double header

first up tonight at 5:30pm - little sister played basketball with her fellow lady lobos against the vipers.  grandma pat came to town especially to see her play, and she was not disappointed!  after specific coaching last week to take more shots, little sister ended up sinking a nice one to get her onto the scoreboard.  it was so fun to see!!  her team ended up earning the W, with the final score of 38-11.  awesome job, lady lobos!!

then we made our way to the high school where big sister was performing with the symphonic winds in her holiday concert at 7:00pm.  they played three songs.

christmas fanfares

the night before christmas

themes from "the nutcracker"

 

5th annual cookie bake n take

today i hosted my annual cookie bake n take party....and it took all day saturday to prepare for it.  (not to mention a few other random days of prep leading up to it...)

as usual, we had plenty of activities for the kids to do:

wine bottle decorating

paper crafting with stamps

and a fun edible mini hot cocoa treat!

the kids crafts turned out pretty cute.

meanwhile, the moms were in the kitchen baking & making....

 ...so that everyone could walk away with yummy treats!

 

and one mom made us all an awesome DIY sugar cookie decorating kit, complete with royal icing & sprinkles!!  can't wait to try that out!!

lady lobos v cowboys

it was a tough 21-26 loss tonight for the lady lobos.  they were up 16-8 at the half, but the other team came back with all cylinders firing and our girls just could not catch a break.  the lesson handed down by the coach was: take more shots!  so we'll see if that happens in their upcoming games....

winter concert

this evening, we were entertained at little sister's holiday concert at the middle school.  she performed in four songs along with her fellow honor bandmates and percussionists.

first up:  she played bells during still, still, still.

next, the percussion ensemble performed a rhythmic rendition called clap trap.

then, she moved over to the bass drum during parade of the bumbling wooden soldiers.

for the final song, she played the sleigh bells during all i want for christmas is you.

happy holidays!!

basketball portraits

holiday parade

tonight, big sister marched with the band in the town's holiday parade.  call time for the band was 4pm at the high school.  the kids were then bussed to the parade starting line, they marched & played along the route, then were bussed back to the high school from the parade finish.  seems like all had a holly, jolly time!!

lady lobos v panthers

tonight was the season opener for the 8th grade basketball season.  little sister made B team this year, so we are excited to see what she can do.  it was an exciting first game, and their first win 23-28.  no points scored by our #15, but she fouled twice, drew 1 foul, and missed 2 free throws.  we are proud of her for giving basketball a try and doing so well.