The Izzards

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Frosty the Snowman

As I mentioned in my previous post, Jackson and his preschool class had their winter performance last week! Mommy Nannette, Daddy, and Mama were there to support our little snowman! Ms. Sierra's class of two year olds was the BEST...no, really, they were! They had the cutest matching outfits and you could tell they had practiced for weeks!

We asked Jackson to perform for us at night leading up to his debut and he loved to show us his moves. The only thing that threw us off on the Big Day was that the kids didn't sing...I think there was a little stage fright. At the dress rehearsal in front of the whole school (ages infant-kinder), Ms. Sierra said Jackson sat right next to her and said he was scared. She had never seen this side of our happy and outgoing boy, but she said he was great once on stage. He made sure to tell me that the boys wore hats and the girls wore bows. SO CUTE!

After the show we enjoyed a preschool party in his classroom and ate, what else?

Reindeer Pops and Frosty's Treats. =)

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We visited Great Grandpa Bill last weekend and look how happy these guys are! Grandpa turned 90 in July and he looks amazing! So happy to have these genes!

Santa Jack and Libby's Tina dog.

That night Sierra and I went downtown for his work party. Woo hoo! Look at this amazing sunset from our room! GORGEOUS! We had an awesome night followed by a sleep-in session without our favorite toddler at the Hilton. Their business is growing so there were so many new faces this year! Also new this year--the social committee; Nadine and Jessica! Great job, ladies! Sorry my husband is so competitive and LOUD.

We checked in and were ready in less than 30 minutes for a fun night DTSD!

Oh how I love O'Douls...it really tastes like beer and you even get fun stares from strangers! Now who has the video of Sierra's annual PDI dancing?!?

Frosty the Snow-Woman @ 33 weeks!

Christmas Crafts

I'm on winter break!!! Last week was exhausting with students and teachers eager for our two week break, a staff baby shower for me, a preschool performance and party, prepping for: Christmas, a special boy's 3rd birthday party, and Kelly's baby shower...as well as Sierra's work party...phew! Jackson and I both slept until almost 8 a.m. this morning and it was AMAZING!

CRAFT #1

I wanted to share a fun and easy craft/treat for winter--Reindeer Pops! Jackson and I made these last week for his first preschool performance and winter party. They were a hit. Thanks to my new mommy friend (and friend since 7th grade), Virginia, for sharing the recipe with us!

Jackson swirled chocolate on all 18 marshmallows like an expert!
My little Bobby Crocker!

Ingredients: large jet puffs, chocolate melts, pretzel sticks,
pretzels, cinnamon noses, pearly eyes, and ribbon scarves.

Counting out 18..."Mom I'm just going to dump the bag
and then count. If any fall, I'll eat them!"

Extra pieces of pretzels went into the extra chocolate bowl...chocolate covered pretzels!

TIPS: do each pop individually or have another adult to help because the chocolate dried so fast that I had to redo Jackson's handy work so we could stick on the eyes, nose, and antlers. There was no point to scoring the marshmallows since the chocolate had hardened over my scores. The "block" is floral foam wrapped in leftover Christmas wrap.

CRAFT #2

Wine cork Ornaments! A friend gifted me one of these cute reindeer ornaments several years ago and I've been making them each year ever since. They are great little gifts to give to large groups of people and are super easy to make! I have a new hot glue gun that is HOT so I did have a minor burn from one of these guys...but they are worth it!

Materials: wine or champagne corks, ribbon, small bells, pipe cleaner (antlers), googly eyes, fuzzy wuzzies (nose), and hot glue...time to get crafty!

TIP: Save your wine corks all year so you have enough on hand. Or, just drink a lot of wine during Thanksgiving. ;)

Isn't the snowman cute? That was Jackson's idea. He was in charge of counting out the red and brown noses and said the white should be snowmen.

CRAFT #3

It seems like Gingerbread Houses are a Kindergarten tradition. I share a loft with two kinder teachers so I get to copy all of their cute crafts! Last year Jackson decorated a Gingerbread Man and this year I promised him we would make a house. Sierra helped us with this craft as I'm not the best builder and Sierra likes Legos...so he must like putting up gingerbread houses, too? Well...you get the idea.