Olivia and Violet celebrated their 7th birthday on November 22nd.
They had a party with friends at the Big Thrill Factory, a local activities
center. They invited four friends from school along with four of Jamie’s cousin’s
kids. We started in a party room, where the kids had the biggest pizza I have ever seen! While they ate, they played a game to see who knew Olivia and Violet
the best. Then, the kids went for a ride on the bump-and-spin cars. After that,
we played two games of laser tag. Jamie and I joined in, and it was a blast!
That is, until Olivia cried because she didn’t want to be on my team, saying I
was too wimpy! J
All of the kids were great, and we all had an awesome time.
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| Birthday girls Violet & Olivia |
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| The whole birthday crew |
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| Pizza!! |
On Thanksgiving, November 27th, we went to my sister Terri’s
house. My mom and dad were there; we spent the day just hanging out and
relaxing. The girls went sledding for awhile with cousins William and Noelle,
but it was pretty cold outside so they didn’t last very long! It was a very
enjoyable and relaxing day.
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| Thanksgiving with cousins |
On Olivia and Violet’s actual birthday, November 29th, we
took them out for donuts at a local bakery. We then went downtown Minneapolis
to see Santa at Macy’s. Olivia asked him for a Princess Leia doll, and Violet
asked him for Millennium Falcon (a ship from Star Wars) Legos. Santa smiled and
said to both of them, “Star Wars stuff, huh?” It was pretty cute! They were
very excited to see Santa this year.
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| Birthday girls with Santa |
On the way home, we stopped and picked out our Christmas
tree. The girls originally wanted a white one, but unfortunately we couldn’t
find one so they picked out a really nice green one. We spent the rest of the
day decorating our tree, putting up lights outside and other Christmas
decorations inside. I had to help the girls put the lights on the top of the
tree where they couldn’t reach, but otherwise they decorated the tree
themselves. It was fun to get into the Christmas mood!
Violet really enjoyed lacrosse class in November and
December. I would say it was the sport she has been most excited about so far.
Her favorite move with her lacrosse stick was “walk the dog,” which involved
moving her stick back and forth with the ball in it, so the others couldn’t
take it away. She hopes to continue with lacrosse class sometime next year!
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| Violet (pink shirt) at lacrosse class |
Olivia and Violet have been counting down the days until
Christmas. I really can’t believe it is only a week away; this month has gone
so fast. We will have a pretty quiet Christmas Eve and Christmas Day; we will
be celebrating at our house with just the four of us. We are looking forward to
enjoying some quiet family time. We have the Thronson family celebration on
December 27th and the Suchy family celebration on December 28th, so that will
be a busy weekend! We are looking forward to celebrating with our families and
participating in our annual Christmas traditions.
Hope you have a very Merry Christmas!
