setting for my friend who had the camera, so this is as good as she could do.

Grace did pretty well, and Cooper was too enthralled by all the kids on stage and the people watching, but he hit a few of the signs. They did well enough for being 1 and 3! Someday we'll have video software again, and I'll put the footage on here.

First Hair Cuts!

Grandma Patty had the honor of giving Cooper his first hair cut last week. He had been mistaken for a girl a couple of times, so it was time. I videoed it, but forgot to take pictures while it was happening, but here are the before and after shots!

Grace also had her first hair cut this week at the salon. There are no pictures of that either, because I was restraining her to keep the cape on! She just got a trim, but it has made the ends curl up nicer!