Life as a Brandtito

Heaven had her Christmas party today at PRE. She invited me to join her and her class (with her teacher's approval of course) so I popped by for a bit. They were having a blast. A loud, crazy, sugar fueled blast! Santa is flying in today as well. He got held up by a rainy morning, but last I heard he was still coming !! Santa doesn't have to be on time...my kinda man. Heaven running for her team in the candy relay...Girls won! Twizzler Straw Class shot...clearly I have not mastered the panorama feature Candy Cane Claw Relay...Girls won again! Heaven and one of her many BFF Haley. This makes for one very crazy combo to be sure!

I adore the Sanger Yes....Annabelle is wearing fur. This weekend myself, one of my beautiful sisters and the lady Brandts went to see The Nutcracker at the Sanger. It is gorgeous, and I'm hopeful that with enough forcing in time the girls will gain my appreciation and love for it. For now, however, they just enjoy the chance to get fancy. I was a little nervous the girls wouldn't be able to last thru the entire performance, but they did great! Heaven especially enjoyed it. One of their fellow Girl Scouts was an angel in the production, which they were especially impressed with. We sat with some of the Brownie memebers in the audience. Next time however, I will definitely read The Nutcracker before we go as it has been years since I've heard the story. There were parts in the second half that I had to stretch to explain to the girls. I need to brush up on my interpretive dance. Lovely Ladies Me and my Beautiful Sis Mikey We finished off the night ...

Tonight we loaded up and headed to PRE to watch the 5th grade chorus perform their annual Christmas show. The mini Brandt's had several friends among the group, most notably their cousin Gabe.  Though of course we are partial, he did a standout job! Gavin's supposed girlfriend was also among the singers. The girls of course, mentioned this endlessly. Gabe is in the bottom row, on the right  One of the many great songs they performed!    Closing the show  When we finished, the kids claimed to be famished so we decided to hit up Ryan' for dinner. Apparently due to the success of Golden Corral's new feature of cotton candy, Ryan's decided to up their game and start serving it now. The kids couldn't be happier...and I have made a mental note to avoid Ryan's when I would prefer to get to bed at a reasonable hour...  Seriously???

Here's a few shots of our Puggle Bayleigh doing what she does best... Nothing. Busy week this week!! Nutcracker, Christmas Lights and PARRRTY's  this weekend! Being sneaky. This has gotten her sat on many times.... She would really enjoy chewing this Elf up. They had a stare off.

The girls Brownie troop went Christmas Caroling this weekend at University Pines Retirement Community. They were absolutely precious. Words cannot express the cuteness overload. Several local troops were there and they sang for about half an hour. The girls have been practicing their songs for weeks, and they did spectacularly. The adorable retiree's gave them rave reviews and they were stopped by several people asking them to come back next year.  Could they be any cuter? When we got home, we thought it only seemed fair to get the dogs in the spirit too..... Kingsley the Great Bayleigh the Princess

Elfie Sneakins has returned She even left a note!

Happy Tuesday