Sunday dresses and hair and shoes

 Elle got a new Sunday dress and some new Sunday shoes!  She requested that I curl her hair up too.

I think she looks particularly cute today :)

Here's last week's dress and hair.  

I used my wavy curling iron, but it made her hair look more crimped and poofy than wavy.

Oh well.  Live and learn.

She's quite fond of doing the whole "model pose" lately.

When we went to DSW to find shoes, we came upon these lovely babies:

 

If they were cheaper we might have gotten them just for fun. 

And here's Chris trying to play my violin.

 I've taken it up again recently.  My friend convinced me to play with her in the community "fiddle group."  We're the only ones under 50 :) 

Chris says if he had ever learnt, he would be a true proficient. ;)

(He says that about the piano too.  He plans to take lessons when we're done paying for Elle's)

Be of Good Cheer

Yesterday in Fast and Testimony meeting my friend talked about how she was feeling that it was unfair that all these crazy laws are being passed and bad is being called good and good is being called bad.  Then she said she remembered Alma and his people in Mosiah 24:8-15 where Amulon says he will kill everyone caught praying, but that didn't stop them from praying in their hearts.
She said it is the same for us. We can still worship God, and we can still respect the flag and acknowledge Christmas no matter what the world says is right.  I was really grateful for her insight.  Thought I'd share.

And because  I can't have a post without pictures, here's a cute picture of Elle with her hair all curled yesterday.


And since it's a new year, I'm taking pictures again of all 141 Primary kids. (not including the nursery kids)
Here are a few choice shots of the new Sunbeams:

Not too photogenic their first day.  Maybe next week will be better :)

Christmas break

(Yes, I said Christmas break. I am so not PC.  HA!)

Elle started vacationing even before school was officially over by making a snowman the morning of the last day.  

Because it snowed like, an inch, they had the kids start school two hours late.

(standard procedure around here)

What did Elle want to do on her first day off?

First, breakfast together at Panera.

 Then straight to Payless to try on funny shoes!

Elle said she's someone right out of Bazaar Magazine.

As you'll notice, she has an impassioned look on her face and her lips are slightly parted just like a real model.

(The shoes actually match her outfit!)

Then she tried on some clothes at Ross

Guess she should have taken it off the hanger first. 

Then, she spent the afternoon playing her cello.  She amazingly had a Christmas piano book in front of her and read the treble clef notes, but played them as bass clef on her cello! 

Mind blowing to me!

(click to view--I think)

: http://youtu.be/WjxEa7fzLQw

And playing Christmas songs:

(I have no idea why there's a weird icon below the link)

 http://youtu.be/I-6VthvdqPM

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Sunday Dress and Hair

Happy December!

Elle decided to start the month out right by wearing her Christmas dress

She requested that I give her a bun!

Since her hair is so short, I had to do the best I could.

Sunday dress and hair and glasses

She Chose. . .

D!

I vant to suck your blood! Bleh! Bleh! Bleh!

Happy Halloween!

Our little vampiress :

(that really is what it  said on the package)

Even vampires have to go to school

Here's more Halloween fun:

Chris and I brought these little monsters and mummies to a Halloween party

We carved pumpkins for FHE

Roasted pumpkin seeds

(some with seasoned salt and some with cinnamon sugar. 

 1 tsp. oil to one cup seeds)

And enjoyed the beautiful leaves!

Glasses! Glasses!

(You'll understand the title if you've ever played Brain Age on  Nintendo DS)

Yes, Elle is in the market for some glasses.  

We need some opinions!

Please rate each pair in order of preference  #1, #2, #3, #4--not just which one is your favorite

(example A-#1  D= #2  B=# 4 C= #3)

Does that make sense?

(and don't let her expressions be any indications of how she feels about them.  It was awkward for her to try on glasses in front of eager saleswomen.  I jut happened to make her laugh in two of the pictures)

A:

B:

Here they are side by side

C:

D:

And side by side

Your opinion matters!  ;)