My family: December 2014

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Jingle Jingle

Its candy cane time!

Jingle Jingle...its Christmas eve! The girls are excited for Christmas day to arrive and we are looking forward to a fun day at home tomorrow! I am sure the days are slow for my daughters as they count down to Christmas but this month has flown by! Here are a few photos of our fun adventures last week. Sophia was in a Holiday program at preschool and Isabella ran in the jingle bell run at her school. Plus, we also did some caroling and visiting neighbors. 'Tis the season for good times!

Parade into the performance

Smiling on stage

Sophia and Adele in the manger

Sweet Sophia

Go Isabella!

Kaia & Isabella sport jingle scarfs from Girl Scouts

Isabella and Sophia at the Jingle Bell run

Isabella and Sophia are also excited to have a little break from school and visit family. I am looking forward to watching my daughters experience the magic of Christmas tomorrow morning. May your holiday be full of love, warmth, comfort, joy and many blessings. Merry Christmas to you!

Monday, December 22, 2014

Tacky Lights

Isabella (Santa) and Sophia (Snowman)

A tacky light tour that starts with a visit to the Pfiefer house is thankfully part of our holiday season. This year Santa was there too! The girls wore comfy pjs, enjoyed hot coco and snuggled in warm Elf blankets. I LOVE Christmas lights...they just make me happy. I love that my daughters feel the same way.

Can you tell Sophia was afraid Santa?

Bella leads the way through the lights

Daddy and his darling daughters

Family Selfie!

Sophia selfie #1

Silly Sophie Selfie #2

Schaefer Family Tacky Light Tour 2014

Little Crafty Elves

Here is a little December fun.....

Isabella making crafts

Sophia enjoyed eating her candy tree

Snuggles with Lucy, our kitty

Can you spot our Elves?

Elves taking a nap in the gift wrap

Silly elves!

Decorated house. Check!

Someone loves Santa

Christmas Tree Farm & Santa

Time to find our Christmas Tree!

This year we decided to cut down a Christmas tree. The girls were excited to travel to the farm and select a special tree. Isabella & Sophia enjoyed checking out the trees in the field and watching Daddy cut ours down. They also thought it was pretty neat that the tree was tied to the roof of our car.

Searching for a tree....

We found out tree!

Time to Trim the Tree!
Once we got home, the kids were excited to decorate the tree. Isabella and Sophia wanted to place the star on the top of the tree. Thanks to modern times, our start topper has lights, which is a two step process. The girls decided the best deal was for Sophia to place the star on the tree and then Isabella would climb up and plug in the star. Perfect!

Lucy gets into the center of the action

Trimming the tree

Merry KISSmass

Sophia spots our Elf on the shelf in the tree

Sophia adds the final touch, our star.

Isabella plugging in the star

Ornaments in PJs

Santa and Rudolph going for a ride

Time to visit Santa!
With the tree up, our house was looking festive and full of holiday cheer. A trip to visit Santa was next on our list. We had to wait 90 minutes to see Santa this year but it was worth it for the great photo below.
Isabella asked Santa for American Girl Dolls, AG doll accessories and Legos. Sophia asked Santa for piano.

Waiting for Santa

Frosty on ICE

At the end of November, we kick started our Chirstmas season with a trip to the Ice show at the Gaylord National Hotel. Frosty the Snowman was a perfect theme especially with the below freezing temps inside. Isabella's favorite part was going down the ice slide (me too!). Sophia was cold and just wanted to snuggle Daddy. We also enjoyed seeing PopPop and Grandmom race down the slide. That evening we had the pleasure to enjoy a yummy dinner, indoor snowfall, a kids train ride and DC cupcakes! I loved getting to spend time with family and catch up with my cousin Ronnie (and his cute family). It was a fun filled day for all!