Two weeks ago Santa snuck into our house while we were all away for the day and left this
message on my Computer for Haley!!! (takes a few seconds to load)
She LOVES this video and watches at least every night and every morning before school! While Santa was here he also snuck a small gift into hers and Noah’s stockings :-) Haley had been asking for Christmas PJs from Santa all year and look what he brought her!!! Slippers and all! Noah got a snack trap cup! I guess Santa really knows how much this little man loves his snacks....ha!
On December 10th, 2011 we started the "Elf on the Shelf" tradition here at the Lichtenberg house!!! Haley first wanted to name her Elf Emma after her best friend at school but we told her that her friend might get confused so she re-named hers and Noah's Elf "Goo Goose"! What a perfect name. Goo Goose has been closely watching Haley and Noah and so far so good! Goo Goose did get snowed in the other night due to a bad snow storm at the North Pole and wasn't able to make her trip back to Santa that night so she happened to stay in the same location for two days in a row ;-) Other than that she's been reporting back nightly!
On December 16th Haley, Macy and Makayla all got to go to North Carolina to ride the Polar Express!!!!!
What an experience! The girls
LOVED it and Haley's favorite part of the entire trip was the "Hot Chocolate" song and drink!! She loves it when they sing and dance to this song on the movie and of course the girl very much enjoys her hot chocolate :-) 2nd favorite was the ticket and her bell that Santa gave her!!!
Thanks to Mimi and Grandpa for the girls
matching PJs and robes to keep them warm! Mimi, Grandpa, Clayton, Noah, Gary and Mandy were all there too! We drove up there Friday afternoon for the big event and then stayed in a cabin that night!
I think
we are going to start making this a new tradition for as long as the kids still enjoy it! Renting the cabin was definitely the way to go as it allowed all of us to hang out and play together rather than staying in a hotel room. What a wonderful weekend to start the week of Christmas off!
Last night we started making our Christmas cookies! Those of you that know me well know that the packaged cookies are the ONLY way to go at my house :-) So off we went....Noah had chocolate brownie cookies with red and green Hershey's on them and Haley's were Christmas Sugar cookies! Both were delicious and kept the kids attention for just the right amount of time before they lost interest.
I also wanted to post a couple of pictures from Haley and Noah's first combined play date! How perfect that Haley's 2 best friends from school (Sophia and Emma) also have little brother (Will) and sisters (Audrey) Noah's age?!?! The six of them are the best of friends :-) At one point the 3 girls were up stairs playing and then all of a sudden they all came down dressed in Haley's PJs and their hair pulled back in clips and head bands...HAHAHA!
They were so proud of themselves! Brings me back to the old days when i was a little girl! I know we've done that a time or two ;-)
She LOVES this video and watches at least every night and every morning before school! While Santa was here he also snuck a small gift into hers and Noah’s stockings :-) Haley had been asking for Christmas PJs from Santa all year and look what he brought her!!! Slippers and all! Noah got a snack trap cup! I guess Santa really knows how much this little man loves his snacks....ha!
On December 10th, 2011 we started the "Elf on the Shelf" tradition here at the Lichtenberg house!!! Haley first wanted to name her Elf Emma after her best friend at school but we told her that her friend might get confused so she re-named hers and Noah's Elf "Goo Goose"! What a perfect name. Goo Goose has been closely watching Haley and Noah and so far so good! Goo Goose did get snowed in the other night due to a bad snow storm at the North Pole and wasn't able to make her trip back to Santa that night so she happened to stay in the same location for two days in a row ;-) Other than that she's been reporting back nightly!
On December 16th Haley, Macy and Makayla all got to go to North Carolina to ride the Polar Express!!!!! 
What an experience! The girls 
LOVED it and Haley's favorite part of the entire trip was the "Hot Chocolate" song and drink!! She loves it when they sing and dance to this song on the movie and of course the girl very much enjoys her hot chocolate :-) 2nd favorite was the ticket and her bell that Santa gave her!!! 
Thanks to Mimi and Grandpa for the girls 
matching PJs and robes to keep them warm! Mimi, Grandpa, Clayton, Noah, Gary and Mandy were all there too! We drove up there Friday afternoon for the big event and then stayed in a cabin that night! 
I think 
we are going to start making this a new tradition for as long as the kids still enjoy it! Renting the cabin was definitely the way to go as it allowed all of us to hang out and play together rather than staying in a hotel room. What a wonderful weekend to start the week of Christmas off!
Last night we started making our Christmas cookies! Those of you that know me well know that the packaged cookies are the ONLY way to go at my house :-) So off we went....Noah had chocolate brownie cookies with red and green Hershey's on them and Haley's were Christmas Sugar cookies! Both were delicious and kept the kids attention for just the right amount of time before they lost interest.
I also wanted to post a couple of pictures from Haley and Noah's first combined play date! How perfect that Haley's 2 best friends from school (Sophia and Emma) also have little brother (Will) and sisters (Audrey) Noah's age?!?! The six of them are the best of friends :-) At one point the 3 girls were up stairs playing and then all of a sudden they all came down dressed in Haley's PJs and their hair pulled back in clips and head bands...HAHAHA! 
They were so proud of themselves! Brings me back to the old days when i was a little girl! I know we've done that a time or two ;-)
