Showing posts with label Santa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Santa. Show all posts

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Cookies for Santa

After writing letters to Santa, the girls received letters back from Santa!  They were so excited!  In his letter, Santa specifically asked for cookies and milk for himself, and carrots for his reindeer.  After hearing that, the girls were on a mission.  First up - cookies. 
Kristin icing her first cookie

Kristin pausing for a picture

Camryn icing her first cookie

Camryn, Kristin and me - all hard at work decorating cookies

Camryn starting to decorate

Kristin working on decorating

Camryn decorating with Skittles

Kristin all done!  One for Santa and one for her.

Camryn done!  One for Santa and one for her.

Cookie decorating queens

Finished product!

Looking like she got busted...eating the cookies they decorated for themselves

Kristin - Showing me her fingers that she had been licking and using to pick up all the sugar and sprinkles that fell on the plate

Camryn - guilty of eating sugar and sprinkles

Camryn - cookies are yummy!

Kristin - delicious

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Letters to Santa

This year the girls wrote letters to Santa and mailed them at our local recreation center's "Santa Mailbox".  They carefully wrote out their letters (in pen no less...notice the small amounts of whiteout).  They told me what they wanted to write and I told them how to spell each word.  This was their first real letter to write.  Toward the end of the letter they were commenting on how tired their hands were from writing so much.

Kristin and Camryn hard at work on their letters

Camryn

Kristin
Kristin's letter:
Dear Santa,
My name is Kristin.  I am 4 years old.  I want puppy slippers and a brown teddy bear.  It was so nice to take a picture with you and Mrs. Claus.  I love my sister Camryn.
Kristin
Kristin's finished product
Camryn's letter: (she got bored for a few minutes and started coloring in all the letters at the beginning)
Dear Santa,
My name is Camryn. I am 4 years old. I want puppy slippers and a brown teddy bear. It was so nice to take a picture with you and Mrs. Claus. I love my sister Kristin.
Camryn
Camryn's finished product
 After all that hard work, we drove up to the special mailbox and the girls carefully placed their letters inside the mailbox. 
Camryn and Kristin ready to drop their letters in Santa's Mailbox

Kristin mailing her letter

Camryn mailing her letter

Four thumbs up!